Name
Frances Barber
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1958-05-13 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Biography
Frances Barber (née Brookes, born 13 May 1958) is an English actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays Camille (1985), and Uncle Vanya (1997). Her film appearances include three collaborations with Gary Oldman in Prick Up Your Ears (1987), We Think the World of You (1988) and Dead Fish (2005); as well as Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987); Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992); and latterly Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017). Barber's numerous television credits include The Street (2009), Doctor Who (2011), Silk (2012–2014), and Whitstable Pearl (2021–2022).
Known For
Mr. Holmes
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In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unrel...
Relase Date : 19 Jun, 2015
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The Bookshop
(472 Votes)
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Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local op...
Relase Date : 10 Nov, 2017
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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
(184 Votes)
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Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the ecc...
Relase Date : 17 Nov, 2017
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Goal II: Living the Dream
(717 Votes)
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Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds t...
Relase Date : 9 Feb, 2007
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The Escape
(77 Votes)
5.5
An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary decision which will change her life forever....
Relase Date : 25 Apr, 2018
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Still Crazy
(127 Votes)
6.858
In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, d...
Relase Date : 30 Oct, 1998
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1998 Still Crazy as Lady in Black
- 2014 The IT Crowd Manual as Self
- 1991 Young Soul Rebels as Ann
- 1985 A Zed & Two Noughts as Venus de Milo
- 2005 Goal! as Carol Harmison
- 2007 Goal II: Living the Dream as Carol Harmison
- 1987 Prick Up Your Ears as Leonie Orton
- 2009 The Fattest Man in Britain as Janice
- 2000 Shiner as Georgie
- 1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rosie
- 1994 Fish Tale as Helen Wormsley
- 2021 A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint as Mrs Ambrigail
- 2008 King Lear as Goneril
- 2005 Dead Fish as S & M Prostitute
- 1999 The Escort as Jessica
- 1990 The Grasscutter as Claire Deeds
- 1994 Giorgino as Marie
- 1994 Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin as Anna Lindsay
- 1995 3 Steps to Heaven as Andrea Wallis
- 1991 Secret Friends as Angela
- 2013 May I Kill U? as Bernice
- 1995 Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing as Adonia
- 2001 Superstition as Isabella Flores
- 1989 Separate Bedrooms as Gert
- 1994 In The Cold Light Of Day as Mother
- 2003 Flyfishing as Frances
- 1985 White City as Alice
- 1998 Just in Time
- 1988 Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Viola / Cesario
- 2002 The Red Siren as Eva
- 1997 Photographing Fairies as Beatrice Templeton
- 1995 Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town as Sally Denton
- 2024 Hamlet as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
- 1986 Castaway as Sister Saint Winifred
- 1998 Tea as Woman
- 1993 Soft Top Hard Shoulder as Miss Trumble
- 1982 Home Sweet Home as Melody
- 1991 Do Not Disturb as Jenny
- 1991 Hancock as Freddie Hancock
- 2021 Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Self
- 2004 Evilenko as Fenja Evilenka
- 2014 Bucky as Miss Eversham
- 1992 The Leaving of Liverpool as Ellen, Lil's Mother
- 2015 Mr. Holmes as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
- 1982 The Missionary as Mission Girl
- 2012 We'll Take Manhattan as Diana Vreeland
- 1999 Plastic Man as Louise Ferman
- 1997 A Royal Scandal as Lady Jersey
- 2013 Muse of Fire as Self
- 1988 We Think the World of You as Megan
- 2018 Blue Iguana as Princess
- 2016 The Chosen as Natalia Sedova
- 2017 Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Joy
- 2018 The Escape as Alison
- 2017 The Bookshop as Jessie Welford
- 1983 A Flame to the Phoenix as Wanda Grabinska
- 2018 McKellen: Playing the Part
- 2018 An Ideal Husband as Mrs. Cheveley
- 2000 Esther Kahn as Rivka Kahn
- 2018 The Queen and I as Princess Margaret
- 1983 Acceptable Levels as Jill
- 2005 His Passionate Bride as Narrator (voice)
- 1983 Those Glory Glory Days as Woman
- 1994 Scarborough Ahoy! as Maria
- 2019 Trick or Treat as Miss Ferguson
- 2004 The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Miss Piggy (voice)
- 1993 A Statement of Affairs as Pip
- 1994 Return to Blood River as Karen
- 1999 Toy Boys as Mrs. Chambers
- 2022 A Bird Flew In as Marie
- 1984 Hard Feelings as Viv
- 2003 Listening as Woman
- 1988 Duck
- 2001 The Gentleman Thief as Julia Sinclair
- 2025 The People Before
- 2003 Boudica as Agrippina
- 2025 The Secret Santa Project as Carol
- 2013 Bad Education: Christmas Special as Alfie's Mum
- 1996 Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs as Annie Shepherd
- 2026 MUSIK
- Soon From London with Love
- 2026 A Hand to Hold as Moira
- 2026 The State of Us as Joan
- 1995 It Might Be You as Wendy
- 1993 Thatcherworld as Penny Jenkins
- Soon A Mother For An Hour as Nestan
- 1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon as Medusa
- 2003 Monkey Dust ( 18 episodes ) as (voice)
- 2011 Death in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Diana Watson
- 2008 Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money ( 1 episode ) as Dinner Guest
- 1987 Inspector Morse ( 1 episode ) as Nicole Burgess
- 1994 Space Precinct ( 1 episode ) as Erika Brandt
- 2019 Let's Talk About Sex ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator
- 1999 Bremner, Bird and Fortune ( 89 episodes )
- 2009 Law & Order: UK ( 1 episode )
- 2002 Having It Off ( 6 episodes )
- 1988 Red Dwarf ( 1 episode ) as Genny
- 2021 Whitstable Pearl ( 18 episodes ) as Dolly Nolan
- 2004 New Tricks ( 1 episode )
- 2002 Celeb ( 6 episodes )
- 1989 Behaving Badly ( 4 episodes )
- 2006 The Street ( 1 episode )
- 1996 Rhodes ( 8 episodes ) as Princess Catherine Radziwill
- 1992 The Leaving of Liverpool ( 2 episodes )
- 2005 Doctor Who ( 3 episodes ) as Madame Kovarian
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Melody
- 1982 Timewatch ( 1 episode ) as Annie Besant
- 2014 Inside No. 9 ( 1 episode ) as Lesley
- 2005 Doctor Who ( 3 episodes ) as Eye Patch Lady
- 2010 Vexed ( 1 episode ) as Pat Poynter
- 2013 Father Brown ( 1 episode ) as Davina Malmort
- 1991 The Orchid House ( 4 episodes ) as Joan
- 2008 Beautiful People ( 1 episode ) as Miss Prentice
- 1993 Chef ( 1 episode ) as Anita Lawrence
- 2011 Friday Night Dinner ( 1 episode ) as Sheila Bloom
- 1999 Gimme Gimme Gimme ( 1 episode ) as Janine
- 2006 Hotel Babylon ( 1 episode )
- 2004 Hustle ( 1 episode ) as Clarissa
- 2007 Benidorm ( 1 episode ) as Daisy
- 1993 Rik Mayall Presents ( 1 episode ) as Sally Denton
- 2006 The IT Crowd ( 1 episode ) as Doctor Mendall
- 1997 Ruby ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2011 Great Expectations ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Brandley
- 1978 An Audience with... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 Pete versus Life ( 1 episode )
- 1989 The Nightmare Years ( 4 episodes ) as Helga Bauer
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Nancy
- 2022 The Chelsea Detective ( 5 episodes ) as Olivia Arnold
- 2010 The Nativity ( 4 episodes ) as Elizabeth
- 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple ( 1 episode ) as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Lady Millicent
- 1997 The Ice House ( 2 episodes ) as Diana Goode
- 2001 Love in a Cold Climate ( 2 episodes ) as The Bolter
- 2014 Mapp and Lucia ( 3 episodes ) as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Ingrid Lockston
- 2019 Queens of Mystery ( 1 episode ) as Viv Collins
- 2011 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip ( 1 episode ) as Self - Participant
- 1999 Plastic Man ( 2 episodes ) as Louise Ferman
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Constance Fielding
- 2023 Dreamland ( 6 episodes ) as Cheryl
- 1988 The Modern World: Ten Great Writers ( 1 episode ) as Winnie Verloc
- 2016 The Rebel ( 2 episodes ) as Angela
- 1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies ( 3 episodes ) as Dagmara
- 1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths ( 1 episode ) as Medusa
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Merlina Rival
- 2017 Summer Comedy Shorts ( 1 episode ) as Mum
- 1971 A Ghost Story for Christmas ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Ambrigail
- 2011 Silk ( 12 episodes ) as Caroline Warwick QC
- 2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Bette Davis
- 2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Doris Stokes
- 2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Catherine the Great
- 2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth I
- 2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as St Catherine
- 2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Whistler's Mother
- 2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Thora Hind
- 2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Josephine-Joseph
- 2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Barbara Cartland
- 2005 Funland ( 10 episodes ) as Connie Woolf
- 2012 Playhouse Presents ( 1 episode ) as Bette Davis
- 2012 Playhouse Presents ( 1 episode ) as Doris Stokes
- 2012 Playhouse Presents ( 1 episode ) as Catherine the Great
- 2020 Semi-Detached ( 2 episodes ) as Patricia
- 1991 Murder Most Horrid ( 1 episode ) as Gloria Twigge
- 1967 Omnibus ( 1 episode )
- 1996 Dalziel and Pascoe ( 1 episode ) as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
- 2013 The Spa ( 6 episodes ) as Ginny
- 1989 Screen One ( 1 episode ) as Freddie Hancock
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Jenny Coldfield
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Karen
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Mother
- 2015 Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
- 1998 Real Women ( 7 episodes ) as Anna Nicholls
- 2006 Brief Encounters ( 1 episode ) as Jackie Knight
