Frances Barber
Acting
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).
Best Performances
Highest rated appearances
Filmography
The State of Us
as Joan
MUSIK
A Hand to Hold
as Moira
The Secret Santa Project
as Carol
The People Before
Hamlet
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
A Bird Flew In
as Marie
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Mrs Ambrigail
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
as Self
Trick or Treat
as Miss Ferguson
The Queen and I
as Princess Margaret
Blue Iguana
as Princess
An Ideal Husband
as Mrs. Cheveley
McKellen: Playing the Part
The Escape
as Alison
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Joy
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova
Mr. Holmes
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
Bucky
as Miss Eversham
The IT Crowd Manual
as Self
Bad Education: Christmas Special
as Alfie's Mum
Muse of Fire
as Self
May I Kill U?
as Bernice
We'll Take Manhattan
as Diana Vreeland
The Fattest Man in Britain
as Janice
King Lear
as Goneril
Goal II: Living the Dream
as Carol Harmison
Dead Fish
as S & M Prostitute
Goal!
as Carol Harmison
His Passionate Bride
as Narrator (voice)
Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Miss Piggy (voice)
Listening
as Woman
Boudica
as Agrippina
Flyfishing
as Frances
The Red Siren
as Eva
Superstition
as Isabella Flores
The Gentleman Thief
as Julia Sinclair
Esther Kahn
as Rivka Kahn
Shiner
as Georgie
The Escort
as Jessica
Plastic Man
as Louise Ferman
Toy Boys
as Mrs. Chambers
Still Crazy
as Lady in Black
Just in Time
Tea
as Woman
A Royal Scandal
as Lady Jersey
Photographing Fairies
as Beatrice Templeton
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
as Annie Shepherd
It Might Be You
as Wendy
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
as Adonia
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
as Sally Denton
3 Steps to Heaven
as Andrea Wallis
Scarborough Ahoy!
as Maria
Giorgino
as Marie
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
as Anna Lindsay
In The Cold Light Of Day
as Mother
Return to Blood River
as Karen
Fish Tale
as Helen Wormsley
Thatcherworld
as Penny Jenkins
A Statement of Affairs
as Pip
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
as Miss Trumble
The Leaving of Liverpool
as Ellen, Lil's Mother
Hancock
as Freddie Hancock
Young Soul Rebels
as Ann
Secret Friends
as Angela
Do Not Disturb
as Jenny
The Grasscutter
as Claire Deeds
Separate Bedrooms
as Gert
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
as Viola / Cesario
We Think the World of You
as Megan
Duck
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Rosie
Prick Up Your Ears
as Leonie Orton
Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Venus de Milo
White City
as Alice
Hard Feelings
as Viv
A Flame to the Phoenix
as Wanda Grabinska
Those Glory Glory Days
as Woman
Acceptable Levels
as Jill
The Missionary
as Mission Girl
Home Sweet Home
as Melody