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Frances Barber

Frances Barber

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).

Hamlet

2024

as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown

Dreamland

2023

as Cheryl

A Bird Flew In

2022

as Marie

The Chelsea Detective

2022

as Olivia Arnold

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

2021

as Mrs Ambrigail

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

2021

as Herself

Whitstable Pearl

2021

as Dolly Nolan

Trick or Treat

2019

as Miss Ferguson

Queens of Mystery

2019

as Viv Collins

Let's Talk About Sex

2019

as Narrator

The Queen and I

2018

as Princess Margaret

Blue Iguana

2018

as Princess

An Ideal Husband

2018

as Mrs. Cheveley

McKellen: Playing the Part

2018

The Escape

2018

as Alison

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

2017

as Joy

The Bookshop

2017

as Jessie

The Chosen

2016

as Natalia Sedova

The Rebel

2016

as Angela

Mr. Holmes

2015

as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"

Mapp and Lucia

2014

as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione

Bucky

2014

as Miss Eversham

Inside No. 9

2014

as Lesley

The IT Crowd Manual

2014

as Self

Muse of Fire

2013

as Self

Psychobitches

2013

as Various Roles

The Spa

2013

as Virginia (Ginny) Trench

Father Brown

2013

as Davina Malmort

May I Kill U?

2013

as Bernice

Bad Education

2012

as Alfie's Mum

We'll Take Manhattan

2012

as Diana Vreeland

Great Expectations

2011

as Mrs. Brandley

Death in Paradise

2011

as Diana Watson

Friday Night Dinner

2011

as Sheila Bloom

Silk

2011

as Caroline Warwick

The Nativity

2010

as Elizabeth

Vexed

2010

as Pat Poynter

Pete versus Life

2010

The Fattest Man in Britain

2009

as Janice

Law & Order: UK

2009

Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

2008

as Dinner Guest

Beautiful People

2008

as Miss Prentice

King Lear

2008

as Goneril

Goal II: Living the Dream

2007

as Carol Harmison

Benidorm

2007

as Daisy

The Street

2006

The IT Crowd

2006

as Doctor Mendall

The IT Crowd

2006

as Herself

Hotel Babylon

2006

Funland

2005

Dead Fish

2005

as S & M Prostitute

Goal!

2005

as Carol Harmison

Doctor Who

2005

as Madame Kovarian

Doctor Who

2005

as Eye Patch Lady

His Passionate Bride

2005

as Narrator (voice)

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Lizzie Hinchcliffe

Evilenko

2004

as Fenja Evilenka

The Legend of the Tamworth Two

2004

as Miss Piggy (voice)

Hustle

2004

as Clarissa

New Tricks

2004

Listening

2003

as Woman

Monkey Dust

2003

Flyfishing

2003

as Frances

Celeb

2002

The Red Siren

2002

as Eva

Having It Off

2002

Superstition

2001

as Isabella Flores

Love in a Cold Climate

2001

as The Bolter

Esther Kahn

2000

as Rivka Kahn

Shiner

2000

as Georgie

The Escort

1999

as Jessica

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

1999

Plastic Man

1999

as Louise Ferman

Plastic Man

1999

as Louise Ferman

Toy Boys

1999

as Mrs. Chambers

Gimme Gimme Gimme

1999

as Janine

Still Crazy

1998

as Lady in Black

Just in Time

1998

Tea

1998

as Woman

Trial & Retribution

1997

A Royal Scandal

1997

as Lady Jersey

Photographing Fairies

1997

as Beatrice Templeton

Ruby

1997

as Self

The Ice House

1997

as Diana Goode

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Ingrid Lockston

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Constance Fielding

Rhodes

1996

as Princess Catherine Radziwill

Dalziel & Pascoe

1996

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

1995

as Adonia

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

1995

as Sally Denton

3 Steps to Heaven

1995

as Andrea Wallis

Scarborough Ahoy!

1994

as Maria

Giorgino

1994

as Marie

Space Precinct

1994

Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

1994

as Anna Lindsay

In The Cold Light Of Day

1994

as Mother

Return to Blood River

1994

as Karen

Fish Tale

1994

as Helen Wormsley

Rik Mayall Presents

1993

as Sally Denton

A Statement of Affairs

1993

as Pip

Chef

1993

as Anita Lawrence

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

1993

as Miss Trumble

The Leaving of Liverpool

1992

as Ellen, Lil's Mother

The Leaving of Liverpool

1992

Murder Most Horrid

1991

as Gloria Twigge

Hancock

1991

as Freddie Hancock

Young Soul Rebels

1991

as Ann

Secret Friends

1991

as Angela

Do Not Disturb

1991

The Orchid House

1991

as Joan

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

1990

as Medusa

The Grasscutter

1990

Separate Bedrooms

1989

as Gert

The Nightmare Years

1989

as Helga Bauer

Behaving Badly

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Merlina Rival

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Lady Millicent

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

1988

as Viola / Cesario

We Think the World of You

1988

as Megan

Red Dwarf

1988

as Genny

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

as Winnie Verloc

Duck

1988

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

1987

as Rosie

Prick Up Your Ears

1987

as Leonie Orton

Inspector Morse

1987

as Nicole Burgess

Casualty

1986

as Nancy

Castaway

1986

as Sister Saint Winifred

A Zed & Two Noughts

1985

as Venus de Milo

White City

1985

as Alice

Hard Feelings

1984

as Viv

A Flame to the Phoenix

1983

as Wanda Grabinska

Those Glory Glory Days

1983

as Woman

Reilly: Ace of Spies

1983

as Dagmara

Acceptable Levels

1983

as Jill

The Missionary

1982

as Mission Girl

Timewatch

1982

as Annie Besant

Home Sweet Home

1982

as Melody

Play for Today

1970

as Melody