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).
Acted in
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 Lady Millicent
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Merlina Rival
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