Frances Barber
85 movies · 66 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 13, 1958 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- فرانسس باربر
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
Frances Barber: movies and TV shows
Acting (150)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming A Mother For An Hour
as Nestan
- 2026 The State of Us
as Joan
- 2026
- 2026 A Hand to Hold
as Moira
- 2025 The Secret Santa Project
as Carol
- 2025
- 2024 Hamlet
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
- 2023
- 2022 A Bird Flew In
as Marie
- 2022
- 2021 A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Mrs Ambrigail
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019 Trick or Treat
as Miss Ferguson
- 2019
- 2018 The Queen and I
as Princess Margaret
- 2018 Blue Iguana
as Princess
- 2018 An Ideal Husband
as Mrs. Cheveley
- 2018
- 2018 The Escape
as Alison
- 2017
- 2017 The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
- 2017
- 2016 The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova
- 2016
- 2015 Mr. Holmes
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
- 2014
- 2014 Bucky
as Miss Eversham
- 2014
- 2013 Bad Education: Christmas Special
as Alfie's Mum
- 2013 Psychobitches · TV
as Bette Davis / Doris Stokes / Catherine the Great / Elizabeth I / St Catherine / Whistler's Mother / Thora Hind / Josephine-Joseph / Barbara Cartland · 9 episodes
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013 May I Kill U?
as Bernice
- 2012
- 2012 We'll Take Manhattan
as Diana Vreeland
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 The Fattest Man in Britain
as Janice
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 King Lear
as Goneril
- 2007 Goal II: Living the Dream
as Carol Harmison
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005 Dead Fish
as S & M Prostitute
- 2005 Goal!
as Carol Harmison
- 2005
- 2005 His Passionate Bride
as Narrator (voice)
- 2004
- 2004 Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka
- 2004 The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Miss Piggy (voice)
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003 Listening
as Woman
- 2003 Boudica
as Agrippina
- 2003
- 2003 Flyfishing
as Frances
- 2002
- 2002 The Red Siren
as Eva
- 2002
- 2001 Superstition
as Isabella Flores
- 2001 The Gentleman Thief
as Julia Sinclair
- 2001
- 2000 Esther Kahn
as Rivka Kahn
- 2000 Shiner
as Georgie
- 1999 The Escort
as Jessica
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Plastic Man
as Louise Ferman
- 1999 Toy Boys
as Mrs. Chambers
- 1999
- 1998 Still Crazy
as Lady in Black
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 Tea
as Woman
- 1997 A Royal Scandal
as Lady Jersey
- 1997 Photographing Fairies
as Beatrice Templeton
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996 Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
as Annie Shepherd
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995 It Might Be You
as Wendy
- 1995 Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
as Adonia
- 1995 Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
as Sally Denton
- 1995 3 Steps to Heaven
as Andrea Wallis
- 1994 Scarborough Ahoy!
as Maria
- 1994 Giorgino
as Marie
- 1994
- 1994 Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
as Anna Lindsay
- 1994 In The Cold Light Of Day
as Mother
- 1994 Return to Blood River
as Karen
- 1994 Fish Tale
as Helen Wormsley
- 1993 Thatcherworld
as Penny Jenkins
- 1993
- 1993 A Statement of Affairs
as Pip
- 1993
- 1993 Soft Top Hard Shoulder
as Miss Trumble
- 1992 The Leaving of Liverpool
as Ellen, Lil's Mother
- 1992
- 1991
- 1991
- 1991
- 1991 Hancock
as Freddie Hancock
- 1991 Young Soul Rebels
as Ann
- 1991 Secret Friends
as Angela
- 1991 Do Not Disturb
as Jenny
- 1991
- 1990 The Grasscutter
as Claire Deeds
- 1989 Separate Bedrooms
as Gert
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988 Twelfth Night, or What You Will
as Viola / Cesario
- 1988 We Think the World of You
as Megan
- 1988
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Rosie
- 1987 Prick Up Your Ears
as Leonie Orton
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986 Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred
- 1985 A Zed & Two Noughts
as Venus de Milo
- 1985
- 1985 White City
as Alice
- 1984 Hard Feelings
as Viv
- 1983 A Flame to the Phoenix
as Wanda Grabinska
- 1983 Those Glory Glory Days
as Woman
- 1983
- 1983 Acceptable Levels
as Jill
- 1982 The Missionary
as Mission Girl
- 1982
- 1982 Home Sweet Home
as Melody
- 1971
- 1970
- 1967
Behind the camera (1)
- 2001
Talk shows and appearances (8)
- 2021
- 2019 Let's Talk About Sex
3 episodes
- 2015 Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
1 episode
- 2014
- 2013
- 2011 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
1 episode
- 1997 Ruby
2 episodes
- 1978 An Audience with...
1 episode