Frances Barber
Acting
Born: May 13, 1958 (age 68) · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Doctor Who
2005
Mr. Holmes
2015
The IT Crowd
2006
Goal!
2005
Goal II: Living the Dream
2007
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Bookshop
2017
Red Dwarf
1988
Midsomer Murders
1997
Death in Paradise
2011
Inside No. 9
2014
Hustle
2004
Photos (1)
Movies (72)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Joy
The Bookshop
Jessie Welford
Mr. Holmes
Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
Goal II: Living the Dream
Carol Harmison
Prick Up Your Ears
Leonie Orton
Goal!
Carol Harmison
The Escape
Alison
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018
Castaway
Sister Saint Winifred
Still Crazy
Lady in Black
Young Soul Rebels
Ann
King Lear
Goneril
Evilenko
Fenja Evilenka
A Zed & Two Noughts
Venus de Milo
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
Medusa
Shiner
Georgie
Blue Iguana
Princess
Giorgino
Marie
Bad Education: Christmas Special
Alfie's Mum
An Ideal Husband
Mrs. Cheveley
The Red Siren
Eva
The Secret Santa Project
Carol
Photographing Fairies
Beatrice Templeton
We'll Take Manhattan
Diana Vreeland
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rosie
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Adonia
The Escort
Jessica
Superstition
Isabella Flores
The Queen and I
Princess Margaret
Dead Fish
S & M Prostitute
A Flame to the Phoenix
Wanda Grabinska
The Missionary
Mission Girl
The Chosen
Natalia Sedova
Trick or Treat
Miss Ferguson
Those Glory Glory Days
Woman
Separate Bedrooms
Gert
A Bird Flew In
Marie
We Think the World of You
Megan
Secret Friends
Angela
The State of Us
Joan
Esther Kahn
Rivka Kahn
Scarborough Ahoy!
Maria
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Mrs Ambrigail
Hamlet
First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
Home Sweet Home
Melody
The Leaving of Liverpool
Ellen, Lil's Mother
Thatcherworld
Penny Jenkins
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Sally Denton
3 Steps to Heaven
Andrea Wallis
Return to Blood River
Karen
Hard Feelings
Viv
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Viola / Cesario
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Miss Trumble
Toy Boys
Mrs. Chambers
Flyfishing
Frances
The People Before
2025
The Grasscutter
Claire Deeds
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Miss Piggy (voice)
A Hand to Hold
Moira
The Fattest Man in Britain
Janice
Boudica
Agrippina
Tea
Woman
MUSIK
2026
May I Kill U?
Bernice
A Royal Scandal
Lady Jersey
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
Anna Lindsay
The Gentleman Thief
Julia Sinclair
In The Cold Light Of Day
Mother
Acceptable Levels
Jill
White City
Alice
His Passionate Bride
Narrator (voice)
Hancock
Freddie Hancock
TV Shows (78)
Doctor Who
Madame Kovarian · 3 eps
Doctor Who
Eye Patch Lady · 3 eps
Midsomer Murders
Ingrid Lockston · 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
Constance Fielding · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Millicent · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Merlina Rival · 1 eps
Death in Paradise
Diana Watson · 1 eps
Casualty
Nancy · 1 eps
Father Brown
Davina Malmort · 1 eps
Play for Today
Melody · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lizzie Hinchcliffe · 1 eps
New Tricks
1 eps
Inside No. 9
Lesley · 1 eps
Red Dwarf
Genny · 1 eps
The IT Crowd
Doctor Mendall · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Screen Two
Jenny Coldfield · 1 eps
Screen Two
Karen · 1 eps
Screen Two
Mother · 1 eps
Hustle
Clarissa · 1 eps
The Chelsea Detective
Olivia Arnold · 5 eps
Inspector Morse
Nicole Burgess · 1 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
Amanda 'Cap' Marvell · 1 eps
Great Expectations
Mrs. Brandley · 2 eps
Law & Order: UK
1 eps
Benidorm
Daisy · 1 eps
Silk
Caroline Warwick QC · 12 eps
Whitstable Pearl
Dolly Nolan · 18 eps
Timewatch
Annie Besant · 1 eps
Playhouse Presents
Bette Davis · 1 eps
Playhouse Presents
Doris Stokes · 1 eps
Playhouse Presents
Catherine the Great · 1 eps
Hotel Babylon
1 eps
Chef
Anita Lawrence · 1 eps
Friday Night Dinner
Sheila Bloom · 1 eps
Screen One
Freddie Hancock · 1 eps
Murder Most Horrid
Gloria Twigge · 1 eps
Space Precinct
Erika Brandt · 1 eps
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Mrs Ambrigail · 1 eps
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Dagmara · 3 eps
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
89 eps
Vexed
Pat Poynter · 1 eps
Beautiful People
Miss Prentice · 1 eps
The Street
1 eps
Psychobitches
Bette Davis · 1 eps
Psychobitches
Doris Stokes · 1 eps
Psychobitches
Catherine the Great · 1 eps
Psychobitches
Elizabeth I · 1 eps
Psychobitches
St Catherine · 1 eps
Psychobitches
Whistler's Mother · 1 eps
Psychobitches
Thora Hind · 1 eps
Psychobitches
Josephine-Joseph · 1 eps
Psychobitches
Barbara Cartland · 1 eps
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Janine · 1 eps
Queens of Mystery
Viv Collins · 1 eps
Monkey Dust
(voice) · 18 eps
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Winnie Verloc · 1 eps
Funland
Connie Woolf · 10 eps
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medusa · 1 eps
Dreamland
Cheryl · 6 eps
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Narrator · 1 eps
Rik Mayall Presents
Sally Denton · 1 eps
Semi-Detached
Patricia · 2 eps
Love in a Cold Climate
The Bolter · 2 eps
Behaving Badly
4 eps
The Spa
Ginny · 6 eps
The Rebel
Angela · 2 eps
The Ice House
Diana Goode · 2 eps
The Nightmare Years
Helga Bauer · 4 eps
Pete versus Life
1 eps
Mapp and Lucia
Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione · 3 eps
Let's Talk About Sex
Narrator · 3 eps
Real Women
Anna Nicholls · 7 eps
The Nativity
Elizabeth · 4 eps
The Leaving of Liverpool
2 eps
The Orchid House
Joan · 4 eps
Rhodes
Princess Catherine Radziwill · 8 eps
Plastic Man
Louise Ferman · 2 eps
