Acting
Frances Barber
EN, ES, FR, IT cinema · 88 credits
Born
13 May 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Also known as فرانسس باربر
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
Filmography
A Mother For An Hour
as Nestan
A Hand to Hold
as Moira
Hamlet
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
A Bird Flew In
as Marie
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Mrs Ambrigail
Trick or Treat
as Miss Ferguson
Blue Iguana
as Princess
The Escape
as Alison
An Ideal Husband
as Mrs. Cheveley
The Queen and I
as Princess Margaret
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova
Mr. Holmes
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
Bucky
2014
Bucky
as Miss Eversham
May I Kill U?
as Bernice
Muse of Fire
as Self
Bad Education: Christmas Special
as Alfie's Mum
We'll Take Manhattan
as Diana Vreeland
King Lear
as Goneril
Goal II: Living the Dream
as Carol Harmison
Goal!
as Carol Harmison
Dead Fish
as S & M Prostitute
His Passionate Bride
as Narrator (voice)
Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Miss Piggy (voice)
Flyfishing
as Frances
Boudica
as Agrippina
Superstition
as Isabella Flores
The Gentleman Thief
as Julia Sinclair
Shiner
as Georgie
Esther Kahn
as Rivka Kahn
The Escort
as Jessica
Plastic Man
1999
Plastic Man
as Louise Ferman
Toy Boys
as Mrs. Chambers
Still Crazy
as Lady in Black
Tea
as Woman
Photographing Fairies
as Beatrice Templeton
A Royal Scandal
as Lady Jersey
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
1996
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
as Annie Shepherd
3 Steps to Heaven
as Andrea Wallis
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
as Sally Denton
Fish Tale
1994
Fish Tale
as Helen Wormsley
Giorgino
as Marie
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
as Anna Lindsay
Scarborough Ahoy!
as Maria
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
as Miss Trumble
Thatcherworld
as Penny Jenkins
The Leaving of Liverpool
as Ellen, Lil's Mother
Secret Friends
as Angela
Hancock
as Freddie Hancock
The Grasscutter
as Claire Deeds
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
as Viola / Cesario
Prick Up Your Ears
as Leonie Orton
Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Venus de Milo
White City
as Alice
A Flame to the Phoenix
as Wanda Grabinska
Home Sweet Home
as Melody
The Missionary
as Mission Girl