
Cast
Frances Barber
Acting
Cast
Frances Barber
Known for
Acting
Born
1958-05-13
From
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).

Goal!
as Carol Harmison

Mr. Holmes
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"

Goal II: Living the Dream
as Carol Harmison

Hamlet
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown

The Missionary
as Mission Girl

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Joy

The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford

Still Crazy
as Lady in Black

Listening
as Woman

Blue Iguana
as Princess

Esther Kahn
as Rivka Kahn

Muse of Fire
as Self

Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred

Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka

The Escort
as Jessica

We'll Take Manhattan
as Diana Vreeland

Prick Up Your Ears
as Leonie Orton

Superstition
as Isabella Flores

A Zed & Two Noughts
as Venus de Milo

Shiner
as Georgie

Photographing Fairies
as Beatrice Templeton

Dead Fish
as S & M Prostitute

Boudica
as Agrippina

Young Soul Rebels
as Ann

King Lear
as Goneril

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

The Secret Santa Project
as Carol

We Think the World of You
as Megan

McKellen: Playing the Part

Trick or Treat
as Miss Ferguson

3 Steps to Heaven
as Andrea Wallis

Hancock
as Freddie Hancock

MUSIK

The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova

A Hand to Hold
as Moira

The Escape
as Alison

The Red Siren
as Eva

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
as Adonia

Acceptable Levels
as Jill

The Queen and I
as Princess Margaret

The IT Crowd Manual
as Self

Giorgino
as Marie

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Rosie

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Miss Piggy (voice)

An Ideal Husband
as Mrs. Cheveley

The Leaving of Liverpool
as Ellen, Lil's Mother

Those Glory Glory Days
as Woman

Home Sweet Home
as Melody

Plastic Man
as Louise Ferman

Do Not Disturb
as Jenny

A Royal Scandal
as Lady Jersey

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Mrs Ambrigail

Soft Top Hard Shoulder
as Miss Trumble

The Grasscutter
as Claire Deeds

Twelfth Night, or What You Will
as Viola / Cesario

The Fattest Man in Britain
as Janice

Just in Time

Flyfishing
as Frances

The Gentleman Thief
as Julia Sinclair

The People Before

A Statement of Affairs
as Pip

A Flame to the Phoenix
as Wanda Grabinska

White City
as Alice

Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
as Annie Shepherd

Secret Friends
as Angela

Bucky
as Miss Eversham

In The Cold Light Of Day
as Mother

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
as Sally Denton

Scarborough Ahoy!
as Maria

Toy Boys
as Mrs. Chambers

Return to Blood River
as Karen

Hard Feelings
as Viv

May I Kill U?
as Bernice

Separate Bedrooms
as Gert

The State of Us
as Joan

His Passionate Bride
as Narrator (voice)

A Bird Flew In
as Marie

Tea
as Woman

Duck

Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
as Anna Lindsay

From London with Love

Bad Education: Christmas Special
as Alfie's Mum

Fish Tale
as Helen Wormsley