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).
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Ingrid Lockston
Midsomer Murders
Constance Fielding
Doctor Who
Madame Kovarian
Doctor Who
Eye Patch Lady
Death in Paradise
Diana Watson
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Millicent
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Merlina Rival
Casualty
Nancy
Father Brown
Davina Malmort
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lizzie Hinchcliffe
Play for Today
Melody
Hustle
Clarissa
Red Dwarf
Genny
New Tricks
Benidorm
Daisy
Inside No. 9
Lesley
The IT Crowd
Doctor Mendall
Inspector Morse
Nicole Burgess
Timewatch
Annie Besant
Trial & Retribution
The Chelsea Detective
Olivia Arnold
Dalziel & Pascoe
Law & Order: UK
Whitstable Pearl
Dolly Nolan
The IT Crowd Manual
Self
Esther Kahn
Rivka Kahn
Hotel Babylon
Space Precinct
Erika Brandt
Goal!
Carol Harmison
Silk
Caroline Warwick
Murder Most Horrid
Gloria Twigge
Photographing Fairies
Beatrice Templeton
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Winnie Verloc
Mr. Holmes
Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
The Street
Evilenko
Fenja Evilenka
Hamlet
First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
Friday Night Dinner
Sheila Bloom
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Miss Trumble
Plastic Man
Louise Ferman
Castaway
Sister Saint Winifred
The Escape
Alison
3 Steps to Heaven
Andrea Wallis
Flyfishing
Frances
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Dagmara
Home Sweet Home
Melody
Prick Up Your Ears
Leonie Orton
McKellen: Playing the Part
The Gentleman Thief
Julia Sinclair
Acceptable Levels
Jill
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Joy
The Ice House
Diana Goode
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Secret Santa Project
Carol
Secret Friends
Angela
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
The Bookshop
Jessie Welford
Great Expectations
Mrs. Brandley
A Royal Scandal
Lady Jersey
A Zed & Two Noughts
Venus de Milo
Chef
Anita Lawrence
We Think the World of You
Megan
Ruby
Self
White City
Alice
Goal II: Living the Dream
Carol Harmison
Bucky
Miss Eversham
Still Crazy
Lady in Black
The Grasscutter
Claire Deeds
The Chosen
Natalia Sedova
An Ideal Husband
Mrs. Cheveley
Beautiful People
Miss Prentice
Funland
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Herself
Blue Iguana
Princess
Vexed
Pat Poynter
Queens of Mystery
Viv Collins
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Janine
Listening
Woman
The Queen and I
Princess Margaret
Young Soul Rebels
Ann
Love in a Cold Climate
The Bolter
King Lear
Goneril
A Flame to the Phoenix
Wanda Grabinska
Dead Fish
S & M Prostitute
Monkey Dust
(voice)
Rik Mayall Presents
Sally Denton
Those Glory Glory Days
Woman
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medusa
The Leaving of Liverpool
Ellen, Lil's Mother
Return to Blood River
Karen
Mapp and Lucia
Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
Hancock
Freddie Hancock
The Nativity
Elizabeth
Psychobitches
Various Roles
Dreamland
Cheryl
Giorgino
Marie
We'll Take Manhattan
Diana Vreeland
Superstition
Isabella Flores
A Bird Flew In
Marie
The Missionary
Mission Girl
The Rebel
Angela
In The Cold Light Of Day
Mother
Rhodes
Princess Catherine Radziwill
Pete versus Life
Behaving Badly
The Red Siren
Eva
The Escort
Jessica
The Orchid House
Joan
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Adonia
Hard Feelings
Viv
Shiner
Georgie
Celeb
The Spa
Virginia (Ginny) Trench
Scarborough Ahoy!
Maria
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Mrs Ambrigail
Summer Comedy Shorts
Mum
The Leaving of Liverpool
The Nightmare Years
Helga Bauer
Muse of Fire
Self
Plastic Man
Louise Ferman
Toy Boys
Mrs. Chambers
Having It Off
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
Dinner Guest
Let's Talk About Sex
Narrator
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
Anna Lindsay
Boudica
Agrippina
May I Kill U?
Bernice
A Statement of Affairs
Pip
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rosie
Do Not Disturb
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Viola / Cesario
Duck
The People Before
Trick or Treat
Miss Ferguson
The Fattest Man in Britain
Janice
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Sally Denton
Separate Bedrooms
Gert
Just in Time
Fish Tale
Helen Wormsley
Tea
Woman
His Passionate Bride
Narrator (voice)
An Audience with...
Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant