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