Frances Barber
Acting
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).
Born: May 13, 1958 · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Filmography (89)
Hamlet
2024
Dreamland
2023
The Chelsea Detective
2022
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021
Whitstable Pearl
2021
Queens of Mystery
2019
The Queen and I
2018
Blue Iguana
2018
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018
The Escape
2018
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
The Bookshop
2017
The Chosen
2016
Mr. Holmes
2015
Mapp and Lucia
2014
Inside No. 9
2014
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
Psychobitches
2013
Father Brown
2013
May I Kill U?
2013
Playhouse Presents
2012
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
Great Expectations
2011
Death in Paradise
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Friday Night Dinner
2011
Silk
2011
Vexed
2010
Pete versus Life
2010
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009
Law & Order: UK
2009
Beautiful People
2008
King Lear
2008
Goal II: Living the Dream
2007
Benidorm
2007
The Street
2006
The IT Crowd
2006
Hotel Babylon
2006
Funland
2005
Dead Fish
2005
Goal!
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Evilenko
2004
Hustle
2004
New Tricks
2004
Boudica
2003
Monkey Dust
2003
Flyfishing
2003
The Red Siren
2002
Superstition
2001
Love in a Cold Climate
2001
Esther Kahn
2000
Shiner
2000
The Escort
1999
Gimme Gimme Gimme
1999
Still Crazy
1998
Trial & Retribution
1997
Photographing Fairies
1997
Ruby
1997
The Ice House
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Giorgino
1994
Space Precinct
1994
Chef
1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
Murder Most Horrid
1991
Young Soul Rebels
1991
Secret Friends
1991
Separate Bedrooms
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
We Think the World of You
1988
Red Dwarf
1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
Inspector Morse
1987
Casualty
1986
Castaway
1986
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
The Missionary
1982
Timewatch
1982
An Audience with...
1978
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
Play for Today
1970