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