Frances Barber
ActingAlso 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).
Movies
(82 total)
Mr. Holmes
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
Goal!
as Carol Harmison
Goal II: Living the Dream
as Carol Harmison
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Venus de Milo
Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred
Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka
Still Crazy
as Lady in Black
Blue Iguana
as Princess
Prick Up Your Ears
as Leonie Orton
The Escape
as Alison
The Missionary
as Mission Girl
Dead Fish
as S & M Prostitute
Giorgino
as Marie
The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova
Photographing Fairies
as Beatrice Templeton
We'll Take Manhattan
as Diana Vreeland
Esther Kahn
as Rivka Kahn
Boudica
as Agrippina
TV Shows
(76 total)
Doctor Who
as Madame Kovarian
Doctor Who
as Eye Patch Lady
The IT Crowd
as Doctor Mendall
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Lady Millicent
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Merlina Rival
Red Dwarf
as Genny
Midsomer Murders
as Ingrid Lockston
Midsomer Murders
as Constance Fielding
Death in Paradise
as Diana Watson
Inside No. 9
as Lesley
Hustle
as Clarissa
Friday Night Dinner
as Sheila Bloom
Inspector Morse
as Nicole Burgess
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
Father Brown
as Davina Malmort
Great Expectations
as Mrs. Brandley
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
as Medusa
Casualty
as Nancy
The Chelsea Detective
as Olivia Arnold
