Personal Info
Known Credits
73
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1958-05-13 (67 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Also Known For
Frances Barber
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 inclu ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
Hamlet
| First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
2022 --
A Bird Flew In
| Marie
2021 --
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
| Mrs Ambrigail
2021 --
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
| Herself
2019 --
Trick or Treat
| Miss Ferguson
2018 --
The Queen and I
| Princess Margaret
2018 --
Blue Iguana
| Princess
2018 --
An Ideal Husband
| Mrs. Cheveley
2018 --
McKellen: Playing the Part
|
2018 --
The Escape
| Alison
2017 --
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
| Joy
2017 --
The Bookshop
| Jessie
2016 --
The Chosen
| Natalia Sedova
2015 --
Mr. Holmes
| Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
2014 --
Bucky
| Miss Eversham
2014 --
The IT Crowd Manual
| Self
2013 --
Muse of Fire
| Self
2013 --
May I Kill U?
| Bernice
2012 --
We'll Take Manhattan
| Diana Vreeland
2009 --
The Fattest Man in Britain
| Janice
2008 --
King Lear
| Goneril
2007 --
Goal II: Living the Dream
| Carol Harmison
2005 --
Dead Fish
| S & M Prostitute
2005 --
Goal!
| Carol Harmison
2005 --
His Passionate Bride
| Narrator (voice)
2004 --
Evilenko
| Fenja Evilenka
2004 --
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
| Miss Piggy (voice)
2003 --
Listening
| Woman
2003 --
Flyfishing
| Frances
2002 --
The Red Siren
| Eva
2001 --
Superstition
| Isabella Flores
2000 --
Esther Kahn
| Rivka Kahn
2000 --
Shiner
| Georgie
1999 --
The Escort
| Jessica
1999 --
Plastic Man
| Louise Ferman
1999 --
Toy Boys
| Mrs. Chambers
1998 --
Still Crazy
| Lady in Black
1998 --
Tea
| Woman
1998 --
Just in Time
|
1997 --
A Royal Scandal
| Lady Jersey
1997 --
Photographing Fairies
| Beatrice Templeton
1995 --
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
| Adonia
1995 --
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
| Sally Denton
1995 --
3 Steps to Heaven
| Andrea Wallis
1994 --
Scarborough Ahoy!
| Maria
1994 --
Giorgino
| Marie
1994 --
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
| Anna Lindsay
1994 --
In The Cold Light Of Day
| Mother
1994 --
Return to Blood River
| Karen
1994 --
Fish Tale
| Helen Wormsley
1993 --
A Statement of Affairs
| Pip
1993 --
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
| Miss Trumble
1992 --
The Leaving of Liverpool
| Ellen, Lil's Mother
1991 --
Hancock
| Freddie Hancock
1991 --
Young Soul Rebels
| Ann
1991 --
Secret Friends
| Angela
1991 --
Do Not Disturb
|
1990 --
The Grasscutter
|
1989 --
Separate Bedrooms
| Gert
1988 --
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
| Viola / Cesario
1988 --
We Think the World of You
| Megan
1988 --
Duck
|
1987 --
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
| Rosie
1987 --
Prick Up Your Ears
| Leonie Orton
1986 --
Castaway
| Sister Saint Winifred
1985 --
A Zed & Two Noughts
| Venus de Milo
1985 --
White City
| Alice
1984 --
Hard Feelings
| Viv
1983 --
A Flame to the Phoenix
| Wanda Grabinska
1983 --
Those Glory Glory Days
| Woman
1983 --
Acceptable Levels
| Jill
1982 --
The Missionary
| Mission Girl
1982 --
Home Sweet Home
| Melody