Frances Barber
Acting
Born May 13, 1958 · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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).
Films (81)
MUSIK
2026
A Hand to Hold
2026
The Secret Santa Project
2025
The People Before
2025
Hamlet
2024
A Bird Flew In
2022
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021
Trick or Treat
2019
The Queen and I
2018
Blue Iguana
2018
An Ideal Husband
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
Bucky
2014
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
Bad Education: Christmas Special
2013
Muse of Fire
2013
May I Kill U?
2013
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009
King Lear
2008
Goal II: Living the Dream
2007
Dead Fish
2005
Goal!
2005
His Passionate Bride
2005
Evilenko
2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
Boudica
2003
Listening
2003
Flyfishing
2003
The Red Siren
2002
Superstition
2001
The Gentleman Thief
2001
Esther Kahn
2000
Shiner
2000
The Escort
1999
Plastic Man
1999
Toy Boys
1999
Still Crazy
1998
Just in Time
1998
Tea
1998
A Royal Scandal
1997
Photographing Fairies
1997
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
1996
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
3 Steps to Heaven
1995
Scarborough Ahoy!
1994
Giorgino
1994
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
1994
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
Return to Blood River
1994
Fish Tale
1994
A Statement of Affairs
1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
The Leaving of Liverpool
1992
Hancock
1991
Young Soul Rebels
1991
Secret Friends
1991
Do Not Disturb
1991
The Grasscutter
1990
Separate Bedrooms
1989
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1988
We Think the World of You
1988
Duck
1988
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
Castaway
1986
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
White City
1985
Hard Feelings
1984
A Flame to the Phoenix
1983
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
Acceptable Levels
1983
The Missionary
1982
Home Sweet Home
1982