Frances Barber

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

143

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-05-13 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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 include The Street (2009), Doctor Who (2011), Silk (2012–2014), and Whitstable Pearl (2021–2022).

Known For

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Benidorm

    Benidorm

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Hustle

    Hustle

  • Timewatch

    Timewatch

  • Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • The IT Crowd

    The IT Crowd

  • Trial & Retribution

    Trial & Retribution

  • Law & Order: UK

    Law & Order: UK

  • The Chelsea Detective

    The Chelsea Detective

  • Dalziel & Pascoe

    Dalziel & Pascoe

  • Whitstable Pearl

    Whitstable Pearl

  • Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid

  • The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

  • Friday Night Dinner

    Friday Night Dinner

  • Hotel Babylon

    Hotel Babylon

  • Space Precinct

    Space Precinct

  • The IT Crowd Manual

    The IT Crowd Manual

  • Silk

    Silk

  • Mr. Holmes

    Mr. Holmes

  • Goal!

    Goal!

  • Esther Kahn

    Esther Kahn

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • The Secret Santa Project

    The Secret Santa Project

  • Reilly: Ace of Spies

    Reilly: Ace of Spies

  • Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

    Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

  • Evilenko

    Evilenko

  • Vexed

    Vexed

  • Bremner, Bird and Fortune

    Bremner, Bird and Fortune

  • 3 Steps to Heaven

    3 Steps to Heaven

  • The Street

    The Street

  • Castaway

    Castaway

  • Photographing Fairies

    Photographing Fairies

  • The Escape

    The Escape

  • Home Sweet Home

    Home Sweet Home

  • Flyfishing

    Flyfishing

  • The Legend of the Tamworth Two

    The Legend of the Tamworth Two

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Plastic Man

    Plastic Man

  • Soft Top Hard Shoulder

    Soft Top Hard Shoulder

  • Prick Up Your Ears

    Prick Up Your Ears

  • McKellen: Playing the Part

    McKellen: Playing the Part

  • Acceptable Levels

    Acceptable Levels

  • Mapp and Lucia

    Mapp and Lucia

  • The Gentleman Thief

    The Gentleman Thief

  • Ruby

    Ruby

  • Chef

    Chef

  • Goal II: Living the Dream

    Goal II: Living the Dream

  • Secret Friends

    Secret Friends

  • A Zed & Two Noughts

    A Zed & Two Noughts

  • Rik Mayall Presents

    Rik Mayall Presents

  • The Chosen

    The Chosen

  • Blue Iguana

    Blue Iguana

  • Still Crazy

    Still Crazy

  • Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

    Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

  • The Bookshop

    The Bookshop

  • Psychobitches

    Psychobitches

  • Funland

    Funland

  • Monkey Dust

    Monkey Dust

  • A Royal Scandal

    A Royal Scandal

  • Beautiful People

    Beautiful People

  • The Ice House

    The Ice House

  • Gimme Gimme Gimme

    Gimme Gimme Gimme

  • The Grasscutter

    The Grasscutter

  • The Queen and I

    The Queen and I

  • Queens of Mystery

    Queens of Mystery

  • We Think the World of You

    We Think the World of You

  • Hancock

    Hancock

  • White City

    White City

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • Listening

    Listening

  • Love in a Cold Climate

    Love in a Cold Climate

  • A Flame to the Phoenix

    A Flame to the Phoenix

  • The Leaving of Liverpool

    The Leaving of Liverpool

  • Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

    Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

  • Dead Fish

    Dead Fish

  • An Ideal Husband

    An Ideal Husband

  • The Nativity

    The Nativity

  • Bucky

    Bucky

  • Return to Blood River

    Return to Blood River

  • Superstition

    Superstition

  • We'll Take Manhattan

    We'll Take Manhattan

  • Young Soul Rebels

    Young Soul Rebels

  • In The Cold Light Of Day

    In The Cold Light Of Day

  • Those Glory Glory Days

    Those Glory Glory Days

  • Dreamland

    Dreamland

  • The Storyteller: Greek Myths

    The Storyteller: Greek Myths

  • The Orchid House

    The Orchid House

  • The Spa

    The Spa

  • A Bird Flew In

    A Bird Flew In

  • Giorgino

    Giorgino

  • Hard Feelings

    Hard Feelings

  • The Missionary

    The Missionary

  • Shiner

    Shiner

  • The Red Siren

    The Red Siren

  • Rhodes

    Rhodes

  • Scarborough Ahoy!

    Scarborough Ahoy!

  • Summer Comedy Shorts

    Summer Comedy Shorts

  • Pete versus Life

    Pete versus Life

  • A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

    A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Behaving Badly

    Behaving Badly

  • Muse of Fire

    Muse of Fire

  • The Escort

    The Escort

  • Celeb

    Celeb

  • The Leaving of Liverpool

    The Leaving of Liverpool

  • The Nightmare Years

    The Nightmare Years

  • Toy Boys

    Toy Boys

  • Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

    Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

  • Having It Off

    Having It Off

  • Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

    Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

  • Let's Talk About Sex

    Let's Talk About Sex

  • Plastic Man

    Plastic Man

  • Twelfth Night, or What You Will

    Twelfth Night, or What You Will

  • May I Kill U?

    May I Kill U?

  • Boudica

    Boudica

  • Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

  • Trick or Treat

    Trick or Treat

  • Do Not Disturb

    Do Not Disturb

  • Just in Time

    Just in Time

  • The Fattest Man in Britain

    The Fattest Man in Britain

  • A Statement of Affairs

    A Statement of Affairs

  • The People Before

    The People Before

  • Duck

    Duck

  • Fish Tale

    Fish Tale

  • Separate Bedrooms

    Separate Bedrooms

  • Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

    Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

  • His Passionate Bride

    His Passionate Bride

  • Tea

    Tea