Frances Barber

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

144

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

  • Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf

  • Hustle

    Hustle

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • The IT Crowd

    The IT Crowd

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Benidorm

    Benidorm

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • The Chelsea Detective

    The Chelsea Detective

  • Dalziel & Pascoe

    Dalziel & Pascoe

  • Law & Order: UK

    Law & Order: UK

  • Trial & Retribution

    Trial & Retribution

  • The Bookshop

    The Bookshop

  • Goal!

    Goal!

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Timewatch

    Timewatch

  • Return to Blood River

    Return to Blood River

  • Esther Kahn

    Esther Kahn

  • Silk

    Silk

  • Castaway

    Castaway

  • Friday Night Dinner

    Friday Night Dinner

  • The Escape

    The Escape

  • Hotel Babylon

    Hotel Babylon

  • Plastic Man

    Plastic Man

  • Bucky

    Bucky

  • Whitstable Pearl

    Whitstable Pearl

  • Evilenko

    Evilenko

  • Flyfishing

    Flyfishing

  • Ruby

    Ruby

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • Photographing Fairies

    Photographing Fairies

  • Secret Friends

    Secret Friends

  • Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid

  • The Street

    The Street

  • Toy Boys

    Toy Boys

  • The Secret Santa Project

    The Secret Santa Project

  • White City

    White City

  • Hard Feelings

    Hard Feelings

  • Dead Fish

    Dead Fish

  • A Flame to the Phoenix

    A Flame to the Phoenix

  • The Chosen

    The Chosen

  • Hancock

    Hancock

  • Space Precinct

    Space Precinct

  • Listening

    Listening

  • Superstition

    Superstition

  • Scarborough Ahoy!

    Scarborough Ahoy!

  • A Ghost Story for Christmas

    A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • Still Crazy

    Still Crazy

  • Reilly: Ace of Spies

    Reilly: Ace of Spies

  • Blue Iguana

    Blue Iguana

  • Shiner

    Shiner

  • Bremner, Bird and Fortune

    Bremner, Bird and Fortune

  • Goal II: Living the Dream

    Goal II: Living the Dream

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Mr. Holmes

    Mr. Holmes

  • Chef

    Chef

  • Monkey Dust

    Monkey Dust

  • Gimme Gimme Gimme

    Gimme Gimme Gimme

  • Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

    Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

  • Giorgino

    Giorgino

  • Acceptable Levels

    Acceptable Levels

  • Funland

    Funland

  • Vexed

    Vexed

  • Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

    Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

  • Beautiful People

    Beautiful People

  • Queens of Mystery

    Queens of Mystery

  • The Storyteller: Greek Myths

    The Storyteller: Greek Myths

  • The IT Crowd Manual

    The IT Crowd Manual

  • The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

    The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

  • The Missionary

    The Missionary

  • A Zed & Two Noughts

    A Zed & Two Noughts

  • Prick Up Your Ears

    Prick Up Your Ears

  • Mapp and Lucia

    Mapp and Lucia

  • Dreamland

    Dreamland

  • 3 Steps to Heaven

    3 Steps to Heaven

  • The Gentleman Thief

    The Gentleman Thief

  • Soft Top Hard Shoulder

    Soft Top Hard Shoulder

  • McKellen: Playing the Part

    McKellen: Playing the Part

  • Young Soul Rebels

    Young Soul Rebels

  • Love in a Cold Climate

    Love in a Cold Climate

  • A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

    A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

  • The Escort

    The Escort

  • Muse of Fire

    Muse of Fire

  • We'll Take Manhattan

    We'll Take Manhattan

  • A Royal Scandal

    A Royal Scandal

  • The Queen and I

    The Queen and I

  • The Ice House

    The Ice House

  • We Think the World of You

    We Think the World of You

  • The Leaving of Liverpool

    The Leaving of Liverpool

  • A Bird Flew In

    A Bird Flew In

  • Rik Mayall Presents

    Rik Mayall Presents

  • The Spa

    The Spa

  • Summer Comedy Shorts

    Summer Comedy Shorts

  • The Legend of the Tamworth Two

    The Legend of the Tamworth Two

  • The Nativity

    The Nativity

  • In The Cold Light Of Day

    In The Cold Light Of Day

  • Twelfth Night, or What You Will

    Twelfth Night, or What You Will

  • Home Sweet Home

    Home Sweet Home

  • Psychobitches

    Psychobitches

  • The Red Siren

    The Red Siren

  • Those Glory Glory Days

    Those Glory Glory Days

  • An Ideal Husband

    An Ideal Husband

  • The Leaving of Liverpool

    The Leaving of Liverpool

  • Boudica

    Boudica

  • Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

  • Pete versus Life

    Pete versus Life

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

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

  • Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

    Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

  • Behaving Badly

    Behaving Badly

  • Duck

    Duck

  • Having It Off

    Having It Off

  • Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

    Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

  • Do Not Disturb

    Do Not Disturb

  • The People Before

    The People Before

  • Celeb

    Celeb

  • Rhodes

    Rhodes

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Orchid House

    The Orchid House

  • The Fattest Man in Britain

    The Fattest Man in Britain

  • Plastic Man

    Plastic Man

  • The Nightmare Years

    The Nightmare Years

  • May I Kill U?

    May I Kill U?

  • The Grasscutter

    The Grasscutter

  • Trick or Treat

    Trick or Treat

  • Let's Talk About Sex

    Let's Talk About Sex

  • Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

    Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

  • Separate Bedrooms

    Separate Bedrooms

  • A Statement of Affairs

    A Statement of Affairs

  • His Passionate Bride

    His Passionate Bride

  • Tea

    Tea

  • Just in Time

    Just in Time

  • Fish Tale

    Fish Tale