Frances Barber
Acting
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).
Filmography
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MUSIK
2026
A Hand to Hold
2026
The Secret Santa Project
2025
The People Before
2025
Hamlet
2024
Dreamland
2023
A Bird Flew In
2022
The Chelsea Detective
2022
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021
Whitstable Pearl
2021
Semi-Detached
2020
Trick or Treat
2019
Queens of Mystery
2019
Let's Talk About Sex
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
Summer Comedy Shorts
Summer Comedy Shorts
2017
The Chosen
2016
The Rebel
2016
Mr. Holmes
2015
Mapp and Lucia
2014
Bucky
Bucky
2014
Inside No. 9
2014
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
Bad Education: Christmas Special
2013
Muse of Fire
2013
Psychobitches
2013
The Spa
2013
Father Brown
2013
May I Kill U?
2013
Playhouse Presents
2012
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
Great Expectations
2011
Death in Paradise
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Friday Night Dinner
2011
Silk
2011
The Nativity
2010
Vexed
2010
Pete versus Life
2010
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009
Law & Order: UK
2009
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
2008
Beautiful People
2008
King Lear
2008
Goal II: Living the Dream
2007
Benidorm
2007
The Street
2006
The IT Crowd
2006
Hotel Babylon
2006
Funland
2005
Dead Fish
2005
Goal!
2005
Doctor Who
2005
His Passionate Bride
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Evilenko
2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
Hustle
2004
New Tricks
2004
Listening
Listening
2003
Boudica
2003
Monkey Dust
2003
Flyfishing
2003
Celeb
Celeb
2002
The Red Siren
2002
Having It Off
Having It Off
2002
Superstition
2001
The Gentleman Thief
2001
Love in a Cold Climate
2001
Esther Kahn
2000
Shiner
2000
The Escort
1999
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999