Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Born
13 maggio 1958 (68)
Place of birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Also known as
فرانسس باربر
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).
Conosciuto per
7.5
Series
Silk
Caroline Warwick QC
2011–2014
6.7
Series
Whitstable Pearl
Dolly Nolan
2021–
5.4
Film
The Escort
Jessica
1999
0.0
Film
Thatcherworld
Penny Jenkins
1993
6.8
Film
Goal!
Carol Harmison
2005
7.5
Series
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999–2010
6.5
Film
Mr. Holmes
Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
2015
6.0
Film
Goal II: Living the Dream
Carol Harmison
2007
6.5
Film
The Bookshop
Jessie Welford
2017
8.8
Series
The Nativity
Elizabeth
2010
7.9
Series
Love in a Cold Climate
The Bolter
2001
5.8
Film
Blue Iguana
Princess
2018
6.3
Series
Mapp and Lucia
Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
2014
6.5
Series
The Nightmare Years
Helga Bauer
1989
8.0
Series
Monkey Dust
(voice)
2003–2005
6.4
Series
Dreamland
Cheryl
2023
6.1
Series
The Ice House
Diana Goode
1997
0.0
Film
The State of Us
Joan
2026
6.4
Film
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Joy
2017
9.0
Series
Rhodes
Princess Catherine Radziwill
1996
4.8
Series
The Orchid House
Joan
1991
4.3
Series
Behaving Badly
1989
5.5
Film
The Escape
Alison
2018
5.9
Film
The Chosen
Natalia Sedova
2016
7.2
Series
The Leaving of Liverpool
1992
7.8
Film
Hamlet
First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
2024
7.8
Film
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Self
2021
6.3
Film
The Queen and I
Princess Margaret
2018
2.3
Film
Trick or Treat
Miss Ferguson
2019
7.0
Series
Having It Off
2002–
7.5
Film
An Ideal Husband
Mrs. Cheveley
2018
6.9
Film
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Mrs Ambrigail
2021
7.2
Film
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018
5.6
Film
The People Before
2025
Acting credits 34 titles
The State of Us
as Joan
0.0
2026
The People Before
5.6
2025
Hamlet
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
7.8
2024
Dreamland
as Cheryl
6.4
2023
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Mrs Ambrigail
6.9
2021
Whitstable Pearl
as Dolly Nolan
6.7
2021–
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
as Self
7.8
2021
Trick or Treat
as Miss Ferguson
2.3
2019
An Ideal Husband
as Mrs. Cheveley
7.5
2018
The Escape
as Alison
5.5
2018
McKellen: Playing the Part
7.2
2018
Blue Iguana
as Princess
5.8
2018
The Queen and I
as Princess Margaret
6.3
2018
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
6.5
2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Joy
6.4
2017
The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova
5.9
2016
Mr. Holmes
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
6.5
2015
Mapp and Lucia
as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
6.3
2014
Silk
as Caroline Warwick QC
7.5
2011–2014
The Nativity
as Elizabeth
8.8
2010
Goal II: Living the Dream
as Carol Harmison
6.0
2007
Goal!
as Carol Harmison
6.8
2005
Monkey Dust
as (voice)
8.0
2003–2005
Having It Off
7.0
2002–
Love in a Cold Climate
as The Bolter
7.9
2001
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
7.5
1999–2010
The Escort
as Jessica
5.4
1999
The Ice House
as Diana Goode
6.1
1997
Rhodes
as Princess Catherine Radziwill
9.0
1996
Thatcherworld
as Penny Jenkins
0.0
1993
The Leaving of Liverpool
7.2
1992
The Orchid House
as Joan
4.8
1991
The Nightmare Years
as Helga Bauer
6.5
1989
Behaving Badly
4.3
1989