Frances Barber
Frances Barber

Frances Barber

May 13, 1958 (67 years old)

Overview

Birthday
May 13, 1958

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

Dreamland
6 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2023

Dreamland

In the town of Margate, eldest sister Trish is pregnant...

A Bird Flew In
1h 35m
DOLBY
Movie 2022

A Bird Flew In

Charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of...

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
30min
DOLBY
Movie 2021

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward...

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
1h 8m
DOLBY
Movie 2021

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

With exclusive interviews and outtakes, this anniversary special celebrates a...

Whitstable Pearl
20 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2021

Whitstable Pearl

With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides...

Trick or Treat
1h 24m
DOLBY
Movie 2019

Trick or Treat

Greg Kielty's life is turned upside down when his estranged...

The Queen and I
1h 30m
DOLBY
Movie 2018

The Queen and I

A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and...

Blue Iguana
1h 40m
DOLBY
Movie 2018

Blue Iguana

He's a low level criminal with no future and just...

An Ideal Husband
2h 21m
DOLBY
Movie 2018

An Ideal Husband

In An Ideal Husband, an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert...

McKellen: Playing the Part
1h 32m
DOLBY
Movie 2018

McKellen: Playing the Part

Built upon a 14 hour interview, McKellen: Playing the Part...

Acting

2023
Dreamland
Tv
2022
A Bird Flew In
Movie
2021
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Movie
2021
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Movie
2021
Whitstable Pearl
Tv
2019
Trick or Treat
Movie
2018
The Queen and I
Movie
2018
Blue Iguana
Movie
2018
An Ideal Husband
Movie
2018
McKellen: Playing the Part
Movie
2018
The Escape
Movie
2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Movie
2017
The Bookshop
Movie
2016
The Chosen
Movie
2014
Mapp and Lucia
Tv
2014
Bucky
Movie
2014
The IT Crowd Manual
Movie
2013
Psychobitches
Tv
2013
The Spa
Tv
2013
May I Kill U?
Movie
2012
We'll Take Manhattan
Movie
2011
Silk
Tv
2010
The Nativity
Tv
2005
Funland
Tv
2005
His Passionate Bride
Movie
2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Movie
2003
Listening
Movie
2003
Monkey Dust
Tv
2002
Celeb
Tv
2002
The Red Siren
Movie
2002
Having It Off
Tv
2001
Superstition
Movie
2001
The Gentleman Thief
Movie
2001
Love in a Cold Climate
Tv
1999
The Escort
Movie
1999
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Tv
1999
Plastic Man
Tv
1999
Plastic Man
Movie
1999
Toy Boys
Movie
1998
Tea
Movie
1998
Just in Time
Movie
1997
A Royal Scandal
Movie
1997
Photographing Fairies
Movie
1997
The Ice House
Tv
1996
Rhodes
Tv
1995
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Movie
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Movie
1994
Scarborough Ahoy!
Movie
1994
Giorgino
Movie
1994
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
Movie
1994
In The Cold Light Of Day
Movie
1994
Return to Blood River
Movie
1994
Fish Tale
Movie
1993
A Statement of Affairs
Movie
1992
The Leaving of Liverpool
Tv
1992
The Leaving of Liverpool
Movie
1991
Hancock
Movie
1991
Do Not Disturb
Movie
1991
The Orchid House
Tv
1990
The Grasscutter
Movie
1989
Separate Bedrooms
Movie
1989
The Nightmare Years
Tv
1989
Behaving Badly
Tv
1988
We Think the World of You
Movie
1988
Duck
Movie
1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Movie
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
Movie
1986
Castaway
Movie
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts
Movie
1985
White City
Movie