Frances Barber

Actress

Born: May 13, 1958 (67 years old)

Place of birth: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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).

Filmography (88)

• The IT Crowd Manual (2014, ★ 8.2)
• Monkey Dust (2003, ★ 8.1)
• The Nativity (2010, ★ 8.8)
• Still Crazy (1998, ★ 6.8)
• A Zed & Two Noughts (1985, ★ 7)
• Goal! (2005, ★ 6.8)
• Prick Up Your Ears (1987, ★ 6.7)
• A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint (2021, ★ 6.9)
• King Lear (2008, ★ 6.7)
• Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1988, ★ 6.9)
• Hamlet (2024, ★ 7.6)
• McKellen: Playing the Part (2018, ★ 7.2)
• Death in Paradise (2011, ★ 7.5)
• Inspector Morse (1987, ★ 7.9)
• Red Dwarf (1988, ★ 8.1)
• Inside No. 9 (2014, ★ 8.1)
• The IT Crowd (2006, ★ 8.2)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989, ★ 8.2)
• The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991, ★ 8.1)
• Giorgino (1994, ★ 6.4)
• Castaway (1986, ★ 6.2)
• Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1993, ★ 6.2)
• Mr. Holmes (2015, ★ 6.5)
• We Think the World of You (1988, ★ 6.3)
• Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017, ★ 6.4)
• The Bookshop (2017, ★ 6.5)
• Law & Order: UK (2009, ★ 7)
• New Tricks (2004, ★ 7.3)
• The Street (2006, ★ 7.7)
• Doctor Who (2005, ★ 7.6)