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Frances Barber

Acting
Known For

67 Years Old

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).

Born

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK on 13th May 1958

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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Merlina Rival
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Millicent
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Midsomer Murders
Constance Fielding
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Midsomer Murders
Ingrid Lockston
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Red Dwarf
Genny
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Casualty
Nancy
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Death in Paradise
Diana Watson
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Doctor Who
Eye Patch Lady
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Doctor Who
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Father Brown
Davina Malmort
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Inside No. 9
Lesley
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Play for Today
Melody
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An Audience with...
Self
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Agatha Christie's Marple
Lizzie Hinchcliffe
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Friday Night Dinner
Sheila Bloom
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The IT Crowd
Doctor Mendall
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Hustle
Clarissa
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Law & Order: UK
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
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Ruby
Self
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Bremner, Bird and Fortune
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The Chelsea Detective
Olivia Arnold
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Space Precinct
Erika Brandt
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Murder Most Horrid
Gloria Twigge
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Gimme Gimme Gimme
Janine
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Inspector Morse
Nicole Burgess
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Silk
Caroline Warwick
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Monkey Dust
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Mapp and Lucia
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Dalziel & Pascoe
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Vexed
Pat Poynter
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New Tricks
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The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medusa
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Reilly: Ace of Spies
Dagmara
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Dreamland
Cheryl
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Trial & Retribution
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Great Expectations
Mrs. Brandley
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Timewatch
Annie Besant
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Pete versus Life
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The Spa
Virginia (Ginny) Trench
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Benidorm
Daisy
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Rik Mayall Presents
Sally Denton
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Psychobitches
Various Roles
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The Leaving of Liverpool
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The Street
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Having It Off
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Funland
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Celeb
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Love in a Cold Climate
The Bolter
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Queens of Mystery
Viv Collins
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Whitstable Pearl
Dolly Nolan
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Plastic Man
Louise Ferman
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Let's Talk About Sex
Narrator
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Hotel Babylon
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The Rebel
Angela
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Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
Dinner Guest
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Chef
Anita Lawrence
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Beautiful People
Miss Prentice
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Goal!
Carol Harmison
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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Winnie Verloc
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Mr. Holmes
Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
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Castaway
Sister Saint Winifred
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Goal II: Living the Dream
Carol Harmison
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The Bookshop
Jessie Welford
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Evilenko
Fenja Evilenka
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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Joy
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The Ice House
Diana Goode
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Muse of Fire
Self
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Hamlet
First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
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The Nativity
Elizabeth
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Behaving Badly
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The Missionary
Mission Girl
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Still Crazy
Lady in Black
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The Orchid House
Joan
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We'll Take Manhattan
Diana Vreeland
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Prick Up Your Ears
Leonie Orton
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Blue Iguana
Princess
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Shiner
Georgie
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The Nightmare Years
Helga Bauer
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The Escort
Jessica
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A Zed & Two Noughts
Venus de Milo
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Rhodes
Princess Catherine Radziwill
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Giorgino
Marie
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Hancock
Freddie Hancock
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The IT Crowd Manual
Self
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King Lear
Goneril
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The Escape
Alison
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Young Soul Rebels
Ann
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Dead Fish
S & M Prostitute
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The Red Siren
Eva
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Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Miss Trumble
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The Chosen
Natalia Sedova
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Photographing Fairies
Beatrice Templeton
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Esther Kahn
Rivka Kahn
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Superstition
Isabella Flores
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The Queen and I
Princess Margaret
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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rosie
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A Royal Scandal
Lady Jersey
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We Think the World of You
Megan
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McKellen: Playing the Part
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Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Herself
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Plastic Man
Louise Ferman
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Acceptable Levels
Jill
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Those Glory Glory Days
Woman
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Flyfishing
Frances
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Mrs Ambrigail
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Toy Boys
Mrs. Chambers
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May I Kill U?
Bernice
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The Grasscutter
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Trick or Treat
Miss Ferguson
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The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Miss Piggy (voice)
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The Leaving of Liverpool
Ellen, Lil's Mother
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A Bird Flew In
Marie
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Secret Friends
Angela
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3 Steps to Heaven
Andrea Wallis
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Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Adonia
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Home Sweet Home
Melody
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An Ideal Husband
Mrs. Cheveley
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Listening
Woman
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Bucky
Miss Eversham
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In The Cold Light Of Day
Mother
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The Fattest Man in Britain
Janice
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White City
Alice
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Duck
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Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Sally Denton
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Just in Time
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The Gentleman Thief
Julia Sinclair
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A Statement of Affairs
Pip
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Viola / Cesario
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The People Before
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Separate Bedrooms
Gert
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Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
Anna Lindsay
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Scarborough Ahoy!
Maria
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Do Not Disturb
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Hard Feelings
Viv
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Fish Tale
Helen Wormsley
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A Flame to the Phoenix
Wanda Grabinska
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Tea
Woman
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His Passionate Bride
Narrator (voice)
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Return to Blood River
Karen