Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
13 May, 1958 (66 years old)
Frances Barber
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
Acting
2024
Hamlet
2023
Dreamland
2021
Whitstable Pearl
2019
Trick or Treat
2018
The Queen and I
2018
Blue Iguana
2018
An Ideal Husband
2018
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018
The Escape
2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
The Bookshop
2015
Mr. Holmes
2014
Mapp and Lucia
2013
Muse of Fire
2013
The Spa
2013
May I Kill U?
2009
The Fattest Man in Britain
2008
King Lear
2007
Goal! II: Living the Dream
2005
Dead Fish
2005
Goal!
2004
Evilenko
2001
Love in a Cold Climate
2000
Esther Kahn
2000
Shiner
1998
Still Crazy
1997
Photographing Fairies
1994
Giorgino
1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1991
Young Soul Rebels
1991
Secret Friends
1988
We Think the World of You
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
1986
Castaway
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts
1982
The Missionary