Frances Barber
Actor
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
Goal!
as Carol Harmison 2005
Goal II: Living the Dream
as Carol Harmison 2007
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford 2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Joy 2017
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Venus de Milo 1985
Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred 1986
Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka 2004
Still Crazy
as Lady in Black 1998
Blue Iguana
as Princess 2018
Prick Up Your Ears
as Leonie Orton 1987
The Escape
as Alison 2018
The Missionary
as Mission Girl 1982
Dead Fish
as S & M Prostitute 2005
Giorgino
as Marie 1994
The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova 2016
Photographing Fairies
as Beatrice Templeton 1997