Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/13/1958
Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Also Known As
فرانسس باربر
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
Esther Kahn
as Rivka Kahn
Hamlet
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
Goal!
as Carol Harmison
The Escape
as Alison
The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova
Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred
Photographing Fairies
as Beatrice Templeton
Flyfishing
as Frances
Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
Blue Iguana
as Princess
Dead Fish
as S & M Prostitute
Mr. Holmes
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
King Lear
as Goneril
Still Crazy
as Lady in Black
The Secret Santa Project
as Carol
Superstition
as Isabella Flores
Secret Friends
as Angela
White City
as Alice
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Venus de Milo