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
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
Goal!
as Carol Harmison
Hamlet
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
Return to Blood River
as Karen
Esther Kahn
as Rivka Kahn
Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred
The Escape
as Alison
Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka
Flyfishing
as Frances
King Lear
as Goneril
Photographing Fairies
as Beatrice Templeton
Secret Friends
as Angela
Toy Boys
as Mrs. Chambers
The Secret Santa Project
as Carol
White City
as Alice
Hard Feelings
as Viv
Dead Fish
as S & M Prostitute
A Flame to the Phoenix
as Wanda Grabinska
The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova
Hancock
as Freddie Hancock