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Frances Barber has worked in a string of award-winning productions for the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, taking roles as diverse as Eliza in Pygmalion and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Among her film appearances are roles in Stephen Frears' Prick Up Your Ears and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, Dennis Potter's Secret Friends and John Irvine's Shiner with Michael Caine... See full bio »

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2013 Advance to Contact (short) (completed)
Dr. Catherine Sheldon
 
2013 The Spa (TV series)
Ginny
– Guilty Until Proven Innocent (2013) … Ginny
– Wedding Belles (2013) … Ginny
– Love Is a Losing Game (2013) … Ginny
– A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose (2013) … Ginny
– No Place Like Home (2013) … Ginny
See all 6 episodes »
 
2013 Placebo (short)
Jane
 
2012 The Academy: Special (TV movie)
Actor
 
2012 Vexed (TV series)
Pat Poynter
– Episode #2.6 (2012) … Pat Poynter
 
2012 May I Kill U?
Bernice
 
2012 Silk (TV series)
Caroline Warwick QC / Caroline Warwick
– Episode #2.6 (2012) … Caroline Warwick QC
– Episode #2.5 (2012) … Caroline Warwick QC
– Episode #2.4 (2012) … Caroline Warwick QC
– Episode #2.3 (2012) … Caroline Warwick QC
– Episode #2.2 (2012) … Caroline Warwick
See all 6 episodes »
 
2012 We'll Take Manhattan (TV movie)
Diana Vreeland
 
2011 Great Expectations (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Brandley
– Episode #1.3 (2011) … Mrs. Brandley
– Episode #1.2 (2011) … Mrs. Brandley
 
2011 Pete Versus Life (TV series)
Rebecca
– The Tennis Player (2011) … Rebecca
 
2011 Death in Paradise (TV series)
Diana Watson
– Episode #1.2 (2011) … Diana Watson
 
2011 Doctor Who (TV series)
Eye Patch Lady / Madame Kovarian
– The Wedding of River Song (2011) … Madame Kovarian
– Closing Time (2011) … Madame Kovarian
– A Good Man Goes to War (2011) … Madame Kovarian
– The Almost People (2011) … Eye Patch Lady
– The Rebel Flesh (2011) … Eye Patch Lady
See all 7 episodes »
 
2011 Friday Night Dinner (TV series)
Sheila Bloom
– The Mercedes (2011) … Sheila Bloom
 
2011 Mercutio's Dreaming: The Killing of a Chinese Actor (short)
Regine Carey
 
2010 The Nativity (TV mini-series)
Elizabeth
– Part 2 (2010) … Elizabeth
– Part 1 (2010) … Elizabeth
 
2010 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Constance Fielding
– Master Class (2010) … Constance Fielding
 
2010 A Passionate Woman (TV series)
Margaret
– Episode #1.2 (2010) … Margaret
 
1990-2009 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
Lady Millicent / Merlina Rival
– The Clocks (2009) … Merlina Rival
– The Veiled Lady (1990) … Lady Millicent
 
2009 The Academy Part 2: First Impressions
Frankie
 
2009 The Fattest Man in Britain (TV movie)
Janice
 
2009 The Street (TV series)
Lizzie Gargan
– Episode #3.6 (2009) … Lizzie Gargan
– Episode #3.1 (2009) … Lizzie Gargan
 
2009 Hotel Babylon (TV series)
Arianna Adams
– Episode #4.4 (2009) … Arianna Adams
 
2009 Law & Order: UK (TV series)
Michaela Herman
– Paradise (2009) … Michaela Herman
 
2008 King Lear (TV movie)
Goneril
 
2008 Casualty (TV series)
Nancy
– Took a Long Time to Come (2008) … Nancy
 
2008 Beautiful People (TV series)
Miss Prentice
– How I Got My Globe (2008) … Miss Prentice
 
2008 Great Performances (TV series)
Goneril
– King Lear (2008) … Goneril
 
2007 Hustle (TV series)
Clarissa
– A Designers Paradise (2007) … Clarissa
 
2007 Bremner, Bird and Fortune (TV series)
– Episode #11.1 (2007)
 
2007 Goal II: Living the Dream
Carol Harmison
 
2006 Brief Encounters (TV series)
Jackie Knight
– Life's Like That (2006) … Jackie Knight
 
2006 New Tricks (TV series)
Anita Walsh
– Dockers (2006) … Anita Walsh (as Francis Barber)
 
2006 The IT Crowd (TV series)
Doctor Mendall
– Aunt Irma Visits (2006) … Doctor Mendall
 
2005 Funland (TV series)
Connie Woolf
– Episode #1.10 (2005) … Connie Woolf
– Episode #1.11 (2005) … Connie Woolf
– Episode #1.8 (2005) … Connie Woolf
– Episode #1.9 (2005) … Connie Woolf
– Episode #1.7 (2005) … Connie Woolf
See all 10 episodes »
 
2005 Dead Fish
S & M Prostitute
 
2005 Goal! The Dream Begins
Carol Harmison
 
2005 Where the Heart Is (TV series)
Michelle
– Sisters Under the Skin (2005) … Michelle
 
2005 Enfant Terrible (short)
 
2005 Bremner, Bird and Fortune: A Bunch of Counts (TV movie)
Various
 
2005 According to Bex (TV series)
Brenda
– Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (2005) … Brenda
 
2005 Agatha Christie Marple: A Murder Is Announced (TV movie)
Lizzie Hinchcliffe
 
2004 His Passionate Bride (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Trial & Retribution (TV series)
Cassandra
– Blue Eiderdown: Part 2 (2004) … Cassandra
– Blue Eiderdown: Part 1 (2004) … Cassandra
 
2004 Evilenko
 
2004 The Legend of the Tamworth Two (TV movie)
Miss Piggy (voice)
 
2004 Suzie Gold
Joyce Spencer
 
2003 Monkey Dust (TV series)
– Episode #2.2 (2003)
 
2003 Warrior Queen
Agrippina
 
2003 My Family (TV series)
Vanessa
– Owed to Susan (2003) … Vanessa
 
2003 Listening (short)
 
2002 Holby City (TV series)
Eva Thomas
– Sinners and Saints (2002) … Eva Thomas
 
2002 Flyfishing
Frances
 
2002 Celeb (TV series)
Suzi
– The Cast Member (2002) … Suzi
 
2002 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
Betty
 
2002 Having It Off (TV series)
April Summers
– Reservoir Bobs (2002) … April Summers
– Dye Hard (2002) … April Summers
– Basin Instinct (2002) … April Summers
– Perms of Endearment (2002) … April Summers
– The Perminator (2002) … April Summers
See all 6 episodes »
 
2002 La sirène rouge
Eva
 
2002 Manchild (TV series)
Elizabeth
– Four of a Kind (2002) … Elizabeth
– Swingers and Shakers (2002) … Elizabeth
– Responsability (2002) … Elizabeth
– Jealousy (2002) … Elizabeth
– Marriage (2002) … Elizabeth
 
2001 Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series)
Janine
– Trauma (2001) … Janine
 
2001 Superstition
Isabella Flores
 
2001 The Gentleman Thief (TV movie)
Julia Sinclair
 
2001 Love in a Cold Climate (TV mini-series)
The Bolter
– Episode #1.2 (2001) … The Bolter
 
2000 Shiner
Georgie
 
2000 Esther Kahn
Rivka Kahn
 
1999 Mauvaise passe
Jessica
 
1999 Real Women II (TV series)
Anna Nicholls
– Episode #1.4 (1999) … Anna Nicholls
– Episode #1.3 (1999) … Anna Nicholls
– Episode #1.2 (1999) … Anna Nicholls
– Episode #1.1 (1999) … Anna Nicholls
 
1999 Plastic Man (TV movie)
Louise Ferman
 
1999 Murder Most Horrid (TV series)
Gloria Twigge
– Dinner at Tiffany's (1999) … Gloria Twigge
 
1999 Toy Boys (short)
Mrs. Chambers
 
1998 Still Crazy
Lady in Black
 
1998 Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
– The Wood Beyond (1998) … Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
 
1998 Real Women (TV series)
Anna
– The Hitch (1998) … Anna
– The Hangover (1998) … Anna
– The Hen Night (1998) … Anna
 
1997 A Royal Scandal (TV movie)
Lady Jersey
 
1997 Photographing Fairies
Beatrice Templeton
 
1997 Hand on the Shoulder (TV movie)
Translator's voice
 
1997 The Ice House (TV movie)
Diana Goode
 
1997 Rules of Engagement (TV movie)
Harriet Saunders
 
1997 Tea (short)
Woman
 
1996 Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs (TV movie)
Annie Shepherd
 
1996 Rhodes (TV mini-series)
Princess Catherine Radziwill
– The Reckoning (1996) … Princess Catherine Radziwill
– Upsetting the Apple Cart (1996) … Princess Catherine Radziwill
– Land, Gold and Loot (1996) … Princess Catherine Radziwill
– The Chameleon and the Fly (1996) … Princess Catherine Radziwill
– The Price of My Blood (1996) … Princess Catherine Radziwill
See all 8 episodes »
 
1995 Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing (TV movie)
Adonia
 
1995 3 Steps to Heaven (TV movie)
Andrea Wallis
 
1995 Space Precinct (TV series)
Erika Brandt
– Hate Street (1995) … Erika Brandt
 
1995 Dirty Old Town (TV movie)
Sally Denton
 
1995 It Might Be You (TV movie)
Wendy
 
1995 Scarborough Ahoy! (short)
Maria
 
1995 Rules of Engagement
 
1994 Giorgino
Marie
 
1994 Chef! (TV series)
Anita Lawrence
– A Diploma of Miseries (1994) … Anita Lawrence
 
1994 Du fond du coeur
Anna Lindsay
 
1994 Alleyn Mysteries (TV series)
Kitty Cartarette
– Scales of Justice (1994) … Kitty Cartarette
 
1991-1994 Screen Two (TV series)
Jenny Coldfield / Karen / Mother
– In the Cold Light of Day (1994) … Mother
– Return to Blood River (1994) … Karen
– Do Not Disturb (1991) … Jenny Coldfield
 
1993 Thatcherworld (TV short)
Penny Jenkins
 
1993 Rory Bremner, Who Else? (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1993)
 
1993 A Statement of Affairs (TV mini-series)
Pip
– Episode #1.1 (1993) … Pip
 
1993 Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Miss Trumble
 
1992 Inspector Morse (TV series)
Nicole Burgess
– The Death of the Self (1992) … Nicole Burgess
 
1992 The Leaving of Liverpool (TV movie)
Ellen, Lily's mother
 
1991 Screen One (TV series)
Freddie Hancock
– Hancock (1991) … Freddie Hancock
 
1991 Secret Friends
Angela
 
1991 Young Soul Rebels
Ann
 
1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths (TV series)
Medusa
– Perseus & the Gorgon (1991) … Medusa
 
1991 The Orchid House (TV series)
Joan
– Natalie (1991) … Joan
– Joan (1991) … Joan
 
1991 El C.I.D. (TV series)
Molly
– Ticket to Ride (1991) … Molly
– All Grown Up and Nowhere to Go (1991) … Molly
 
1990 The Grasscutter
Claire Deeds
 
1989 Duck (short)
 
1989 Red Dwarf (TV series)
Genny
– Polymorph (1989) … Genny
 
1989 Chambre à part
Gert
 
1989 The Nightmare Years (TV mini-series)
Helga Bauer
– Part 2 (1989) … Helga Bauer
– Part 1 (1989) … Helga Bauer
 
1989 Behaving Badly (TV mini-series)
Rebecca
– The Horse May Talk (1989) … Rebecca
– Seize the Day (1989) … Rebecca
– Home Fires (1989) … Rebecca
– The Tale of the Turbot (1989) … Rebecca
 
1988 This Is David Lander (TV series)
Irina Tereschkov / Yvonne Watts
– A Question of Trial and Error (1988) … Yvonne Watts
– The Nicholson Story (1988) … Irina Tereschkov
 
1988 We Think the World of You
Megan
 
1988 Apb (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (1988)
 
1988 Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (TV mini-series documentary)
Winnie Verloc
– Joseph Conrad's 'The Secret Agent' (1988) … Winnie Verloc
 
1988 Twelfth Night, or What You Will (TV movie)
Viola / Cesario
 
1988 Victim of the Brain
 
1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rosie Hobbs
 
1987 Prick Up Your Ears
Leonie Orton
 
1987 Clem (TV movie)
Lisa
 
1986 Castaway
Sister Saint Winifred
 
1986 A Zed & Two Noughts
Venus de Milo
 
1985 Acceptable Levels
Jill
 
1985 White City
Alice
 
1982-1984 Play for Today (TV series)
Melody / Viv
– Hard Feelings (1984) … Viv
– Home Sweet Home (1982) … Melody
 
1983 Those Glory Glory Days (TV movie)
Woman
 
1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies (TV mini-series)
Dagmara
– The Last Journey (1983) … Dagmara
– Endgame (1983) … Dagmara
– Gambit (1983) … Dagmara
 
1982 The Missionary
Mission Girl
 
1978 Wings of Ash: Pilot for a Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
2006 Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop (TV documentary) (performer: "My night", "Friendly fire")
 
1986 A Zed & Two Noughts (performer: "The Teddy Bear's Picnic")
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2013 Muse of Fire: A Documentary (documentary) (post-production)
 
2004-2012 Loose Women (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #16.178 (2012) … Herself
– Episode #14.79 (2009) … Herself
– Episode #6.70 (2004) … Herself
 
2011 Doctor Who Confidential (TV series documentary)
Herself
– The Born Identity (2011) … Herself
 
2009 The Variety Club Showbiz Awards 2009 (TV movie)
Herself
 
2009 The Academy
Herself
 
2008 A Taste of My Life (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Timothy Spall (2008) … Herself
 
2006 Cooking It (TV series)
Narrator
– Episode #1.6 (2006) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.5 (2006) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.4 (2006) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.3 (2006) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.2 (2006) … Narrator (voice)
See all 6 episodes »
 
2006 Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2004 GMTV (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 September 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2004 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 3 March 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2001 The Queen Mother: Her Reign in Colour 1937-1953 (TV documentary) (voice)
 
2001 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 May 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
2001 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Herself
– My Fair Lady: Loverly (2001) … Herself
 
1999 An Audience with Diana Ross (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1997-1999 Ruby (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.3 (1999) … Herself
– Episode #2.2 (1998) … Herself
– Episode #1.7 (1997) … Herself
– Episode #1.8 (1997) … Herself
 
1997 The Laurence Olivier Awards 1997 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1988 Timewatch (TV series documentary)
– A Woman's Story (1988)
 
1985 Treasure Hunt (TV series)
Herself
– Warwickshire (1985) … Herself
 
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2009 My Family (TV series)
 

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(March 2009): Played Comtesse de Saint-Frond in "Madame de Sade" play by Yukio Mishima, translated by Donald Keene (Wyndham's Theater, London, England, UK). See more »

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Height:

5' 4½" (1.64 m)
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She was nominated for a 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role of 1996 for her performance in "Uncle Vanya". See more »

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