For Samuel Johnson's servant, see Francis Barber. For the Colonel in the Continental Army, see Francis Barber (Colonel).
Frances Barber
Born
Frances Brookes
(1958-05-13) 13 May 1958 (age 65)
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Alma mater
University College of North Wales
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1979–present
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).
FrancesBarber (née Brookes, born 13 May 1958) is an English actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays Camille (1985),...
Jones, lighting design by Mark Henderson and starring Amanda Abbington, FrancesBarber and Reece Shearsmith. The playtext was published by Nick Hern Books...
McGuire, a dour police detective who moves to Whitstable from London FrancesBarber as Dolly Nolan, Pearl's widowed mother and co-manager of the Whitstable...
father comes to visit to escape past issues. Shashi Kapoor as Rafi FrancesBarber as Rosie Claire Bloom as Alice Ayub Khan-Din as Sammy Roland Gift as...
Therapist Sharon Horgan as various roles Samantha Spiro as various roles FrancesBarber as various roles Selina Griffiths as various roles Katy Brand as various...
which aired on 20 December 2009. The drama also featured Bobby Ball, FrancesBarber, Aisling Loftus and Jeremy Kyle. In 2010, he portrayed Winston Churchill...
Shakespeare Company in a repertory company that included Ian McKellen, FrancesBarber, Romola Garai, William Gaunt and Sylvester McCoy. Both plays toured...
Peter Capaldi and also starring Elaine Collins (Capaldi's future wife), FrancesBarber, Jeremy Northam, Phyllis Logan and Richard Wilson. Gavin Bellini is...
Mark Gatiss' The Unfriend from December 2023 until March 2024, with FrancesBarber and Sarah Alexander. Mack has long had an interest in Buddhism, mindfulness...
King Lear and as Nina in The Seagull, starring alongside Ian McKellen, FrancesBarber, Sylvester McCoy, Jonathan Hyde and William Gaunt. The run, which toured...
confesses to a detective named Anita (Asia Argento) that her mother Eva (FrancesBarber) is a dangerous killer. Eva is also a very powerful and wealthy leader...
Marton Csokas as Vadim Timurovich Lesiev Ronald Pickup as Aron Richter FrancesBarber as Fenya Evilenka John Benfield as Oleg Chivadze Alexei Chadyuk as Captain...
Connolly as Dermot McAuley Sleeping Dogs Leo McKern as Alexander Petrov FrancesBarber as Annie Shepherd Paul Freeman as Armitage Nicholas Jones as Schroeder...
Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, starring Richard Briers as Malvolio and FrancesBarber as Viola, and with an original score by actor, musician, and composer...
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