Cast & creator
Frances Barber
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who
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).
Also known as: فرانسس باربر
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film credits
85
television credits
172
1967–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (173)
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Midsomer Murders
Ingrid Lockston
1997Midsomer Murders
Constance Fielding
1997
Doctor Who
Madame Kovarian
2005Doctor Who
Eye Patch Lady
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Millicent
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
Merlina Rival
1989
Death in Paradise
Diana Watson
2011
Casualty
Nancy
1986
Play for Today
Melody
1970
Father Brown
Davina Malmort
2013
Screen Two
Jenny Coldfield
1985Screen Two
Karen
1985Screen Two
Mother
1985
New Tricks
2004
Omnibus
1967
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lizzie Hinchcliffe
2004
Hustle
Clarissa
2004
Red Dwarf
Genny
1988
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Inspector Morse
Nicole Burgess
1987
Dalziel and Pascoe
Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
1996
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Inside No. 9
Lesley
2014
The Chelsea Detective
Olivia Arnold
2022
The IT Crowd
Doctor Mendall
2006
Law & Order: UK
2009
Benidorm
Daisy
2007
Playhouse Presents
Bette Davis
2012Playhouse Presents
Doris Stokes
2012Playhouse Presents
Catherine the Great
2012
Timewatch
Annie Besant
1982
Silk
Caroline Warwick QC
2011
Screen One
Freddie Hancock
1989
Great Expectations
Mrs. Brandley
2011
Space Precinct
Erika Brandt
1994
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medusa
1991
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Winnie Verloc
1988
Murder Most Horrid
Gloria Twigge
1991
Hotel Babylon
2006
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Dagmara
1983
Friday Night Dinner
Sheila Bloom
2011
Whitstable Pearl
Dolly Nolan
2021
Mr. Holmes
Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
2015
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Mrs Ambrigail
1971
Ruby
Self
1997
The Street
2006
Chef
Anita Lawrence
1993
Psychobitches
Bette Davis
2013Psychobitches
Doris Stokes
2013Psychobitches
Catherine the Great
2013Psychobitches
Elizabeth I
2013Psychobitches
St Catherine
2013Psychobitches
Whistler's Mother
2013Psychobitches
Thora Hind
2013Psychobitches
Josephine-Joseph
2013Psychobitches
Barbara Cartland
2013
Vexed
Pat Poynter
2010
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Janine
1999
The Bookshop
Jessie Welford
2017
Monkey Dust
(voice)
2003
Queens of Mystery
Viv Collins
2019
Funland
Connie Woolf
2005
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Joy
2017
The Spa
Ginny
2013
Goal!
Carol Harmison
2005
Rik Mayall Presents
Sally Denton
1993
Semi-Detached
Patricia
2020
Beautiful People
Miss Prentice
2008
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
Narrator
2015
Goal II: Living the Dream
Carol Harmison
2007
Love in a Cold Climate
The Bolter
2001
Dreamland
Cheryl
2023
The Escape
Alison
2018
A Mother For An Hour
Nestan
Evilenko
Fenja Evilenka
2004
Behaving Badly
1989
Prick Up Your Ears
Leonie Orton
1987
Mapp and Lucia
Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
2014
A Zed & Two Noughts
Venus de Milo
1985
Pete versus Life
2010
The Nativity
Elizabeth
2010Summer Comedy Shorts
Mum
2017
Rhodes
Princess Catherine Radziwill
1996Celeb
2002
The Ice House
Diana Goode
1997
Thatcherworld
Penny Jenkins
1993
The Rebel
Angela
2016
Giorgino
Marie
1994
We'll Take Manhattan
Diana Vreeland
2012
The Nightmare Years
Helga Bauer
1989
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
Medusa
1991
Still Crazy
Lady in Black
1998
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rosie
1987
Real Women
Anna Nicholls
1998
Let's Talk About Sex
Narrator
2019Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
Dinner Guest
2008
Blue Iguana
Princess
2018
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018
A Bird Flew In
Marie
2022
Superstition
Isabella Flores
2001
The Leaving of Liverpool
1992
The Fattest Man in Britain
Janice
2009
Plastic Man
Louise Ferman
1999
The Escort
Jessica
1999
The Queen and I
Princess Margaret
2018
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Self
2021
King Lear
Goneril
2008
3 Steps to Heaven
Andrea Wallis
1995
Castaway
Sister Saint Winifred
1986
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Adonia
1995
The Secret Santa Project
Carol
2025
Home Sweet Home
Melody
1982
The Red Siren
Eva
2002
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Mrs Ambrigail
2021
The State of Us
Joan
2026
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Viola / Cesario
1988
We Think the World of You
Megan
1988
Boudica
Agrippina
2003
Dead Fish
S & M Prostitute
2005
A Hand to Hold
Moira
2026
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Sally Denton
1995Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
Annie Shepherd
1996
Those Glory Glory Days
Woman
1983
The Missionary
Mission Girl
1982
The Leaving of Liverpool
Ellen, Lil's Mother
1992From London with Love
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Miss Piggy (voice)
2004
Young Soul Rebels
Ann
1991
May I Kill U?
Bernice
2013
Hard Feelings
Viv
1984
Bad Education: Christmas Special
Alfie's Mum
2013
The Grasscutter
Claire Deeds
1990
Trick or Treat
Miss Ferguson
2019
Esther Kahn
Rivka Kahn
2000
Toy Boys
Mrs. Chambers
1999
Photographing Fairies
Beatrice Templeton
1997
Secret Friends
Angela
1991
The Chosen
Natalia Sedova
2016
The IT Crowd Manual
Self
2014
Hamlet
First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
2024
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Miss Trumble
1993Listening
Woman
2003
Shiner
Georgie
2000
Scarborough Ahoy!
Maria
1994
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
Anna Lindsay
1994
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
Thanks
2001It Might Be You
Wendy
1995
Return to Blood River
Karen
1994
An Ideal Husband
Mrs. Cheveley
2018
Tea
Woman
1998
In The Cold Light Of Day
Mother
1994
A Flame to the Phoenix
Wanda Grabinska
1983Having It Off
2002Do Not Disturb
Jenny
1991
The Orchid House
Joan
1991
Acceptable Levels
Jill
1983
A Royal Scandal
Lady Jersey
1997
Hancock
Freddie Hancock
1991Bucky
Miss Eversham
2014
Separate Bedrooms
Gert
1989
The Gentleman Thief
Julia Sinclair
2001
The People Before
2025A Statement of Affairs
Pip
1993Duck
1988
His Passionate Bride
Narrator (voice)
2005Plastic Man
Louise Ferman
1999
White City
Alice
1985
Flyfishing
Frances
2003
MUSIK
2026Just in Time
1998Fish Tale
Helen Wormsley
1994