Frances Barber
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).
Acting
TV
Doctor Who
as Madame Kovarian
2005
TV
Doctor Who
as Eye Patch Lady
2005
Movie
Mr. Holmes
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
2015
TV
The IT Crowd
as Doctor Mendall
2006
Movie
Goal!
as Carol Harmison
2005
Movie
Goal II: Living the Dream
as Carol Harmison
2007
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Lady Millicent
1989
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Merlina Rival
1989
Movie
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
2017
TV
Red Dwarf
as Genny
1988
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Ingrid Lockston
1997
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Constance Fielding
1997
TV
Death in Paradise
as Diana Watson
2011
TV
Inside No. 9
as Lesley
2014
TV
Hustle
as Clarissa
2004
Movie
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Joy
2017
Movie
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Venus de Milo
1985
TV
Friday Night Dinner
as Sheila Bloom
2011
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
2004
TV
Inspector Morse
as Nicole Burgess
1987
TV
Father Brown
as Davina Malmort
2013
Movie
Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka
2004
Movie
Still Crazy
as Lady in Black
1998
Movie
Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred
1986
