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She received <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Olivier Award">Olivier Award</a> nominations for her work in the plays <i><a href="/wiki/La_Dame_aux_Cam%C3%A9lias" class="mw-redirect" title="La Dame aux Camélias">Camille</a></i> (1985), and <i><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Vanya" title="Uncle Vanya">Uncle Vanya</a></i> (1997). Her film appearances include three collaborations with <a href="/wiki/Gary_Oldman" title="Gary Oldman">Gary Oldman</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears" title="Prick Up Your Ears">Prick Up Your Ears</a></i> (1987), <i><a href="/wiki/We_Think_the_World_of_You_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="We Think the World of You (film)">We Think the World of You</a></i> (1988) and <i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Fish" title="Dead Fish">Dead Fish</a></i> (2005); as well as <i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_and_Rosie_Get_Laid" title="Sammy and Rosie Get Laid">Sammy and Rosie Get Laid</a></i> (1987); <i><a href="/wiki/Soft_Top_Hard_Shoulder" title="Soft Top Hard Shoulder">Soft Top Hard Shoulder</a></i> (1992); and latterly <i><a href="/wiki/Film_Stars_Don%27t_Die_in_Liverpool" title="Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool">Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool</a></i> (2017). Barber's numerous television credits include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Street_(British_TV_series)" title="The Street (British TV series)">The Street</a></i> (2009), <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> (2011), <i><a href="/wiki/Silk_(TV_series)" title="Silk (TV series)">Silk</a></i> (2012–2014), and <i><a href="/wiki/Whitstable_Pearl" title="Whitstable Pearl">Whitstable Pearl</a></i> (2021–2022). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frances_Barber&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Barber was born in <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a>, Staffordshire, England.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her parents are S.W. Brookes and Gladys Simpson; Barber is the fourth of six children. She attended the <a href="/wiki/Colton_Hills_Community_School" title="Colton Hills Community School">Wolverhampton Municipal Grammar School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Barber studied drama at the <a href="/wiki/Bangor_University" title="Bangor University">University College of North Wales</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Gwynedd" title="Bangor, Gwynedd">Bangor</a>, where she was a contemporary of director <a href="/wiki/Danny_Boyle" title="Danny Boyle">Danny Boyle</a>, who became her boyfriend.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Pet Shop Boys">Pet Shop Boys</a>' musical <i><a href="/wiki/Closer_to_Heaven_(musical)" title="Closer to Heaven (musical)">Closer to Heaven</a></i> in 2001 as well as being guest singer for the song "Friendly Fire" on the Pet Shop Boys' 2006 live concert at the <a href="/wiki/Mermaid_Theatre" title="Mermaid Theatre">Mermaid Theatre</a>. She also appeared alongside <a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Allam" title="Roger Allam">Roger Allam</a> in the Old Vic's <a href="/wiki/Pantomime" title="Pantomime">pantomime</a> production of <i><a href="/wiki/Aladdin" title="Aladdin">Aladdin</a></i> in the 2005–2006 Christmas season. She again starred with Ian McKellen in 2007 playing Goneril in <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Nunn" title="Trevor Nunn">Trevor Nunn</a>'s production of <i><a href="/wiki/King_Lear" title="King Lear">King Lear</a></i> and as Arkadina in <a href="/wiki/Anton_Chekhov" title="Anton Chekhov">Chekhov's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Seagull" title="The Seagull">The Seagull</a></i> with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Shakespeare_Company" title="Royal Shakespeare Company">Royal Shakespeare Company</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon" title="Stratford-upon-Avon">Stratford-upon-Avon</a> followed by a world tour throughout the year.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They again performed the two plays in repertory at the <a href="/wiki/New_London_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="New London Theatre">New London Theatre</a> on <a href="/wiki/Drury_Lane" title="Drury Lane">Drury Lane</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> opening in November 2007 and closing mid-January 2008. </p><p>In 2011, Barber guest-starred in the <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> episodes "<a href="/wiki/A_Good_Man_Goes_to_War" title="A Good Man Goes to War">A Good Man Goes to War</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_of_River_Song" title="The Wedding of River Song">The Wedding of River Song</a>" (and five other episodes, sometimes uncredited) as Madame Kovarian.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also acted in the television film <i><a href="/wiki/We%27ll_Take_Manhattan_(2012_film)" title="We'll Take Manhattan (2012 film)">We'll Take Manhattan</a></i> as <a href="/wiki/Diana_Vreeland" title="Diana Vreeland">Diana Vreeland</a>. In 2019, she starred in the Pet Shop Boys' musical <i>Musik</i>. </p><p>In May 2022, Barber appeared as Lesley in series 8 episode 4 of BBC dark comedy series, <i><a href="/wiki/Inside_No._9" title="Inside No. 9">Inside No. 9</a></i> (2022), in the episode titled "Love Is A Stranger".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_views">Political views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frances_Barber&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Barber is a <a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Unionism in the United Kingdom">British unionist</a>. She signed a letter supporting a No vote ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">2014 Scottish independence referendum</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> won 56 seats at the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, she caused controversy after making comments on Twitter comparing the SNP to the <a href="/wiki/Third_Reich" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Reich">Third Reich</a>, further stating "God help us all is all I can say when the racist S.N.P. try to take over, England will react we will have civil war."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She supported Remain during the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Barber urged a vote for the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 UK general election</a>. Critical of Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a>, she said "I will vote Labour holding my nose. Urge you too."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2017, she resigned from the party, saying: "I can't belong to a party full of Misogyny, Anti-Semitism and Thuggery".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 United Kingdom general election</a>, she backed the Liberal Democrats.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, she was among the signatories to a letter published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i> arguing that debate surrounding reforms of the <a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">Gender Recognition Act</a> were being silenced.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2020, she signed a further letter in support of J.K. Rowling, against what <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scotsman" title="The Scotsman">The Scotsman</a></i> described as "the abuse and death threats" Rowling had received after publicising <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_JK_Rowling" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of JK Rowling">her views</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Scotsman_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scotsman-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frances_Barber&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, Barber received an honorary fellowship from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wolverhampton" title="University of Wolverhampton">University of Wolverhampton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theatre">Theatre</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frances_Barber&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ul><li><i>Ooh La La</i> (<a href="/wiki/Hull_Truck_Theatre" title="Hull Truck Theatre">Hull Truck Theatre</a>, 1979)</li> <li><i>Riff Raff Rules</i> (<a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal_Stratford_East" title="Theatre Royal Stratford East">Theatre Royal Stratford East</a>)</li> <li><i>Space Ache</i> (<a href="/wiki/Tricycle_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Tricycle Theatre">Tricycle Theatre</a>, 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emilia_(Othello)" title="Emilia (Othello)">Emilia</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Othello" title="Othello">Othello</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Oxford_Playhouse" title="Oxford Playhouse">Oxford Playhouse</a>)</li> <li><i>La Guerra</i> (<i>The Battle</i>), <i><a href="/wiki/Desperado_Corner" title="Desperado Corner">Desperado Corner</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Madame_Louise" title="Madame Louise">Madame Louise</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Citizens_Theatre" title="Citizens Theatre">Glasgow Citizens'</a>, 1980, and <a href="/wiki/Venice_Biennale" title="Venice Biennale">Venice Biennale Festival</a>, 1981)</li> <li><i>The Treat</i> (<a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Contemporary_Arts" title="Institute of Contemporary Arts">Institute of Contemporary Arts</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mission_(play)" title="The Mission (play)">The Mission</a></i> (Soho Poly)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hard_Feelings_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard Feelings (play)">Hard Feelings</a></i> (Oxford Playhouse and <a href="/wiki/Bush_Theatre" title="Bush Theatre">The Bush</a>, 1983)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Turning Over</i> (The Bush, 1983)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Marguerite in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_the_Camellias" title="The Lady of the Camellias">Camille</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Shakespeare_Company" title="Royal Shakespeare Company">Royal Shakespeare Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Other_Place_(theatre)" title="The Other Place (theatre)">The Other Place</a>, 1984, and <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Comedy Theatre">Comedy Theatre</a>, 1985 – <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Awards" title="Laurence Olivier Awards">Olivier</a> nomination for Most Promising Newcomer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ophelia" title="Ophelia">Ophelia</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Hamlet" title="Hamlet">Hamlet</a></i> (RSC <a href="/wiki/Barbican_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbican Theatre">Barbican Theatre</a>, 1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love%27s_Labour%27s_Lost" title="Love's Labour's Lost">Love's Labour's Lost</a></i> (RSC <a href="/wiki/The_Other_Place_(theatre)" title="The Other Place (theatre)">The Other Place</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Comedy Theatre">Comedy Theatre</a>, 1985)</li> <li><i>The Dead Monkey</i> (RSC <a href="/wiki/Royal_Shakespeare_Company#Theatres" title="Royal Shakespeare Company">The Pit</a>, 1986))</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Summer_and_Smoke" title="Summer and Smoke">Summer and Smoke</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Haymarket_Theatre_(Leicester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Haymarket Theatre (Leicester)">Haymarket Theatre</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viola_(Twelfth_Night)" title="Viola (Twelfth Night)">Viola</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Night" title="Twelfth Night">Twelfth Night</a></i> (Renaissance, <a href="/wiki/Riverside_Studios" title="Riverside Studios">Riverside Studios</a>, 1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Macbeth" title="Lady Macbeth">Lady Macbeth</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Macbeth" title="Macbeth">Macbeth</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_Manchester" title="Royal Exchange, Manchester">Royal Exchange, Manchester</a>, 1988)</li> <li><i>My Heart's a Suitcase</i> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Court_Theatre" title="Royal Court Theatre">Royal Court</a>, 1990)</li> <li><i>Over a Barrel</i> (<a href="/wiki/Watford_Palace_Theatre" title="Watford Palace Theatre">Watford Palace Theatre</a>)</li> <li><i>Imagine Drowning</i> (<a href="/wiki/Hampstead_Theatre" title="Hampstead Theatre">Hampstead Theatre</a>, 1991)</li> <li>Maxine Faulk in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Night_of_the_Iguana" title="The Night of the Iguana">The Night of the Iguana</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">National Theatre</a>, 1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliza_Doolittle" title="Eliza Doolittle">Eliza Doolittle</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Pygmalion_(play)" title="Pygmalion (play)">Pygmalion</a></i> (National Theatre, 1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Insignificance_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="Insignificance (play)">Insignificance</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Donmar_Warehouse" title="Donmar Warehouse">Donmar Warehouse</a>, 1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Vanya" title="Uncle Vanya">Uncle Vanya</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Minerva_Theatre,_Chichester" title="Minerva Theatre, Chichester">Minerva Theatre, Chichester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albery_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Albery Theatre">Albery Theatre</a>, 1996 – <a href="/wiki/TMA_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="TMA Award">TMA Award</a> and Olivier nomination for Best Supporting Actress)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Closer_(play)" title="Closer (play)">Closer</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Lyric_Theatre_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyric Theatre (London)">Lyric Theatre</a>, National Theatre West End transfer, 1998)</li> <li>Billie Trix in <i><a href="/wiki/Closer_to_Heaven_(musical)" title="Closer to Heaven (musical)">Closer to Heaven</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Arts_Theatre" title="Arts Theatre">Arts Theatre</a>, 2001)</li> <li>Valerie in <i><a href="/wiki/Tales_from_the_Vienna_Woods#Play" title="Tales from the Vienna Woods">Tales from the Vienna Woods</a></i> (National Theatre, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nurse_Ratched" title="Nurse Ratched">Nurse Ratched</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_(play)" title="One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (play)">One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Gielgud_Theatre" title="Gielgud Theatre">Gielgud Theatre</a>, 2004)</li> <li>Dim Sum in <i><a href="/wiki/Aladdin" title="Aladdin">Aladdin</a></i> (Old Vic pantomime, 2005)</li> <li>The Narrator in <a href="/wiki/Shane_Cullinan" title="Shane Cullinan">Shane Cullinan</a>'s <i>The Pieta</i> <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s,_Covent_Garden" title="St Paul's, Covent Garden">St Paul's, Covent Garden</a>, 2006)</li> <li>Cleopatra in <i><a href="/wiki/Antony_and_Cleopatra" title="Antony and Cleopatra">Antony and Cleopatra</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Globe" title="Shakespeare's Globe">Shakespeare's Globe</a>, London, 2006)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Arkadina in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Seagull" title="The Seagull">The Seagull</a></i> and Goneril in <i><a href="/wiki/King_Lear" title="King Lear">King Lear</a></i> (RSC, <a href="/wiki/Courtyard_Theatre" title="Courtyard Theatre">Courtyard Theatre</a> <a href="/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon" title="Stratford-upon-Avon">Stratford-upon-Avon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_London_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="New London Theatre">New London Theatre</a>, 2007)</li> <li><i>Madame de Sade</i> (Donmar West End, <a href="/wiki/Wyndham%27s_Theatre" title="Wyndham's Theatre">Wyndham's Theatre</a>, 2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Afterplay_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="Afterplay (play)">Afterplay</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Festival">Edinburgh Festival</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Gate_Theatre" title="Gate Theatre">Gate Theatre, Dublin</a>, 2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar_(play)" title="Julius Caesar (play)">Julius Caesar</a></i> (Donmar Theatre, 2012–2013)</li> <li>Lady Sneerwell in <i><a href="/wiki/The_School_for_Scandal" title="The School for Scandal">The School for Scandal</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Lucille_Lortel_Theatre" title="Lucille Lortel Theatre">Lucille Lortel Theatre</a>, New York City, 2016)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mrs Cheveley in <i><a href="/wiki/An_Ideal_Husband" title="An Ideal Husband">An Ideal Husband</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Vaudeville_Theatre" title="Vaudeville Theatre">Vaudeville Theatre</a>, London, May 2018)</li> <li>Billie Trix in <i><a href="/wiki/Musik_(musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Musik (musical)">Musik</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe" title="Edinburgh Festival Fringe">Edinburgh Festival Fringe</a>, August 2019 and <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square_Theatre" title="Leicester Square Theatre">Leicester Square Theatre</a>, London, September 2019 and February 2020)</li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Polonius in Hamlet (Theatre Royal Windsor, 2021)</li> <li>Elsa Jean Krakowski in <i>The Unfriend</i> (Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, 2022 and The Criterion, London, 2023)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_filmography">Selected filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frances_Barber&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Selected filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Missionary" title="The Missionary">The Missionary</a></i> (1982) as Mission Girl</li> <li><i>A Flame to the Phoenix</i> (1983) as Wanda Grabinska</li> <li><i>Acceptable Levels</i> (1985) as Jill</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Zed_%26_Two_Noughts" title="A Zed & Two Noughts">A Zed & Two Noughts</a></i> (1985) as Venus de Milo</li> <li><i>White City</i> (1985) as Alice</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Castaway_(film)" title="Castaway (film)">Castaway</a></i> (1986) as Sister Saint Winifred</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prick_Up_Your_Ears" title="Prick Up Your Ears">Prick Up Your Ears</a></i> (1987) as Leonie Orton</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_and_Rosie_Get_Laid" title="Sammy and Rosie Get Laid">Sammy and Rosie Get Laid</a></i> (1987) as Rosie Hobbs</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Think_the_World_of_You" title="We Think the World of You">We Think the World of You</a></i> (1988) as Megan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Victim_of_the_Brain" title="Victim of the Brain">Victim of the Brain</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(1988_film)" title="Twelfth Night (1988 film)">Twelfth Night</a></i> (1988, television movie) as Viola / Cesario</li> <li><i>Chambre à part</i> (1989) as Gert</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Behaving_Badly_(TV_serial)" title="Behaving Badly (TV serial)">Behaving Badly</a></i> (1989, television mini-series) as Rebecca</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Dwarf" title="Red Dwarf">Red Dwarf</a></i> (1989, episode: "<a href="/wiki/Polymorph_(Red_Dwarf)" title="Polymorph (Red Dwarf)">Polymorph</a>") as Genny</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot" title="Agatha Christie's Poirot">Agatha Christie's Poirot</a></i> (1990, episode: "<a href="/wiki/The_Veiled_Lady" class="mw-redirect" title="The Veiled Lady">The Veiled Lady</a>") as Lady Millicent</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Soul_Rebels" title="Young Soul Rebels">Young Soul Rebels</a></i> (1991) as Ann</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secret_Friends" title="Secret Friends">Secret Friends</a></i> (1991) as Angela</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Morse_(TV_series)" title="Inspector Morse (TV series)">Inspector Morse</a></i> (1992, television series, episode: "The Death of the Self") as Nicole Burgess</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soft_Top_Hard_Shoulder" title="Soft Top Hard Shoulder">Soft Top Hard Shoulder</a></i> (1992) as Miss Trumble</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Leaving_of_Liverpool_(TV_series)" title="The Leaving of Liverpool (TV series)">The Leaving of Liverpool</a></i> (1992, television movie) as Ellen, Lily's mother</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Inspector_Alleyn_Mysteries" title="The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries">The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries</a></i> (1993, episode: "Scales of Justice"</li> <li><i>Du fond du coeur</i> (1994) as Anna Lindsay</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Giorgino" title="Giorgino">Giorgino</a></i> (1994) as Marie</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Precinct" title="Space Precinct">Space Precinct</a></i> (1995, television series) as Erika Brandt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rhodes_(TV_series)" title="Rhodes (TV series)">Rhodes</a></i> (1996, television mini-series) as Princess Catherine Radziwill</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ice_House_(novel)" title="The Ice House (novel)">The Ice House</a></i> (1997, television mini-series) as Diana Goode</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Photographing_Fairies" title="Photographing Fairies">Photographing Fairies</a></i> (1997) as Beatrice Templeton</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Royal_Scandal_(1996_film)" title="A Royal Scandal (1996 film)">A Royal Scandal</a></i> (1997, television movie) as Lady Jersey</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dalziel_and_Pascoe_(TV_series)" title="Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)">Dalziel and Pascoe</a></i> (1998, episode: "<a href="/wiki/List_of_Dalziel_and_Pascoe_episodes#ep11" title="List of Dalziel and Pascoe episodes">The Wood Beyond</a>") as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Crazy" title="Still Crazy">Still Crazy</a></i> (1998) as Lady in Black</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Most_Horrid" title="Murder Most Horrid">Murder Most Horrid</a></i> (1999, television series) as Gloria Twigge</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Escort_(1999_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Escort (1999 film) (page does not exist)">The Escort</a></i> (1999) as Jessica</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bremner,_Bird_and_Fortune" title="Bremner, Bird and Fortune">Bremner, Bird and Fortune</a></i> (1999, television series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Esther_Kahn" title="Esther Kahn">Esther Kahn</a></i> (2000) as Rivka Kahn</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shiner_(2000_film)" title="Shiner (2000 film)">Shiner</a></i> (2000) as Georgie</li> <li><i>Superstition</i> (2001) as Isabella Flores</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gimme_Gimme_Gimme_(TV_series)" title="Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series)">Gimme Gimme Gimme</a></i> (2001) as Janine</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manchild_(TV_series)" title="Manchild (TV series)">Manchild</a></i> (2002, television series) as Elizabeth</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Red_Siren" title="The Red Siren">The Red Siren</a></i> (2002) as Eva</li> <li><i>24 heures de la vie d'une femme</i> (2002) as Betty</li> <li><i>Flyfishing</i> (2002) as Frances</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Family" title="My Family">My Family</a></i> (2003, television series) as Vanessa</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boudica_(2003_film)" title="Boudica (2003 film)">Boudica</a></i> (2003) as <a href="/wiki/Agrippina_the_Younger" title="Agrippina the Younger">Agrippina</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monkey_Dust" title="Monkey Dust">Monkey Dust</a></i> (2003, television series) (voice)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Suzie_Gold" title="Suzie Gold">Suzie Gold</a></i> (2004) as Joyce Spencer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evilenko" title="Evilenko">Evilenko</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goal!_(film)" title="Goal! (film)">Goal!</a></i> (2005) as Carol Harmison</li> <li><i>Dead Fish</i> (2005) as S & M Prostitute</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Marple" title="Agatha Christie's Marple">Agatha Christie's Marple</a></i> (2005, episode: "<a href="/wiki/A_Murder_Is_Announced" title="A Murder Is Announced">A Murder Is Announced</a>") as Lizzie Hinchcliffe</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Funland_(TV_series)" title="Funland (TV series)">Funland</a></i> (2005, television mini-series) as Connie Woolf</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_IT_Crowd" title="The IT Crowd">The IT Crowd</a></i> (2006, episode: "Aunt Irma Visits") as Doctor Mendall</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Tricks" title="New Tricks">New Tricks</a></i> (2006, episode: "Dockers") as Anita Walsh</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goal_II:_Living_the_Dream" title="Goal II: Living the Dream">Goal II: Living the Dream</a></i> (2007) as Carol Harmison</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hustle_(TV_series)" title="Hustle (TV series)">Hustle</a></i> (2007, television series) as Clarissa</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_People_(British_TV_series)" title="Beautiful People (British TV series)">Beautiful People</a></i> (2008, television series) as Miss Prentice</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_Lear_(2008_film)" title="King Lear (2008 film)">King Lear</a></i> (2008, television movie) as Goneril</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot" title="Agatha Christie's Poirot">Agatha Christie's Poirot</a></i> (2009, episode: “The Clocks”) as Merlina Rival</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fattest_Man_in_Britain" title="The Fattest Man in Britain">The Fattest Man in Britain</a></i> (2009, television movie) as Janice</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Royal" title="The Royal">The Royal</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midsomer_Murders" title="Midsomer Murders">Midsomer Murders</a></i> (2010, episode: "Master Class") as Constance Fielding</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> (2011, television series) as Eye Patch Lady / Madame Kovarian</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Great_Expectations_(2011_TV_series)" title="Great Expectations (2011 TV series)">Great Expectations</a></i> (2011, television mini-series) as Mrs. Brandley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Dinner" title="Friday Night Dinner">Friday Night Dinner</a></i> (2011, television series) as Sheila Bloom</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We%27ll_Take_Manhattan_(2012_film)" title="We'll Take Manhattan (2012 film)">We'll Take Manhattan</a></i> (2012, television movie) as Diana Vreeland</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/May_I_Kill_U%3F" title="May I Kill U?">May I Kill U?</a></i> (2012) as Bernice</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vexed" title="Vexed">Vexed</a></i> (2012, television series) as Pat Poynter</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silk_(TV_series)" title="Silk (TV series)">Silk</a></i> (2012–2014, television series) as Caroline Warwick QC</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_of_Rock_with_Brian_Pern" class="mw-redirect" title="The Life of Rock with Brian Pern">The Life of Rock with Brian Pern</a></i> (2014, television series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mapp_%26_Lucia_(2014_TV_series)" title="Mapp & Lucia (2014 TV series)">Mapp & Lucia</a></i> (2014, television mini-series) as Amelia, Contessa Di Faraglione</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Holmes" title="Mr. Holmes">Mr. Holmes</a></i> (2015) as Matinee 'Madame Schirmer'</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Benidorm_(British_TV_series)" title="Benidorm (British TV series)">Benidorm</a></i> (2016, television series) as Daisy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chosen_(2016_film)" title="The Chosen (2016 film)">The Chosen</a></i> (2016) as Natalia Sedova</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Medici:_Masters_of_Florence" class="mw-redirect" title="Medici: Masters of Florence">Medici: Masters of Florence</a></i> (2016, television series) as Piccarda</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Father_Brown_(2013_TV_series)" title="Father Brown (2013 TV series)">Father Brown</a></i> (2017, episode: “The Labyrinth of the Minotaur”) as Davina Malmort</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midsomer_Murders" title="Midsomer Murders">Midsomer Murders</a></i> (2017, episode: "Crime and Punishment") as Ingrid Lockston</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Film_Stars_Don%27t_Die_in_Liverpool" title="Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool">Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool</a></i> (2017) as Joy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Escape_(2017_film)" title="The Escape (2017 film)">The Escape</a></i> (2017) as Alison</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bookshop_(film)" title="The Bookshop (film)">The Bookshop</a></i> (2017) as Jessie</li> <li><i>An Ideal Husband</i> (2018) as Mrs. Cheveley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Iguana_(2018_film)" title="Blue Iguana (2018 film)">Blue Iguana</a></i> (2018) as Princess</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Queen_and_I_(2018_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Queen and I (2018 TV series)">The Queen and I</a></i> (2018, television movie) as Margaret</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Queens_of_Mystery" title="Queens of Mystery">Queens of Mystery</a></i> as Viv Collins (2 episodes "Death by Vinyl")</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Casualty_(TV_series)" title="Casualty (TV series)">Casualty</a></i> (2008/2019, television series) as Nancy/Claire Wakelins</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Feet" title="Cold Feet">Cold Feet</a></i> (2020) as Maxine Ibsen</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Whitstable_Pearl" title="Whitstable Pearl">Whitstable Pearl</a></i> (2021, television series) as Dolly Nolan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mezzotint_(2021_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mezzotint (2021 film)"> The Mezzotint</a></i> as Mrs Ambrigail</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chelsea_Detective" title="The Chelsea Detective">The Chelsea Detective</a></i> (two episodes 2022, television series) as Olivia Arnold</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inside_No._9" title="Inside No. 9">Inside No. 9</a></i> (2023) (1 episode: "<a href="/wiki/Inside_No._9#Series_8_(2022-23)" title="Inside No. 9">Love Is A Stranger</a>" as Lesley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Bird_Flew_In" title="A Bird Flew In">A Bird Flew In</a></i> (TBA)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_video">Music video</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frances_Barber&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Music video"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable unsortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Deeper_Understanding#Music_video" title="Deeper Understanding">Deeper Understanding</a></i></td> <td>Wife of a computer junkie</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kate_Bush" title="Kate Bush">Kate Bush</a> album <i><a href="/wiki/Director%27s_Cut_(Kate_Bush_album)" title="Director's Cut (Kate Bush album)">Director's Cut</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frances_Barber&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Wolverhampton" title="List of people from Wolverhampton">List of people from Wolverhampton</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frances_Barber&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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