Frances Barber
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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).
Filmography
Mr. Holmes
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
Goal!
as Carol Harmison
Goal II: Living the Dream
as Carol Harmison
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Venus de Milo
Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka
Still Crazy
as Lady in Black
Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred
Blue Iguana
as Princess
Prick Up Your Ears
as Leonie Orton
The Escape
as Alison
The Missionary
as Mission Girl
Dead Fish
as S & M Prostitute
Giorgino
as Marie
The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova
Photographing Fairies
as Beatrice Templeton
We'll Take Manhattan
as Diana Vreeland
Boudica
as Agrippina
Young Soul Rebels
as Ann