Frances Barber

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Birthday
May 13, 1958 (67 years old)

Frances Barber

Known For

Dreamland
TV Show 2023

Dreamland

In the town of Margate, eldest sister Trish is pregnant and expecting a girl baby. Her sisters Clare and Leila rally around her with their mum. But other sister Mel makes an unexpected return that threatens to destabilize the entire family.

A Bird Flew In
1h 35m
Movie 2022

A Bird Flew In

Charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set.

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
0h 30m
Movie 2021

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an unknown country house with an imposing facade, a sweeping lawn - and, just perhaps, something else.

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
1h 8m
Movie 2021

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

With exclusive interviews and outtakes, this anniversary special celebrates a decade of Robert Popper's iconic comedy, from celebrity fans to Paul Ritter's infamous squirrel-based catchphrase

Whitstable Pearl
0h 48m
TV Show 2021

Whitstable Pearl

With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon flock to her with all manner of cases. But when an old friend dies suspiciously, Pearl finds herself in conflict with gruff new cop in town, DCI Mike McGuire.

Trick or Treat
1h 24m
Movie 2019

Trick or Treat

Greg Kielty's life is turned upside down when his estranged brother Dan turns up, claiming to have drunkenly run someone over. But has Dan just murdered a gangster's son? Or maybe there's an even more sinister explanation.

The Queen and I
1h 30m
Movie 2018

The Queen and I

A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.

Blue Iguana
1h 40m
Movie 2018

Blue Iguana

He's a low level criminal with no future and just out of prison. She's a low level lawyer never noticed by others, a lost soul without a life. Their anger and hostility makes them serious criminals. Love happens in the strangest of places.

An Ideal Husband
2h 21m
Movie 2018

An Ideal Husband

In An Ideal Husband, an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern, is on an assured smooth ascent to the top. Until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of his previous financial chicanery, that is.

McKellen: Playing the Part
1h 32m
Movie 2018

McKellen: Playing the Part

Built upon a 14 hour interview, McKellen: Playing the Part is a unique journey through the key landmarks of McKellen's life, from early childhood into a demanding career that placed him in the public eye for the best part of his lifetime. Using an abundance of photography from McKellen's private albums and cinematically reconstructed scenes, a raw talent shines through in the intensity, variety and devotion to that moment in the light.

Biography

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).

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