Sign in Sign up

Acting

Frances Barber

Career: Active from 1982 to 2026, busiest in 1991 and 1994 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles: 42
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Monkey Dust
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 78 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Frances Barber Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.6, average 4.8
Fantasy
1.0, average 1.7
Violence
3.5, average 4.1
Scare
2.1, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Character Study 9
Social Commentary 6
Historical Drama 5
Character-Driven 4
Political Intrigue 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Domestic Drama 3
Period Piece 3
Crime 2
Gritty Realism 2
Emotional Journey 2
Realistic Portrayal 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

147

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

A Mother For An Hour

as Nestan

2020s

10 titles · average score 66

The State of Us

as Joan

A Hand to Hold

as Moira

The Secret Santa Project

as Carol

Hamlet

66

as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown

Dreamland

74

TV show · as Cheryl

The Chelsea Detective

68

TV show · as Olivia Arnold

A Bird Flew In

as Marie

Whitstable Pearl

62

TV show · as Dolly Nolan

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

68

as Mrs Ambrigail

Semi-Detached

61

TV show · as Patricia

2010s

31 titles · average score 67

Trick or Treat

65

as Miss Ferguson

The Escape

65

as Alison

An Ideal Husband

as Mrs. Cheveley

The Bookshop

60

as Jessie Welford

The Chosen

62

as Natalia Sedova

Inside No. 9

92

TV show · as Lesley

May I Kill U?

27

as Bernice

Father Brown

77

TV show · as Davina Malmort

We'll Take Manhattan

58

as Diana Vreeland

Death in Paradise

59

TV show · as Diana Watson

Friday Night Dinner

77

TV show · as Sheila Bloom

Silk

75

TV show · as Caroline Warwick QC

2000s

34 titles · average score 63

The Fattest Man in Britain

64

as Janice

The IT Crowd

80

TV show · as Doctor Mendall

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as Eye Patch Lady / Madame Kovarian

Evilenko

55

as Fenja Evilenka

Monkey Dust

82

TV show · as (voice)

as Woman

The Red Siren

47

as Eva

TV show

TV show

Love in a Cold Climate

75

TV show · as The Bolter

Superstition

43

as Isabella Flores

Shiner

46

as Georgie

1990s

43 titles · average score 70

Plastic Man

TV show · as Louise Ferman

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

TV show

Real Women

TV show · as Anna Nicholls

The Ice House

67

TV show · as Diana Goode

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Constance Fielding / Ingrid Lockston

3 Steps to Heaven

as Andrea Wallis

It Might Be You

as Wendy

Giorgino

68

as Marie

Scarborough Ahoy!

as Maria

The Leaving of Liverpool

76

TV show

The Leaving of Liverpool

70

as Ellen, Lil's Mother

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon

as Medusa

1980s

25 titles · average score 69

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Lady Millicent / Merlina Rival

Behaving Badly

53

TV show

The Nightmare Years

TV show · as Helga Bauer

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

72

as Viola / Cesario

Red Dwarf

83

TV show · as Genny

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

61

as Rosie

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Nicole Burgess

Castaway

77

as Sister Saint Winifred

Casualty

62

TV show · as Nancy

A Zed & Two Noughts

76

as Venus de Milo

Hard Feelings

as Viv

Home Sweet Home

67

as Melody

1970s

2 titles · average score 73

A Ghost Story for Christmas

75

TV show · as Mrs Ambrigail

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Melody

1960s

1 title · average score 72

Omnibus

72

TV show