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The State of Us
2026
Frances Barber
Acting
Born May 13, 1958Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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).
Movies
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MUSIK
2026
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A Hand to Hold
2026
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The Secret Santa Project
2025
5.6
The People Before
2025
7.8
Hamlet
2024
0.0
A Bird Flew In
2022
6.5
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021
7.8
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021
5.4
Trick or Treat
2019
6.3
The Queen and I
2018
5.7
Blue Iguana
2018
7.5
An Ideal Husband
2018
7.2
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018
5.5
The Escape
2018
6.3
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
6.5
The Bookshop
2017
5.8
The Chosen
2016
6.5
Mr. Holmes
2015
Bucky
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Bucky
2014
8.0
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
10.0
Bad Education: Christmas Special
2013
6.5
Muse of Fire
2013
4.6
May I Kill U?
2013
5.7
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
5.9
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009
6.4
King Lear
2008
6.0
Goal II: Living the Dream
2007
5.6
Dead Fish
2005
6.8
Goal!
2005
7.5
His Passionate Bride
2005
5.8
Evilenko
2004
5.0
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
Listening
7.5
Listening
2003
4.8
Boudica
2003
4.2
Flyfishing
2003
5.2
The Red Siren
2002
5.0
Superstition
2001
0.0
The Gentleman Thief
2001
6.0
Esther Kahn
2000
5.4
Shiner
2000
5.4
The Escort
1999
Plastic Man
3.7
Plastic Man
1999
10.0
Toy Boys
1999
6.9
Still Crazy
1998
Just in Time
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Just in Time
1998
7.0
Tea
1998
7.6
A Royal Scandal
1997
5.7
Photographing Fairies
1997
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
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Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
1996
It Might Be You
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It Might Be You
1995
7.0
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
8.0
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
3.8
3 Steps to Heaven
1995
8.0
Scarborough Ahoy!
1994
6.4
Giorgino
1994
7.0
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
1994
0.0
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
8.0
Return to Blood River
1994
Fish Tale
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Fish Tale
1994
0.0
Thatcherworld
1993
A Statement of Affairs
10.0
A Statement of Affairs
1993
6.3
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
6.0
The Leaving of Liverpool
1992
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The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
1991
0.0
Hancock
1991
5.4
Young Soul Rebels
1991
3.9
Secret Friends
1991
Do Not Disturb
5.5
Do Not Disturb
1991
6.0
The Grasscutter
1990
5.3
Separate Bedrooms
1989
7.5
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1988
6.4
We Think the World of You
1988
Duck
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Duck
1988
5.7
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
6.7
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
6.3
Castaway
1986
7.0
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
7.0
White City
1985
8.0
Hard Feelings
1984
8.0
A Flame to the Phoenix
1983
5.3
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
7.0
Acceptable Levels
1983
5.6
The Missionary
1982
6.3
Home Sweet Home
1982
From London with Love
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From London with Love
0.0
A Mother For An Hour
TV Shows
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6.4
Dreamland
6.3
The Chelsea Detective
6.7
Whitstable Pearl
5.9
Semi-Detached
7.0
Queens of Mystery
10.0
Let's Talk About Sex
Summer Comedy Shorts
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Summer Comedy Shorts
7.2
The Rebel
6.7
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
6.3
Mapp and Lucia
8.1
Inside No. 9
6.8
Psychobitches
6.8
Psychobitches
6.8
Psychobitches
6.8
Psychobitches
6.8
Psychobitches
6.8
Psychobitches
6.8
Psychobitches
6.8
Psychobitches
6.8
Psychobitches
6.0
The Spa
7.7
Father Brown
6.0
Playhouse Presents
6.0
Playhouse Presents
6.0
Playhouse Presents
7.3
Great Expectations
7.4
Death in Paradise
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
7.8
Friday Night Dinner
7.5
Silk
8.8
The Nativity
7.0
Vexed
6.5
Pete versus Life
7.0
Law & Order: UK
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
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Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
6.8
Beautiful People
7.6
Benidorm
Brief Encounters
7.0
Brief Encounters
7.6
The Street
8.2
The IT Crowd
7.3
Hotel Babylon
6.2
Funland
7.6
Doctor Who
7.6
Doctor Who
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
7.7
Hustle
7.3
New Tricks
8.0
Monkey Dust
Celeb
0.0
Celeb
Having It Off
7.0
Having It Off
8.1
Love in a Cold Climate
7.5
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
0.0
Plastic Man
7.1
Gimme Gimme Gimme
0.0
Real Women
9.0
Ruby
6.1
The Ice House
7.5
Midsomer Murders
7.5
Midsomer Murders
9.0
Rhodes
6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
6.3
Space Precinct
7.3
Rik Mayall Presents
7.6
Chef
7.2
The Leaving of Liverpool
8.2
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
4.8
The Orchid House
6.5
The Nightmare Years
7.2
Screen One
4.3
Behaving Badly
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
8.1
Red Dwarf
8.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
7.9
Inspector Morse
6.2
Casualty
7.1
Screen Two
7.1
Screen Two
7.1
Screen Two
7.0
Reilly: Ace of Spies
6.9
Timewatch
5.3
An Audience with...
7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
6.6
Play for Today
7.2