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Frances Barber
Frances Barber (born as Frances Brookes) is a renowned English actress who ventured into her acting career in 1979 and is still active presently. Born on 13th May 1958, she received Olivier Award nominations for her exceptional performances in the plays Camille (1985), and Uncle Vanya (1997). Elite in her craft, Barber made notable appearances in films like Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987), and Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), often collaborating with formidable actor Gary Oldman. A versatile actress, she was also a recurring figure in television, with credits in The Street (2009), Doctor Who (2011), Silk (2012–2014), and Whitstable Pearl (2021–2022).
Barber was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, where she attended the Wolverhampton Municipal Grammar School before studying drama at the University College of North Wales in Bangor, contemporarily with director Danny Boyle, who was her boyfriend. She left a remarkable footprint in the musical world as well, appearing in the Pet Shop Boys' musical Closer to Heaven in 2001. She has also performed in Aladdin with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Ian McKellen. Frances Barber is a supporter of the Remain campaign in the 2016 UK European Union membership referendum and has expressed her political views starkly at various stages.
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Given Name: Frances Brookes
Born: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: May 13, 1958
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1979-present
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Movies Featuring Frances Barber
Prick Up Your Ears
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
The Bookshop
Esther Kahn
The Escape
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Blue Iguana
The Nativity
We’ll Take Manhattan
Muse of Fire
The IT Crowd Manual
Mapp and Lucia
McKellen: Playing the Part
An Ideal Husband
The Queen and I
Shiner
Superstition
Trick or Treat
Love in a Cold Climate
The Red Siren
Flyfishing
Listening
Evilenko
Goal!
Funland
Dead Fish
Do Not Disturb
Home Sweet Home
Secret Friends
Hancock
Those Glory Glory Days
A Zed & Two Noughts
Castaway
We Think the World of You
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Young Soul Rebels
Separate Bedrooms
A Bird Flew In
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Hamlet
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
The Leaving of Liverpool
Giorgino
Photographing Fairies
King Lear
Still Crazy
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
The Fattest Man in Britain
A Royal Scandal
3 Steps to Heaven
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