Frances Barber

Frances Barber's recent West End credits include playing the role of Billie Trix in the Pet Shop Boys musical Closer to Heaven at the Arts Theatre, and playing opposite Christian Slater in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at the Gielgud Theatre.

Frances' other theatre credits include Anna in Closer directed by Patrick Marber (Lyric Theatre); Sonya in Uncle Vanya directed by Bill Bryden (Chichester Festival and Albery Theatres) TMA award, Olivier award nomination Best Actress in a Supporting Role; Marilyn Monroe in Insignificance by Terry Johnson (Donmar Warehouse); Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion directed by Howard Davies, Maxine Faulk in The Night of the Iguana directed by Sir Richard Eyre (RNT); Imagine Drowning by Terry Johnson (Hampstead Theatre Club) directed by Richard Wilson, John Whiting award Best New Play; Over A Barrel (Palace Theatre, Watford) Best New Play Outside London, directed by Michael Attenborough; My Heart's A Suitcase (Royal Court) directed by Max Stafford-Clark, Evening Standard award Best New Play; Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Royal Exchange Theatre) Manchester Evening News award nomination Best Actress; Viola in Twelfth Night directed by Kenneth Branagh (Renaissance Theatre Company at Riverside Studios); Alma Weinmillar in Summer and Smoke (Leicester Haymarket); Dolores in The Dead Monkey, Jacquenetta in Loves Labours Lost, Ophelia in Hamlet (RSC); Margueritte Gautier in Camille (RSC and Comedy Theatre) Olivier award Most Promising Newcomer; Turning Over (Bush Theatre); Hard Feelings by Doug Lucie (Oxford Playhouse and Bush Theatres); The Mission (Soho Poly); The Treat (ICA) directed by Phil Davies; La Guerra, Desperado Corner, Madam Louise (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow and Venice Festival); Space Ache by Snoo Wilson (Tricycle); Riff Raff Rules (Theatre Royal, Stratford East); Ooh La La (Hull Truck and Bush Theatres) Plays and Players award Most Promising Newcomer, directed by Mike Bradwell; Emilia in Othello (Oxford Playhouse).

Television credits include Lady Julia in The Gentleman's Thief, The Bolter in Love In A Cold Climate, Anna in Real Women I, II, The Ice House, A Royal Scandal, It Might Be You directed by Christopher Morahan, Princess Radziwill in Rhodes, Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC); The Plastic Man (Sally Head Productions for ITV); Rules of Engagement, Rik Mayall Presents - Dirty Old Town (Granada); Circles of Deceit (Yorkshire); In the Cold Light of Day, Return To Blood River, Freddie Hancock in Hancock (BBC); A Statement of Affairs (Carlton); The Orchid House (Channel 4); Aristophanes, Blow Your Mind Read A Book, Blow Your Mind See A Show, Rory Bremner, Who Else?, Bremner Bird and Fortune, Clem, This Is David Landor (Channel 4); The Leaving of Liverpool (ABS, Australia and BBC); Inspector Morse, The Grasscutter (Central); Behaving Badly (Channel 4); Medusa in The Greek Myths; Helga Bauer in The Nightmare Years (HBO, USA); Do Not Disturb, Annie Besant, Hard Feelings, Home Sweet Home directed by Mike Leigh (BBC); Viola in Twelfth Night directed by Kenneth Branagh (Thames); Reilly - Ace of Spies (Euston Films); Those Glory Glory Days (Enigma Films); A Flame To the Phoenix, El Cid (Granada); Spitting Image (ITV); Inspector Alleyn (BBC); Poirot (ITV); Murder Most Horrid written by Jonathan Harvey (BBC); Just In Time (RTE); Duck, Tea (Channel 4); Space Precinct (Gerry Anderson Productions); Chef (BBC).

Film credits include Superstition (Woodline Productions); Shiner with Michael Caine directed by John Irvine (Westcroft Limited); Flyfishing (Shooting Pictures) and Esther Kahn directed by Arnaud Desplechin; The Escort directed by Michel Blanc (Pathe); Still Crazy; Photographing Fairies directed by Nick Willing; Three Steps to Heaven directed by Connie Giannaris, Scarborough Ahoy (Academy award Best Student Film); Germaine et Benjamin, The Fish Tale, Chambre Apart, Georgino (French language films); Soft Top, Hard Shoulder, The Lake both directed by Stephen Schwarz; Young Soul Rebels directed by Isaac Julien; Secret Friends directed by Dennis Potter; Megan in We Think the World of You directed by Colin Gregg; Rosie in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, Leonie Orton in Prick Up Your Ears both directed by Stephen Frears; A Zed and Two Noughts directed by Peter Greenaway; Castaway directed by Nic Roeg; White City for Pete Townshend; Acceptable Levels; The Missionary directed by Richard Loncraine; Toy Boys directed by Gaby Dellal.