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Frances Barber (born on 13 May 1958 in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands , England. In 2004, the local government district had an estimated population of 239,100; the wider Urban Area had a population of List of English cities by population, which makes it the 13th most populous city in England....
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest, England lies within its borders....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is an Olivier Award-nominated English actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 with a long and distinguished stage career. She has also worked extensively in BBC, Granada and ITV television drama.

er attended Bangor University; whilst there, she dated director and fellow alumnus Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle is an Academy Award-winning British people filmmaker and film producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting , 28 Days Later, Sunshine , and Slumdog Millionaire, for which Boyle won numerous awards in 2009, including the Academy Award for Best Director....
.
the Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English people electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main Singing, Keyboard instruments and occasionally guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals....
, she starred in their musical Closer to Heaven
Closer to Heaven

Closer to Heaven is a Musical theater by Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys. It premiered in May 2001 at the Arts Theatre in London, opening to mixed reviews, and ran until October 13, 2001....
 in 2001 as well as guest singer for the song "Friendly Fire" on their 2006 live concert at the Mermaid Theatre.






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Frances Barber (born on 13 May 1958 in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands , England. In 2004, the local government district had an estimated population of 239,100; the wider Urban Area had a population of List of English cities by population, which makes it the 13th most populous city in England....
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest, England lies within its borders....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is an Olivier Award-nominated English actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 with a long and distinguished stage career. She has also worked extensively in BBC, Granada and ITV television drama.

Personal life

Barber attended Bangor University; whilst there, she dated director and fellow alumnus Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle is an Academy Award-winning British people filmmaker and film producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting , 28 Days Later, Sunshine , and Slumdog Millionaire, for which Boyle won numerous awards in 2009, including the Academy Award for Best Director....
.

Recent Career


Stage

With the Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English people electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main Singing, Keyboard instruments and occasionally guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals....
, she starred in their musical Closer to Heaven
Closer to Heaven

Closer to Heaven is a Musical theater by Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys. It premiered in May 2001 at the Arts Theatre in London, opening to mixed reviews, and ran until October 13, 2001....
 in 2001 as well as guest singer for the song "Friendly Fire" on their 2006 live concert at the Mermaid Theatre. She also appeared alongside Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen

Sir Ian Murray McKellen, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire , is an England actor of theatre and film, the recipient of the Tony Award and two Academy Awards nominations....
 and Roger Allam
Roger Allam

Roger Allam is an English actor, known primarily for his stage career, although he has performed in film and television. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of Les Mis?rables ....
 in the Old Vic's pantomime
Pantomime

Pantomime is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in Great Britain, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Republic of Ireland, Gibraltar and Republic of Malta, and is usually performed during the Christmas and New Year season....
 production of Aladdin
Aladdin

Aladdin is one of the tales of Islamic Golden Age origin in the One Thousand and One Nights, and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
 over the 2005-6 Christmas season. She again starred with Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen

Sir Ian Murray McKellen, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire , is an England actor of theatre and film, the recipient of the Tony Award and two Academy Awards nominations....
 in 2007 playing Goneril in Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn

Sir Trevor Robert Nunn Order of the British Empire is an England theatre director and film director....
's production of King Lear
King Lear

King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works....
 and as Arkadina in Chekhov's The Seagull
The Seagull

The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major Play by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The play was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896 in literature....
  with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. Located primarily at Stratford-upon-Avon, with bases also in London and Theatre Royal, Newcastle, it is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly-funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal National Theatre....
 in Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, Warwickshire, south east of Birmingham and south west of the county town, Warwick....
 followed by a world tour throughout the year.. They again performed the two plays in repertory at the New London Theatre
New London Theatre

The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden....
 on Drury Lane
Drury Lane

Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. The northern part is in the borough of London Borough of Camden and the southern part in the City of Westminster....
, opening in November 2007 and closing mid-January 2008.

Screen

Barber is a regular face on British television; she recently guest starred in the Spring 2007 season of the BBCs Hustle
Hustle (TV series)

Hustle is a British television comedy-drama series made by Kudos for BBC One in the United Kingdom. Created by Tony Jordan and first broadcast in 2004, the series follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" – extended deceptions which require greater commitment, but which return a higher reward than simple confiden...
, reprised her role as Goneril in the 2008 TV film of King Lear
King Lear (2008 TV film)

King Lear is a 2008 in film TV film based on the William Shakespeare King Lear, directed by Trevor Nunn. It was broadcast on More4 in the UK on Christmas Day, and shown on PBS in America in Autumn....
. In 2008, she appeared as Mrs Prentice in the BBC sitcom Beautiful People
Beautiful People (UK TV series)

Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys creative director Simon Doonan. The first of six episodes aired on BBC Two on 2 October 2008....
 and Nancy in Casualty.

Theatre career

  • Ooh La La (Hull Truck Theatre
    Hull Truck Theatre

    The Hull Truck Theatre is a theatre in Kingston upon Hull, England which presents high quality drama productions.It also tours its productions on a regular basis....
    , 1979)
  • Riff Raff Rules (Theatre Royal, Stratford East)
  • Space Ache (Tricycle Theatre, Wakefield, 1980)
  • Emilia in Othello
    Othello

    Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian language short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio first published in 1565....
     (Oxford Playhouse)
  • La Guerra (The Battle), Desperado Corner
    Desperado Corner

    Desperado Corner is a play written for the stage by English playwright Shaun Lawton. It started out as a collection of performance poetrys and monologues written and performed by Lawton in London between 1973 and 1976....
     and Madame Louise (Glasgow Citizens', 1980, and Venice Biennale Festival
    Venice Biennale

    The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it, as is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years....
    , 1981)
  • The Treat (Institute of Contemporary Arts
    Institute of Contemporary Arts

    The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an modernism and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch....
    )
  • The Mission
    The Mission (play)

    The Mission: Memory of a Revolution , also known as The Task, is a Postmodernism Play by the Germany playwright Heiner M?ller. The play was written and first published in 1979....
     (Soho Poly)
  • Hard Feelings (Oxford Playhouse and The Bush, 1983)
  • Turning Over (The Bush, 1983)
  • Marguerite in Camille
    The Lady of the Camellias

    The Lady of the Camellias is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in 1848, that was subsequently Theatrical adaptation for the Drama....
     (Royal Shakespeare Company
    Royal Shakespeare Company

    The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. Located primarily at Stratford-upon-Avon, with bases also in London and Theatre Royal, Newcastle, it is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly-funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal National Theatre....
    , The Other Place
    The Other Place

    The Other Place may refer to:* The Other Place , a young adult novel* The other place , a euphemism used in many bicameral parliaments using the Westminster system...
    , 1984, and Comedy Theatre
    Comedy Theatre

    The Comedy Theatre, is a West End Theatre, and opened on Panton Street in the City of Westminster, on 15 October 1881, as the Royal Comedy Theatre....
    , 1985 - Olivier
    Laurence Olivier Awards

    The Laurence Olivier Award is regarded as the most prestigious award in British theatre, and is presented in recognition of artistic achievement in London theatre....
     nomination for Most Promising Newcomer)
  • Ophelia in Hamlet
    Hamlet

    Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
     (RSC Barbican Theatre, 1985)
  • Love's Labours Lost (RSC The Other Place
    The Other Place (theatre)

    The Other Place was a black box theatre on Southern Lane, near to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It was owned and operated by the Royal Shakespeare Company....
    , Comedy Theatre
    Comedy Theatre

    The Comedy Theatre, is a West End Theatre, and opened on Panton Street in the City of Westminster, on 15 October 1881, as the Royal Comedy Theatre....
    , 1985)
  • The Dead Monkey (RSC The Pit, 1986))
  • Summer and Smoke
    Summer and Smoke

    Summer and Smoke is a 1948 in literature play by Tennessee Williams, originally entitled Chart of Anatomy when Williams began work on it in 1945....
     (Haymarket Theatre
    Haymarket Theatre (Leicester)

    The Haymarket Theatre was a theatre in Leicester, England, based in the Haymarket Centre on Belgrave Gate in Leicester City Centre. The theatre closed at the end of 2006 to be replaced by the Curve Theatre, Leicester, scheduled for early 2008....
    )
  • Viola in Twelfth Night (Renaissance, Riverside Studios
    Riverside Studios

    Riverside Studios is a production studio in West London. It hosts contemporary and international dramatic performance, film, exhibitions and television production....
    , 1987)
  • Lady Macbeth in Macbeth
    Macbeth

    Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest Shakespearean tragedy and is believed to have been written some time between 1603 and 1606, with 1607 being the very latest possible date....
     (Royal Exchange, Manchester
    Royal Exchange, Manchester

    The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed Victorian architecture building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann?s Square, Market Street and Cross Street....
    , 1988)
  • My Heart's a Suitcase (Royal Court
    Royal court

    Royal court, as distinguished from a court of law, may refer to:*Noble court, the household or entourage of a monarch or other ruler*Royal Court , a theatre in Liverpool, England...
    , 1990)
  • Over a Barrel (Watford Palace Theatre)
  • Imagine Drowning (Hampstead Theatre
    Hampstead Theatre

    Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in the vicinity of Swiss Cottage, in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing....
    , 1991)
  • Maxine Faulk in The Night of the Iguana
    The Night of the Iguana

    The Night of the Iguana is a stageplay written by United States author Tennessee Williams. Based on Williams' 1948 short story, the play premiered on Broadway theatre in 1961....
     (National Theatre
    Royal National Theatre

    The Royal National Theatre, London, England, is generally known as the National Theatre and commonly as The National. It is located on the The South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge....
    , 1992)
  • Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion
    Pygmalion (play)

    Pygmalion is a Play by George Bernard Shaw loosely inspired by Pygmalion . It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class...
     (National Theatre, 1992)
  • Insignificance (Donmar Warehouse
    Donmar Warehouse

    Donmar Warehouse is a small not for profit theatre in the Covent Garden area of the London Borough of Camden, with seating for 250 playgoers....
    , 1995)
  • Uncle Vanya
    Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya is a tragicomedy by the Russian literature playwright Anton Chekhov published in 1899. Its first major performance was in 1900 under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski....
     (Minerva Theatre
    Minerva Theatre

    Minerva Theatre may refer to:*Minerva Theatre, Chichester*Minerva Theatre, Kolkata...
    , Chichester
    Chichester

    Chichester is a cathedral city status in the United Kingdom in West Sussex, England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Ancient Rome past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings....
     and Albery Theatre, 1996 - TMA Award)
  • Closer
    Closer (play)

    Closer is the third play written by English playwright Patrick Marber. The play was premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London in 1997, and made its North American debut at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway on 25 January 1999....
     (Lyric Theatre
    Lyric Theatre (London)

    The Lyric Theatre is a West End theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster.Designed by architect C. J. Phipps, it was built by producer Henry Leslie with profits from the Alfred Cellier and B....
    , National Theatre West End
    West End theatre

    West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English language world....
     transfer, 1998)
  • Closer to Heaven
    Closer to Heaven

    Closer to Heaven is a Musical theater by Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys. It premiered in May 2001 at the Arts Theatre in London, opening to mixed reviews, and ran until October 13, 2001....
     (Arts Theatre
    Arts Theatre

    The Arts Theatre is a club theatre in Great Newport Street, in City of Westminster, Central London. It is currently closed for refurbishment, and is due to reopen in January 2009....
    ,2001)
  • Valerie in Tales from the Vienna Woods (National Theatre, 2003)
  • Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (play)

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a Play that premiered in 1963, one year after Ken Kesey's bestselling novel of the One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was published....
     (Gielgud Theatre
    Gielgud Theatre

    The Gielgud Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, London, at the corner of Rupert Street. The house currently has 889 seats on three levels....
    , 2004)
  • Dim Sum in Aladdin
    Aladdin

    Aladdin is one of the tales of Islamic Golden Age origin in the One Thousand and One Nights, and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
     (Old Vic pantomime, 2005)
  • The Narrator in Shane Cullinan
    Shane Cullinan

    Shane Cullinan is a composer and arranger whose work ranges from compositions for TV and film to orchestral pieces and opera.Born in 1975, Cullinan has worked independently as a composer and arranger since graduating from Nottingham Trent University....
    's The Pieta St Paul's, Covent Garden
    St Paul's, Covent Garden

    St Paul's Church, also commonly known as the Actors' Church, is a church located in Covent Garden, London, England.As well as being the parish church of Covent Garden, the church gained its nickname by a long association with the theatre community....
    , 2006)
  • Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra
    Antony and Cleopatra

    Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623.The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Markus Antonius and follows the relationship between Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony from the time of the Roman-Persian Wars to Cleopatra's suicide....
     (Shakespeare's Globe
    Shakespeare's Globe

    Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, which officially opened in 1997, is a reconstruction of The Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames....
    , London, 2006)
  • Arkadina in The Seagull
    The Seagull

    The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major Play by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The play was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896 in literature....
     and Goneril in King Lear
    King Lear

    King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works....
     (RSC, The Courtyard Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon
    Stratford-upon-Avon

    Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, Warwickshire, south east of Birmingham and south west of the county town, Warwick....
    , and New London Theatre
    New London Theatre

    The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden....
    , 2007)


Select filmography

  • King Lear (2008)
  • The IT Crowd
    The IT Crowd

    The IT Crowd is an Emmy Award-winning United Kingdom sitcom, written by Graham Linehan and produced by Ash Atalla for Channel 4.The first series of six episodes was produced and recorded in front of a live audience at Teddington Studios and series 2 and 3 were shot at Pinewood Studios....
     (2005) (TV)
  • Funland
    Funland

    Funland is a comedy / Thriller serial, produced by the BBC that was first screened from Sunday 23 October 2005, on the digital channel BBC Three....
     (2005) (TV)
  • Evilenko
    Evilenko

    Evilenko is a 2004 Italy film very loosely based on the Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. The story is a fictionalisation of the serial killer's life; large segments of the movie were adapted from a novel entitled The Communist Who Ate Children....
     (2004)
  • Boudica
    Boudica (film)

    Boudica is a United Kingdom epic film released in 2003. Starring Alex Kingston, Steven Waddington and Emily Blunt, the film is a Biographical film of the queen of the Iceni tribe, Boudica....
     (2003)
  • Monkey Dust
    Monkey Dust

    Monkey Dust is an England satire cartoon, notorious for it's excessively dark humour and handling of taboo topics such as rape, murder, suicide and paedophilia....
     (2003) (TV) (voice)
  • Manchild
    Manchild

    Manchild is a United Kingdom television comedy / drama series that ran for two seasons on BBC Two between February 2002 and April 2003 with seven episodes in Season 1 and eight episodes in Season 2....
     (2002) (TV)
  • Bremner, Bird and Fortune
    Bremner, Bird and Fortune

    Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satire United Kingdom television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune with the satirical impressionist Rory Bremner....
     (1999) (TV)
  • Still Crazy
    Still Crazy

    Still Crazy is a 1998 comedy film about a fictional 1970s rock band named "Strange Fruit", who, after being split up for several years, are convinced to get back together to perform at a reunion of the same concert venue where they played their last gig....
     (1998)
  • Murder Most Horrid
    Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid was a BBC black comedy anthology series starring comedian Dawn French. It ran for four series runs, in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999....
     (1998)
  • A Royal Scandal
    A Royal Scandal

    A Royal Scandal is a 1996 United Kingdom television docudrama produced and directed by Sheree Folkson. The screenplay by Stanley Price focuses on the ill-fated marriage of George IV of the United Kingdom and Princess Caroline of Brunswick....
     (1996) (TV)
  • Space Precinct
    Space Precinct

    Space Precinct is a United Kingdom television series that aired from 1994 to 1995 on Sky One and later on BBC Two in Britain, and in television syndication in North America....
     (1995) (TV)
  • The Leaving of Liverpool (1992)
  • Red Dwarf
    Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf is a United Kingdom science fiction television situation comedy Media franchise, primarily comprising eight series of a television sitcom that ran on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and gained a cult following....
     - Polymorph
    Polymorph (Red Dwarf episode)

    "Polymorph" is the third episode of science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf Series III, and the fifteenth in the series run. It premiered on the United Kingdom television channel BBC2 on 28 November 1989....
     (1989) (TV)
  • Behaving Badly
    Behaving Badly (TV serial)

    Behaving Badly is a 1989 in television United Kingdom television serial directed by David Tucker. The screenplay by Catherine Heath and Moira Williams is based on Heath's novel of the same name....
     (1989) (TV)
  • Prick Up Your Ears
    Prick Up Your Ears

    Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 film about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the book by John Lahr....
     (1987)
  • Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid is a film directed by Stephen Frears, with a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi....
     (1987)
  • Castaway
    Castaway (film)

    Castaway is a 1986 in film film starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed, and directed by Nicolas Roeg. It was film adaptation from the 1984 Castaway by Lucy Irvine, telling of her experiences of staying for a year with writer Gerald Kingsland on the isolated island of Barney Island, Queensland, between New Guinea and Australia....
     (1986)
  • A Zed & Two Noughts
    A Zed & Two Noughts

    A Zed & Two Noughts is a 1985 in film film written and directed by Peter Greenaway....
     (1985)


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