Frances Barber

Frances Barber: Biography in Details

Who is Frances Barber?

Frances Barber is one of the most renowned English actresses.

She is best recognized for her performances in the plays Camille (1985), and Uncle Vanya (1997) for which she received Olivier Award nominations.

Net Worth 2024

She has an estimated net worth of around $56 million and she has earned that sum of money from her professional career.

Frances Barber: Age, Parents, Siblings

She was born on 13th May 1957 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.

Her real name is Frances J Brookes. She grew up in her hometown, Wolverhampton, with her family consisting of her parents and their six siblings.

Frances is the fourth of six children born to her father, S.W. Brookes, and mother, Gladys Simpson.

Her father was a bookie while her mother was a school dinner lady.

Death of mother and brother

Unfortunately, her mother passed away in 1991 due to cancer.

And in the same year, her elder brother, Graham, also died at the age of 41 in a car crash.

The incidents made her so sad that she even tried to commit suicide, but as time went by, she learned to recover from the grief.

Frances Barber: Education

She did her schooling at Wolverhampton Municipal Grammer School and graduated in Drama from Bangor University, Wales.

Frances Barber: Professional Life and Career

She began her acting career with a theatrical performance in Ooh La La at Hull Truck Theatre in 1979.

Since then, she has worked with some of the most renowned theatres in the UK, like the Royal National Theatre, the RSC, Oxford Playhouse, the Donmar Warehouse, the Royal Exchange, and many more.

She made her TV breakthrough with Play for Today: Home Sweet Home in 1982.

By now, she has been a successful actress with a long list of works, including TV series, movies, and theatrical dramas.

Moreover, she made her guest appearances in the Doctor Who episodes “A Good Man Goes to War” and “The Wedding of River Song” in 2011.

Also, she appeared as Diana Vreeland in the television film We’ll Take Manhattan.

Awards

She won the Dagger Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress for ‘Silk’ in 2012 and won the Festival Prize in the category of Best Actress for ‘Trick or Treat’ in 2019.

Political interest

Barber urged a vote for the Labour Party at the 2017 UK general election.

However, in September 2017, she resigned from the party.

She commented about the part saying the party was full of misogyny, antisemitism, and thuggery.

Hair and Eye color

Frances has light brown hair and light brown eyes but information about her body measurement, height, weight, etc. is not available.

Twitter

She has around 46k followers on Twitter but she does not seem to be active on Facebook and Instagram.

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