| Biography 
'Frances Barber' (qv)  has  worked  in  a  string  of  award-winning
  productions  for  the  National  Theatre  and  the Royal Shakespeare
  Company, taking roles as diverse as  Eliza  in  Pygmalion  and  Lady
  Macbeth  in  Macbeth.  Among  her  film  appearances  are  roles  in
  'Stephen Frears' (qv)' _Prick Up Your Ears(1987)_  (qv)  and  _Sammy
  And  Rosie  Get  Laid  (1987)_  (qv), 'Dennis Potter' (qv)'s _Secret
  Friends (1991)_ (qv) and 'John Irvine' (qv)'s _Shiner  (2000)_  (qv)
  with  'Michael  Caine'  (qv),  'Peter  Greenaway'  (qv)'s _Zed & Two
  Noughts, A (1985)_ (qv),  'Peter  Capaldi'  (qv)'s  _Soft  Top  Hard
  Shoulder  (1992)_ (qv), and _Still Crazy (1998)_ (qv). Most recently
  she has appeared in _The Escort (1999)_ (qv) with  'Daniel  Auteuil'
  (qv)  and  _Esther  Kahn  (2000)_  (qv). Frances made her television
  breakthrough in 'Mike Leigh' (qv)'s _Home Sweet Home  (1982)_  (qv).
  Subsequent  TV  work includes 'Kenneth Branagh' (qv)'s Twelfth Night
  as Viola, a role she reprised for  Branagh  on  stage,  BBC's  Annie
  Besant,  _Inspector Morse (1987)_ (qv), _Spitting Image (1984)_ (qv)
  and the BBC's adaptation of the Nancy Mitford  classic  _Love  In  A
  Cold  Climate  (2001)_  (qv). On stage, Frances won the 1984 Olivier
  award  for  Most  Promising  Newcomer  as  Marguerite  in  the   RSC
  production  of  Camille.  She  has  worked  in some of the UK's most
  prestigious theatres, including  the  Royal  National  Theatre,  the
  RSC,  Hull  Truck,  Oxford Playhouse, the Royal Exchange, the Donmar
  Warehouse and the Royal Court. Frances was  most  recently  seen  on
  stage  in 'Patrick Marber' (qv)'s production of Closer at The Lyric,
  Hammersmith. She attended Bangor university.
 Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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