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Barbara Jane Horrocks is an English actress, comedian, voice artist, musician and singer, who played the roles of Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2016).
Birth Name
Barbara Jane Horrocks
Born
Saturday, 18 January 1964
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Babs / Babs (voice) | 2023 |
| Dodger | Countess Cowper | 2022 |
| Rumpelstilzchen | Rumpelstilzchen | 2021 |
| Murder, They Hope | Annette | 2021 |
| Bloods | Wendy | 2021 |
| Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh | Self | 2020 |
| The Singapore Grip | Sylvia Blackett | 2020 |
| Cobra | Victoria Dalton | 2020 |
| The Rubbish World of Dave Spud | Gran Spud / Gran | 2019 |
| Flack | Tanya Bert | 2019 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Babs / Babs (voice) | 2023 |
| Dodger | Countess Cowper | 2022 |
| Rumpelstilzchen | Rumpelstilzchen | 2021 |
| Murder, They Hope | Annette | 2021 |
| Bloods | Wendy | 2021 |
| Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh | Self | 2020 |
| The Singapore Grip | Sylvia Blackett | 2020 |
| Cobra | Victoria Dalton | 2020 |
| The Rubbish World of Dave Spud | Gran Spud / Gran | 2019 |
| Flack | Tanya Bert | 2019 |
| Swimming with Men | Heather Scott | 2018 |
| Claude | Kimberly / Mrs. Shinyshoes / Queen | 2018 |
| Britain's Favourite Biscuit | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
| Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Bubble / Shirley Bassey | 2016 |
| A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Voice of Babs | 2015 |
| Britain as Seen on ITV | Self - Narrator | 2015 |
| Teletubbies | Tubby Phone | 2015 |
| You've Got to Love Christmas | Narrator | 2014 |
| Hot Tub Britain | Narration | 2014 |
| Long Live the Royals | Queen Eleanor (UK) | 2014 |
| Lily's Driftwood Bay | Wee Rabbit | 2014 |
| The Guess List | Self - Panellist | 2014 |
| The Pirate Fairy | Fairy Mary / Fairy Mary (voice) | 2014 |
| Inside No. 9 | Liz | 2014 |
| Portrait Artist of the Year | Self - Sitter | 2013 |
| Sunshine on Leith | Jean / Jean Henshaw | 2013 |
| You Saw Them Here First | Self | 2013 |
| What!? Logo Documentaries | Narrator | 2012 |
| Secret of the Wings | Fairy Mary / Fairy Mary (voice) | 2012 |
| True Love | Sandra | 2012 |
| Playhouse Presents | Jacky | 2012 |
| Get Your House in Order | Narrator | 2012 |
| Pixie Hollow Bake Off | Fairy Mary (voice) / Fairy Mary | 2012 |
| The Great Sport Relief Bake Off | Self | 2012 |
| Pixie Hollow Games | Fairy Mary (voice) / Fairy Mary | 2011 |
| Arthur Christmas | Lead Elf (voice) / Lead Elf | 2011 |
| Trollied | Julie | 2011 |
| The Itch of the Golden Nit | (voice) | 2011 |
| Little Crackers | Hairdresser | 2010 |
| The Road to Coronation Street | Margaret Morris | 2010 |
| The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! | Finola (UK) / Chandra (UK) / Gabi (UK) | 2010 |
| This Is Jinsy | Mrs. Stenton | 2010 |
| The Many Faces of... | Self / LV | 2009 |
| Gracie! | Gracie Fields | 2009 |
| Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | Fairy Mary (voice) / Fairy Mary | 2009 |
| HiT Favorites: Here Comes Spring! | Fifi Forget-Me-Not (segment: "Fifi and the Flowertots: Flowertot Rainbow") | 2009 |
| Hit Favorites: Trick or Treat Tales | Fifi Forget-Me-Not / Primrose | 2009 |
| Tinker Bell | Fairy Mary (voice) / Fairy Mary | 2008 |
| Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind | Donner / Donner (voice) | 2007 |
| Zoo Days | Self - Narrator | 2007 |
| Phineas and Ferb | Eliza Fletcher | 2007 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Little Princess | Little Princess / Little Princess (voice) / The Doctor / The Dentist | 2006 |
| The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Ros Pritchard | 2006 |
| The One Show | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Brothers of the Head | Roberta Howe / Roberta Howe (Romeo video) | 2006 |
| Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | Meenie (voice) / Meenie | 2006 |
| The Street | Angela Quinn | 2006 |
| Jericho | Sadie Swettenham | 2005 |
| Corpse Bride | Mrs. Plum (voice) / Black Widow Spider / Mrs. Plum | 2005 |
| The Bigger Picture | Self | 2005 |
| Fifi and the Flowertots | Fifi Forget-Me-Not / Primrose / (voice) | 2005 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004 |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | Herself - Guest | 2004 |
| Strictly Come Dancing | Self - Audience Member | 2004 |
| Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe | Donner / Arctic Fox / Donner (voice) | 2002 |
| Christmas Carol: The Movie | Ghost of Christmas Past (voice) / Ghost of Christmas Past | 2001 |
| Linda Green | Teresa Franklin | 2001 |
| One Night with Robbie Williams | Herself / Self | 2001 |
| Breakfast | Self - Guest | 2000 |
| Born Romantic | Mo | 2000 |
| Lion of Oz | Wimsik / Wimsik (voice) | 2000 |
| Chicken Run | Babs (voice) / Babs | 2000 |
| The New Adventures of Spot the Dog | Narrator (UK version) | 2000 |
| Hooves of Fire | Donner (voice) / Donner | 1999 |
| The Flint Street Nativity | Shepherd 2 / Zoe / Shepherd 2/Zoe | 1999 |
| Foxbusters | Jeffries / Jeffries (voice) | 1999 |
| Watership Down | Hannah | 1999 |
| Faeries | Huccaby / Huccaby (voice) | 1999 |
| Hunting Venus | Cassandra | 1999 |
| Little Voice | LV | 1998 |
| So Graham Norton | Self | 1998 |
| Funny Women | Self | 1997 |
| Wyrd Sisters | Magrat | 1997 |
| Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis | Marla Dorland / Mavis Davis | 1997 |
| Some Kind of Life | Alison | 1996 |
| How to Be Absolutely Fabulous | Bubble | 1995 |
| Ken Dodd: An Audience with Ken Dodd | Herself / Self (extended version) | 1994 |
| Self Catering | Marilyn | 1994 |
| Second Best | Debbie | 1994 |
| Room 101 | Bubble | 1994 |
| Deadly Advice | Jodie Greenwood | 1994 |
| Butter | Beggar | 1994 |
| Cabaret | Sally Bowles | 1993 |
| Absolutely Fabulous | Bubble / Katy Grin / Lola / Radio DJ | 1992 |
| Performance | Beatie Bryant / Doll Tearsheet / Marta | 1991 |
| Life Is Sweet | Nicola | 1991 |
| Memphis Belle | Faith | 1990 |
| The Witches | Miss Irvine | 1990 |
| The Wolves of Willoughby Chase | Pattern | 1989 |
| Victoria Wood | Cathy Warburton | 1989 |
| Screen One | Gail | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Cammy | 1989 |
| Getting It Right | Jenny | 1989 |
| The Fifteen Streets | Christine Bracken | 1989 |
| The Dressmaker | Rita | 1988 |
| Red Dwarf | Commander Nirvanah Crane | 1988 |
| The Play on One | Pam | 1988 |
| MuppeTelevision | Anja | 1987 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Pippa Bond | 1987 |
| The Storyteller | Anja | 1987 |
| Boon | Trisha Downey | 1986 |
| Alas Smith & Jones | 1984 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1999 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
