Glynis Barber (born Glynis van der Riet; 25 October 1955) is a South African actress. She is known for her portrayals of Sgt. Harriet Makepeace in the British police drama Dempsey and Makepeace, Glenda Mitchell in EastEnders, DCI Grace Barraclough in Emmerdale, Fiona Brake in Night and Day, and Soolin in Blake's 7. In 2022, she joined the cast of Hollyoaks as Norma Crow.

Filmography

• 2025Dream Hacker — Sue Hamilton
• 2020Harry: The Troubled Prince — Narrator (voice)
• Secrets of the Royals on Tour — Narrator
• The World's Most Expensive Cruise Ship — narrator
• 2018Royal Hearts — Joan
• 2018The Best of EastEnders — Glenda Mitchell (archive footage)
• The Outpost — Gertrusha
• 2013Hammer of the Gods — Astrid
• 2013Miss Marple: Endless Night — Cora Van Stuyvesant
• New Tricks — Cheryl Brooker
• The Afternoon Play — Brenda
• The Royal — Jean McAteer
• The Terry and Gaby Show
• Murphy's Law — Patricia Morris
• Night and Day
• 1998Déjà Vu — Claire
• Highlander: The Raven — Rachel
• 1998The Fairy King — Nancy Preston
• Diagnosis: Murder — Samantha Litvak
• 1992Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side — Lola Brewster
• Palace Guard
• 1989Edge of Sanity — Elisabeth Jekyll
• Monsters — Dr. Jarris
• Red Dwarf — Woman with Fur
• 1987Visitors — Lucy
• 1986Blake's 7: Duel — Mutoid
• Dempsey and Makepeace — Harriet Makepeace
• 1985Dempsey and Makepeace The Movie — Makepeace
• EastEnders — Glenda Mitchell, Amy Mitchell
• Screen Two — Lucy
• Love and Marriage — Fiona Jebb
• 1983The Hound of the Baskervilles — Beryl Stapleton
• 1983The Wicked Lady — Caroline
• 1982Invaders of the Lost Gold — Janice Jefferson
• Jane
• 1982Tangiers — Beth
• The New Adventures of Lucky Jim — Lucy Simmons
• A Fine Romance — Linda
• Tales of the Unexpected — Lilian / Sylvia Brett
• 1979Terror — Carol Tucker
• 1979Yesterday's Hero — Susan
• Blake's 7 — Mutoid, Soolin
• The Sandbaggers — Margaret Müller
• Emmerdale
• BBC Play of the Month — Ethel Voysey

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2024Highgrove House: A Royal Residence — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2020Edward & Sophie: The Reluctant Royals? — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2020Princess Alice: The Royals’ Greatest Secret — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Oxford Street 24/7 — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• GMTV — Self
• 1990The Making of the Edge of Sanity — Self
• 1985An Audience with Billy Connolly — Self - Audience Member (uncredited)