Gillian Barber

Acting

Born February 22, 1958, Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK

Gillian Barber (February 22, 1958, in Coventry, England) is a British-Canadian actress and theater educator. She grew up in British Columbia, Canada, and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London as well as the BFA program at the University of Victoria. Barber has appeared in numerous films, including The Stepfather (1987), Needful Things (1993), Jumanji (1995), The 6th Day (2000), and 2012 (2009). On television, she has been featured in series such as The X-Files, Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, Smallville, The Man in the High Castle, and Chesapeake Shores. In addition to her acting career, she is an educator and founded the musical theater program at Capilano University in British Columbia in 2007.

Filmography

• 2024Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder at the Breakers — Nanny O'Neal
• The Last of Us — Councilwoman
• Under the Banner of Heaven — Sister Dorren
• Maid — Melody
• 2018Idle Thoughts — Loretta
• 2018Status Update — Mrs. Gregory
• Chesapeake Shores — Deidra Peck
• 2015Patterson's Wager — Madeline
• 2015The Christmas Note — Mrs. Schweiger
• The Man in the High Castle — Alice Adler
• Bates Motel — Dr. Helen Ginsberg
• Witches of East End — Maura Thatcher
• 2012Hamlet — Gertrude
• 2012The Vehicle — Bernice
• 2011To the Mat — Iris Dumont
• 20092012 — Cruise Ship Lady
• 2009Something with Bite — Moonflower Dougdale
• 2007Beneath — Donna
• 2007Hot Rod — Riot Singer
• Reaper — Therapist
• Supernatural — Dr. Hess, Mrs. Rourke
• 2004Jack — Vice Principal
• The 4400 — Dr. Roxanne Kern
• 2003An Unexpected Love — Rita
• 2003Bang Bang You're Dead — Principal Meyer
• 2003Before I Say Goodbye — Therapist
• 2003D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear — Audrey Duncan
• 2003Stealing Sinatra — Mary Keenan
• 2002Movie Toons: Treasure Island — Jim's Mother (voice)
• The Dead Zone — Dr. Surman
• 2001Cats & Dogs — Factory Receptionist
• Smallville — Marianne Taylor
• 2001Suspicious River — Mrs. Schmidt
• 2001The Sports Pages
• 2000A Storm in Summer — Mrs. Parker
• 2000The 6th Day — Katherine's Doctor
• 2000The Guilty — Maddy Corrigan
• 1999Double Jeopardy — Rebecca Tingely
• 1999Final Run — Mrs. Hofflund
• Sabrina: The Animated Series — (voice)
• Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century — (voice)
• 1999The Color of Courage — Carol
• 1998Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County — Roselyn McPherson
• 1998Disturbing Behavior — Judy Effkin
• First Wave — Dr. Rita Hagen
• 1998I've Been Waiting for You — Eric's Mother
• 1998Nobody Lives Forever — Ann Corley
• 1998The Baby Dance — Nurse Nancy
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Rena Dunne's Mother (segment "Room 245")
• 1997Bliss — Therapist
• 1997High Stakes — Pediatrician
• 1997Intensity — Chairperson
• 1997Kitchen Party — Barb
• 1997NightScream — Dr. Melville
• Stargate SG-1 — Resident #1, Ambassador Dreylock, First Minister Dreylock
• 1997The Advocate's Devil — District Attorney
• 1997Unwed Father — Case Worker
• Adventures from the Book of Virtues — Aurora (voice)
• In Cold Blood — Bonnie Clutter
• 1996Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
• 1996Maternal Instincts — Julie Taft
• Millennium — Mrs. Barbakow
• The Sentinel — Dr. Gladstone
• Action Man — (voice)
• 1995Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain — Grace Briggs
• 1995Jack Reed: One of Our Own — Francine Hood
• 1995Jumanji — Mrs. Thomas
• 1995Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story — Col. Koufalis
• Sliders — Nicole Mitchell
• 1995The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie — Mrs. Kramer
• The Outer Limits — General, Fisk, Lt. Bateson
• 1994Double Cross — Coroner
• 1994Max — Donna, Jayne's Friend
• 1994Someone Else's Child — Renata Reed
• 1994The Man Who Wouldn't Die — Art Sycophant
• 1993Needful Things — Myrtle Keeton
• The X-Files — Beth Kane, Jane Spiller, Penny Northern
• 1992Impolite — Voice on the Phone (voice)
• The Commish — Dr. Sheila West
• 1990Short Time — Nurse
• 1989Midnight Matinee — Marilyn
• 1987The Stepfather — Anne Barnes
• 1986Rainbow War — Yellow Queen
• 1985Brotherly Love — Ski Shop Clerk