Isabelle Amyes

Isabelle Amyes (born 13 June 1950) is an English actress best known for her role as Barbara Hunt in the British TV drama Bad Girls from 2000 to 2003. Another prominent role was as Fanny in Love in a Cold Climate. Her various guest appearances on other television programmes include The New Statesman, House of Cards, The Darling Buds of May, A Touch of Frost and As Time Goes By. From 2012 to 2013, she portrayed Barbara Land in the BBC soap opera Doctors.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1974 Intimate Strangers Judith Carr Series 1 (recurring, 5 episodes) 1975 General Hospital Nurse Patsy Tyley Soap opera (guest, 11 April 1975) 1975 Poldark Joan Pascoe Series 1 (guest, #1.5) 1976 Dickens of London Anne Beadnell Miniseries (guest, episode 4) 1976 The Laundrette Girl TV movie 1977 Eleanor Marx Lillian Richardson Miniseries (guest, episode 3) 1977 Nicholas Nickleby Miss Fanny Squeers Miniseries (supporting, 3 episodes) 1977 Marie Curie Irene Curie Miniseries (guest, episode 5) 1978 Enemy at the Door Librarian Series 1 (guest, #1.6) 1978 Armchair Thriller Julie Villers Series 1 (recurring, 4 episodes) 1978 Crown Court WDC Noreen Banks Series 7 (guest, #7.46) 1980 Love in a Cold Climate Fanny Miniseries (main, 7 episodes) 1983 Floating Off Vera TV movie 1983 Angels Staff Nurse Hobbs Series 9 (guest, #9.8 & #9.9) 1984 Miracles Take Longer Paula's Client Series 1 (guest, #1.21) 1984 The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady Winnie Holden Miniseries (main, 10 episodes) 1986 Dramarama Schoolteacher Series 4 (guest, #4.2) 1987 The New Statesman Lady Virginia Series 1 (guest, #1.3) 1988 The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank Elli Vossen TV movie 1989 Tom's Midnight Garden Aunt Gwen Miniseries (main, all 6 episodes) 1990 House of Cards Anne Collingridge Miniseries (supporting, 3 episodes) 1992 The Bill Barbara White Series 8 (guest, #8.65) 1992 Casualty Mrs. Partington Series 7 (guest, #7.4) 1993 The Darling Buds of May Diane Parker Series 3 (guest, #3.5 & #3.6) 1994 A Touch of Frost Angela Newcombe Series 2 (guest, #2.2) 1995 The Famous Five Mrs. Leonor Series 1 (guest, #1.12 & #1.13) 1995 Sense and Sensibility Betsy Feature Film 1998 The Round Tower Irene Brett Miniseries 1998 As Time Goes By Ruth Duncan Series 7 (guest, #7.3) 1998 The Things You Do for Love: Black Butterflies Mother TV movie 2000–03 Bad Girls Barbara Hunt Series 2–5 (main, 52 episodes)2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Mrs. Mason 2004 My Parents are Aliens Mrs. Hogarth Series 6 (guest, #6.18) 2005 Doctors Emily Soap opera; Series 7 (guest, #7.7) 2006 Switch Doctor Series 4 (guest, #4.2) 2007 Casualty Pearl Simmons Series 21 (guest, #21.31) 2008 Lady Godiva Mrs. Bartle Feature film 2008 The Bill Judge Series 24 (guest, #24.11 & #24.12) 2009 Coming Home Maureen Short TV movie 2009Doctors Maureen Bagshaw Series 11 (guest, #11.47) 2012–2013 Barbara Land Series 14–15 (recurring, 10 episodes) 2017 Casualty Mrs. Clarke Series 32 (guest, #32.14) 2017–2018 Knightfall Mother Superior Series 1 (guest, #1.4 & #1.7) 2017 Jessamine Olivia Short film 2018 Brothers of Italy Mrs. Henderson Short film