Frances de la Tour in the film "The Book of Eli", directed by the Hughes brothers. In 2012, she appeared in the film "Hugo". Until 2012, she was also a patron for the performing arts group Theatretrain. From 2013 to 2016, de la Tour played the role of Violet Crosby in ITV sitcom "Vicious" with Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi. From 2013 to 2014, she portrayed headmistress Ms Baron in the BBC One sitcom "Big School". In April 2016, she joined the second series of "Outlander" as Mother Hildegarde. Politically, de la Tour is a socialist and was a member of the Workers' Revolutionary
Frances de la Tour a replacement for Colin Baker on "Doctor Who". The idea was scrapped and the job was given to Sylvester McCoy. In 2003, de la Tour played a terminally ill gay woman in the film "Love Actually" with the actress Anne Reid, although her scenes were cut from the film's theatrical release and appear only on the DVD. In 2005, she portrayed Olympe Maxime, headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy, in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", a role she reprised in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1". Notable television roles during this time include "Agatha Christie's Poirot: Death