[1] She started acting at the age of 17,[1] training at the Birmingham Theatre School.
[1] In 2001, she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Passion Play at the Donmar Warehouse.
[1] In addition to her theatre work, Barge has numerous television appearances to her credit.
These include guest appearances on episodes of Pie in the Sky (1996), Lovejoy (1994), Midsomer Murders (2002), One Foot in the Grave (1990), All Creatures Great and Small (1980), Van der Valk (1977), Softly, Softly (1972) and also in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of King Lear starring as Goneril in 1982.
She portrayed Gertrude Bell in the TV movie, A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1990).