Anna Chancellor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 27, 1965 (age 61)
- Birthplace
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
Anna Theodora Chancellor (born 27 April 1965) is an English actress who has appeared widely on TV, film and in the theatre. She received a nomination for BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lix Storm in The Hour (2011–2012), and has twice been nominated for Olivier Awards, in 1997 for her performances in Stanley at the National Theatre, and again in 2014 for Private Lives at the Gielgud Theatre. She was also nominated for an award at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival in 2007 and for one at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in 2013. On television, she is also known for her roles in the ITV series Kavanagh QC (1995-1997) and Grantchester (2016); the BBC series Pride and Prejudice (1995), Tipping the Velvet (2002), Spooks (2005-2007), Pramface (2012–2014), Ordeal by Innocence (2018) and Rain Dogs (2023); the Channel 5 series Suburban Shootout (2006–2007); the Netflix series The Crown (2017); the Epix series Pennyworth (2019–2021); and the BritBox series Hotel Portofino (2022). Her films include Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), and How I Live Now (2013).
Known For
Filmography
Box of Frogs
Movie · as Anna
My Brilliant Career
TV · as Mrs. Bossier · 6 eps
Brighton Storeys
Movie
Playhouse Creatures
Movie · as Mrs Betterton
Outrageous
TV · as Sydney Bowles Mitford · 6 eps
The Girlfriend
TV · as Lillith Greenway · 4 eps
My Lady Jane
TV · as Lady Frances Grey · 8 eps
Fifteen-Love
TV · as And Woodward · 6 eps
Rain Dogs
TV · as Allegra · 2 eps
Stromboli
Movie · as Diane
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Movie · as Lady Dant
Hotel Portofino
TV · as Lady Latchmere · 6 eps
Compulsion
TV · as Sasha · 4 eps
That Dirty Black Bag
TV · as Hellen · 8 eps
The Watch
TV · as Lord Vetinari · 6 eps
Come Away
Movie · as Eleanor Morrow
For Love or Money
Movie · as Carol
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Movie · as Henrietta
Benjamin
Movie · as Tessa
The Importance of Being Oscar
Movie · as Lady Bracknell
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
TV · as Frances Gaunt · 14 eps
The Happy Prince
Movie · as Mrs. Arbuthnott
Nativity Rocks!
Movie · as Clara Hargreaves
Ordeal by Innocence
TV · as Rachel Argyll · 3 eps
Trust
TV · as Penelope · 10 eps
Love of My Life
Movie · as Grace
Timewasters
TV · as Victoria · 6 eps
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Movie · as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
This Beautiful Fantastic
Movie · as Mrs Bramble
The Carer
Movie · as Milly
The Last Dragonslayer
Movie · as Stuffco president
New Blood
TV · as Eleanor Davies · 7 eps
The Crown
TV · as Lady Rosse · 1 ep
Flowers
TV · as Aunty Viv · 1 ep
Testament of Youth
Movie · as Mrs. Leighton
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Movie · as Queen Victoria
Sardines
Movie · as Elizabeth
Fleming
TV · as Second Officer Monday · 4 eps
Inside No. 9
TV · as Elizabeth · 1 ep
Mapp and Lucia
TV · as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas · 3 eps
Penny Dreadful
TV · as Claire Ives · 1 ep
How I Live Now
Movie · as Aunt Penn
Private Lives
Movie · as Amanda Prynne
Confessions of an Alien Abductee
Movie · as Narrator
Shetland
TV · as Phyllis Brennan · 4 eps
We'll Take Manhattan
Movie · as Lucie Clayton
Pramface
TV · as Janet Derbyshire · 13 eps
A Touch of Cloth
TV · as Hope Goodgirl · 2 eps
Hysteria
Movie · as Mrs. Bellamy
The Hour
TV · as Lix Storm · 12 eps
Hidden
TV · as Elspeth Verney · 4 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep
Death in Paradise
TV · as Ciss Dacre · 1 ep
Critical Eye
Movie · as Laura
Downton Abbey
TV · as Lady Anstruther · 1 ep
Law & Order: UK
TV · as Evelyn Wyndham · 2 eps
Miranda
TV · as Helena · 1 ep
St Trinian's
Movie · as Miss Bagstock
Christmas at the Riviera
Movie · as Diane
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Movie · as Irene Adler
Lewis
TV · as Judith Suskin · 1 ep
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
TV · as Irene Adler · 2 eps
Breaking and Entering
Movie · as Kate
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Movie · as Elizabeth Doring
Suburban Shootout
TV · as Camilla Diamond · 14 eps
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · as Questular Rontok
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Movie · as Anne Hathaway
The Best Man
Movie · as Dana
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Movie · as Self
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Movie · as Jo Kenworth
Roman Road
Movie · as Maddy Bancroft
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Lydia Horton · 1 ep
Hustle
TV · as Wendy Stanton · 1 ep
Blue Dove
TV · as Maria Bishop · 2 eps
The Dreamers
Movie · as Mother
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Movie · as Nicky Bowden
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Movie · as Professor's Daughter (voice)
What a Girl Wants
Movie · as Glynnis Payne
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Fortysomething
TV · as Estelle Slippery · 6 eps
Crush
Movie · as Molly Cartwright
The Real Jane Austen
Movie · as Presenter / Narrator
Spooks
TV · as Juliet Shaw · 14 eps
Tipping the Velvet
TV · as Diana Lethaby · 2 eps
The Cazalets
TV · as Diana Mackintosh · 6 eps
Waking the Dead
TV · as Lucy Christie · 2 eps
Longitude
Movie · as Muriel Gould
Rebus
TV · as Amanda Morrison · 1 ep
Longitude
TV · as Muriel Gould · 2 eps
My Family
TV · as Zelda Nobbs · 1 ep
Heart
Movie · as Nicole Farmer
The Vice
TV · as Dr Christina Weir · 6 eps
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Movie · as Barbara Ritchie
FairyTale: A True Story
Movie · as Peter Pan
Silent Witness
TV · as Chief Supt. Karen Somerville · 2 eps
Karaoke
TV · as Anna Griffiths · 4 eps
Cold Lazarus
TV · as Anna Griffiths · 3 eps
Pride and Prejudice
TV · as Caroline Bingley · 6 eps
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV · as Julia Piper · 8 eps
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Movie · as Henrietta
Staggered
Movie · as Carmen Svennipeg
Tom & Viv
Movie · as Woman
Princess Caraboo
Movie · as Mrs. Peake
Century
Movie · as Woman in Police Station
Jupiter Moon
TV · as Mercedes Page · 150 eps
Killing Dad
Movie · as Barmaid
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Virginie Mesnard · 1 ep
Inspector Morse
TV · as Sally Smith · 1 ep
Casualty
TV · as Celia Morton · 1 ep