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Anna Chancellor

Acting 60 years old Richmond, Surrey, England, UK ★ 2.2
Born: April 27, 1965

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).

Filmography

Acting Credits (100)

My Brilliant Career
My Brilliant Career Señora Bossier 2026
The Girlfriend
The Girlfriend Lillith Greenway 2025
Outrageous
Outrageous Sydney Bowles Mitford 2025
Playhouse Creatures
Playhouse Creatures Mrs Betterton 2025
My Lady Jane
My Lady Jane Lady Frances Grey 2024
Fifteen-Love
Fifteen-Love And Woodward 2023
Stromboli
Stromboli Diane 2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Lady Dant 2022
Compulsion
Compulsion Sasha 2022
That Dirty Black Bag
That Dirty Black Bag Hellen 2022
Hotel Portofino
Hotel Portofino Lady Latchmere 2022
The Watch
The Watch Lord Vetinari 2021
Come Away
Come Away Eleanor Morrow 2020
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler Frances Gaunt 2019
For Love or Money
For Love or Money Carol 2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding Henrietta 2019
Benjamin
Benjamin Tessa 2019
Nativity Rocks!
Nativity Rocks! Clara Hargreaves 2018
The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince Mrs. Arbuthnott 2018
Ordeal by Innocence
Ordeal by Innocence Rachel Argyll 2018
Trust
Trust Penelope 2018
Love of My Life
Love of My Life Grace 2017
The Last Dragonslayer
The Last Dragonslayer Stuffco president 2016
The Crown
The Crown Lady Rosse 2016
This Beautiful Fantastic
This Beautiful Fantastic Mrs Bramble 2016
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
National Theatre Live: The Seagull Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina 2016
The Carer
The Carer Milly 2016
New Blood
New Blood Eleanor Davies 2016
Flowers
Flowers Aunty Viv 2016
Testament of Youth
Testament of Youth Mrs. Leighton 2015
Mapp and Lucia
Mapp and Lucia Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas 2014
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled Queen Victoria 2014
Sardines
Sardines Elizabeth 2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 Elizabeth 2014
Fleming
Fleming Second Officer Monday 2014
Private Lives
Private Lives Amanda Prynne 2013
How I Live Now
How I Live Now Aunt Penn 2013
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee Narrator 2013
Shetland
Shetland Phyllis Brennan 2013
A Touch of Cloth
A Touch of Cloth Hope Goodgirl 2012
Pramface
Pramface 2012
We'll Take Manhattan
We'll Take Manhattan Lucie Clayton 2012
Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise Ciss Dacre 2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Self - Participant 2011
Hidden
Hidden Elspeth Verney 2011
The Hour
The Hour Lix Storm 2011
Hysteria
Hysteria Mrs. Bellamy 2011
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey Lady Anstruther 2010
Critical Eye
Critical Eye Laura 2010
Law & Order: UK
Law & Order: UK 2009
Christmas at the Riviera
Christmas at the Riviera Diane 2007
St Trinian's
St Trinian's Miss Bagstock 2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars Irene Adler 2007
Lewis
Lewis Judith Suskin 2007
Breaking and Entering
Breaking and Entering Kate 2006
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton Elizabeth Doring 2006
Suburban Shootout
Suburban Shootout 2006
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets Anne Hathaway 2005
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'
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' Self 2005
The Best Man
The Best Man Dana 2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Questular Rontok 2005
Roman Road
Roman Road Maddy Bancroft 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Lydia Horton 2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Jo Kenworth 2004
Hustle
Hustle Wendy Stanton 2004
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose Professor's Daughter (voice) 2003
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
100 Greatest Sexy Moments Narrator (voice) 2003
The Dreamers
The Dreamers Mother 2003
Fortysomething
Fortysomething Estelle Slippery 2003
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie Nicky Bowden 2003
What a Girl Wants
What a Girl Wants Glynnis Payne 2003
The Real Jane Austen
The Real Jane Austen Presenter / Narrator 2002
Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet Diana Lethaby 2002
Crush
Crush Molly Cartwright 2002
Spooks
Spooks Juliet Shaw 2002
The Cazalets
The Cazalets Diana Mackintosh 2001
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead Lucy Christie 2001
Rebus
Rebus Amanda Morrison 2000
Longitude
Longitude Muriel Gould 2000
Longitude
Longitude Muriel Gould 2000
The Vice
The Vice Dr. Christine Weir 1999
Heart
Heart Nicole Farmer 1999
The Man Who Knew Too Little
The Man Who Knew Too Little Barbara Ritchie 1997
FairyTale: A True Story
FairyTale: A True Story Peter Pan 1997
Cold Lazarus
Cold Lazarus Anna Griffiths 1996
Karaoke
Karaoke Anna Griffiths 1996
Silent Witness
Silent Witness 1996
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice Caroline Bingley 1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C. Julia Piper 1995
Princess Caraboo
Princess Caraboo Mrs. Peake 1994
Staggered
Staggered Carmen Svennipeg 1994
Tom & Viv
Tom & Viv Woman 1994
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral Henrietta 1994
Century
Century Woman in Police Station 1993
Jupiter Moon
Jupiter Moon Mercedes Page 1990
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) Barmaid 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot Virginie Mesnard 1989
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse Sally Smith 1987
Casualty
Casualty Celia Morton 1986
Brighton Storeys
Brighton Storeys

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