Anna Chancellor
Acting
Born: April 27, 1965 (age 61) · Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
The Dreamers
2003
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994
The Crown
2016
What a Girl Wants
2003
Downton Abbey
2010
How I Live Now
2013
Hysteria
2011
Testament of Youth
2015
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Photos (1)
Movies (52)
The Dreamers
Mother
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Henrietta
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Questular Rontok
What a Girl Wants
Glynnis Payne
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Lady Dant
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Barbara Ritchie
How I Live Now
Aunt Penn
St Trinian's
Miss Bagstock
Come Away
Eleanor Morrow
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Jo Kenworth
Testament of Youth
Mrs. Leighton
Hysteria
Mrs. Bellamy
This Beautiful Fantastic
Mrs Bramble
Breaking and Entering
Kate
Princess Caraboo
Mrs. Peake
The Best Man
Dana
The Happy Prince
Mrs. Arbuthnott
FairyTale: A True Story
Peter Pan
Longitude
Muriel Gould
The Last Dragonslayer
Stuffco president
The Carer
Milly
Sardines
Elizabeth
Benjamin
Tessa
For Love or Money
Carol
Roman Road
Maddy Bancroft
Box of Frogs
Anna
Christmas at the Riviera
Diane
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Henrietta
We'll Take Manhattan
Lucie Clayton
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Barmaid
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Irene Adler
Crush
Molly Cartwright
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Anne Hathaway
Stromboli
Diane
Love of My Life
Grace
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Narrator (voice)
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Elizabeth Doring
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Nicky Bowden
Century
Woman in Police Station
Tom & Viv
Woman
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Professor's Daughter (voice)
Staggered
Carmen Svennipeg
Confessions of an Alien Abductee
Narrator
Heart
Nicole Farmer
Critical Eye
Laura
Nativity Rocks!
Clara Hargreaves
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
The Real Jane Austen
Presenter / Narrator
Private Lives
Amanda Prynne
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Queen Victoria
The Importance of Being Oscar
Lady Bracknell
Playhouse Creatures
Mrs Betterton
TV Shows (53)
Death in Paradise
Ciss Dacre · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Virginie Mesnard · 1 eps
The Crown
Lady Rosse · 1 eps
Casualty
Celia Morton · 1 eps
Silent Witness
Chief Supt. Karen Somerville · 2 eps
Downton Abbey
Lady Anstruther · 1 eps
Shetland
Phyllis Brennan · 4 eps
Spooks
Juliet Shaw · 14 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lydia Horton · 1 eps
Hustle
Wendy Stanton · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
Lucy Christie · 2 eps
Lewis
Judith Suskin · 1 eps
Inside No. 9
Elizabeth · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Sally Smith · 1 eps
Penny Dreadful
Claire Ives · 1 eps
My Brilliant Career
Mrs Bossier · 6 eps
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Frances Gaunt · 14 eps
The Vice
Dr Christina Weir · 6 eps
Pride and Prejudice
Caroline Bingley · 6 eps
Law & Order: UK
Evelyn Wyndham · 2 eps
The Girlfriend
Lillith Greenway · 4 eps
My Family
Zelda Nobbs · 1 eps
Trust
Penelope · 10 eps
My Lady Jane
Lady Frances Grey · 8 eps
The Watch
Lord Vetinari · 6 eps
Kavanagh Q.C.
Julia Piper · 8 eps
Miranda
Helena · 1 eps
Hotel Portofino
Lady Latchmere · 6 eps
Rain Dogs
Allegra · 2 eps
The Cazalets
Diana Mackintosh · 6 eps
The Hour
Lix Storm · 12 eps
Karaoke
Anna Griffiths · 4 eps
Ordeal by Innocence
Rachel Argyll · 3 eps
Rebus
Amanda Morrison · 1 eps
That Dirty Black Bag
Hellen · 8 eps
A Touch of Cloth
Hope Goodgirl · 2 eps
Jupiter Moon
Mercedes Page · 150 eps
Longitude
Muriel Gould · 2 eps
Flowers
Aunty Viv · 1 eps
Tipping the Velvet
Diana Lethaby · 3 eps
Pramface
Janet Derbyshire · 13 eps
Outrageous
Sydney Bowles Mitford · 6 eps
Fifteen-Love
And Woodward · 6 eps
Fleming
Second Officer Monday · 4 eps
New Blood
Eleanor Davies · 7 eps
Timewasters
Victoria · 6 eps
Cold Lazarus
Anna Griffiths · 3 eps
Suburban Shootout
Camilla Diamond · 14 eps
Compulsion
Sasha · 4 eps
Fortysomething
Estelle Slippery · 6 eps
Mapp and Lucia
Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas · 3 eps
Hidden
Elspeth Verney · 4 eps
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Irene Adler · 2 eps
