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