Anna Chancellor
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
Mother
The Dreamers
Henrietta
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Miss Bagstock
St Trinian's
Barmaid
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Questular Rontok
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Barbara Ritchie
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Nicky Bowden
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Peter Pan
FairyTale: A True Story
Molly Cartwright
Crush
Carmen Svennipeg
Staggered
Diane
Christmas at the Riviera
Aunt Penn
How I Live Now
Anne Hathaway
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Presenter / Narrator
The Real Jane Austen
Amanda Prynne
Private Lives
Narrator
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
Professor's Daughter (voice)
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Mrs. Leighton
Testament of Youth
Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Diane
Stromboli
Mrs Bramble
This Beautiful Fantastic
Glynnis Payne
What a Girl Wants
Irene Adler
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Dana
The Best Man
Kate
Breaking and Entering
Woman in Police Station
Century
Jo Kenworth
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Brighton Storeys
Milly
The Carer
Lucie Clayton
We'll Take Manhattan
Elizabeth Doring
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Maddy Bancroft
Roman Road
Muriel Gould
Longitude
Grace
Love of My Life
Stuffco president
The Last Dragonslayer
Nicole Farmer
Heart
Mrs. Arbuthnott
The Happy Prince
Woman
Tom & Viv
Mrs. Bellamy
Hysteria
Laura
Critical Eye
Carol
For Love or Money
Clara Hargreaves
Nativity Rocks!
Henrietta
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Eleanor Morrow
Come Away
Tessa
Benjamin
Mrs. Peake
Princess Caraboo
Lady Dant
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Self
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'
Mrs Betterton
Playhouse Creatures
Narrator (voice)
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
51
Gender
Female
Birthday
1965-04-27
Place of Birth
Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Also Known As
آنا چنسلور