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'

Elizabeth

Inside No. 9: Sardines

Mrs Betterton

Playhouse Creatures

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

51

Gender

Female

Birthday

1965-04-27

Place of Birth

Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As

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