About

Known credits:
78
Birthday:
1965-04-27
Place of birth:
Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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Anna Chancellor

Overview

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

Acting
2025 The Girlfriend Actor Lilith N/A
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2025 Outrageous Actor Sydney Bowles Mitford 70
Good
2025 Playhouse Creatures Actor Mrs Betterton N/A
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2024 My Lady Jane Actor Lady Frances Grey 72
Good
2023 Fifteen-Love Actor And Woodward 67
Fair
2022 Stromboli Actor Diane 58
Average
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Actor Lady Dant 65
Fair
2022 Compulsion Actor Sasha 68
Fair
2022 That Dirty Black Bag Actor Hellen 69
Fair
2020 Come Away Actor Eleanor Morrow 58
Average
2019 Benjamin Actor Tessa 59
Average
2019 One Red Nose Day and a Wedding Actor Henrietta 59
Average
2019 For Love or Money Actor Carol 58
Average
2018 Nativity Rocks! Actor Clara Hargreaves 58
Average
2018 The Happy Prince Actor Mrs. Arbuthnott 59
Average
2018 Ordeal by Innocence Actor Rachel Argyll 69
Fair
2018 Trust Actor Penelope 70
Good
2017 Love of My Life Actor Grace 58
Average
2016 The Last Dragonslayer Actor Stuffco president 58
Average
2016 This Beautiful Fantastic Actor Mrs Bramble 63
Fair
2016 National Theatre Live: The Seagull Actor Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina N/A
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2016 The Carer Actor Milly 59
Average
2016 New Blood Actor Eleanor Davies 69
Fair
2015 Testament of Youth Actor Mrs. Leighton 67
Fair
2014 Mapp and Lucia Actor Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas 68
Fair
2014 Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled Actor Queen Victoria N/A
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2014 Sardines Actor Elizabeth N/A
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2014 Sardines Actor Elizabeth N/A
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2014 Inside No. 9: Sardines Actor Elizabeth N/A
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2014 Fleming Actor Second Officer Monday 69
Fair
2013 Private Lives Actor Amanda Prynne 58
Average
2013 How I Live Now Actor Aunt Penn 63
Fair
2013 Confessions Of An Alien Abductee Actor Narrator 58
Average
2012 We'll Take Manhattan Actor Lucie Clayton 58
Average
2011 Hidden Actor Elspeth Verney 68
Fair
2011 The Hour Actor Lix Storm 72
Good
2011 Hysteria Actor Mrs. Bellamy 63
Fair
2010 Critical Eye Actor Laura N/A
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2007 Christmas at the Riviera Actor Diane 58
Average
2007 St Trinian's Actor Miss Bagstock 58
Average
2007 Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars Actor Irene Adler 59
Average
2006 Breaking and Entering Actor Kate 59
Average
2006 The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton Actor Elizabeth Doring 58
Average
2006 Suburban Shootout - Die Waffen der Frauen Actor 69
Fair
2005 A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets Actor Anne Hathaway 58
Average
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' Actor Self N/A
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2005 Making of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' Actor Questular Rontok (archive footage) (uncredited) N/A
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2005 The Best Man Actor Dana 58
Average
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Actor Questular Rontok 65
Fair
2004 Roman Road Actor Maddy Bancroft N/A
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2004 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Actor Jo Kenworth 57
Average
2003 Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose Actor Professor's Daughter (voice) N/A
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2003 100 Greatest Sexy Moments Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2003 The Dreamers Actor Mother 69
Fair
2003 Fortysomething Actor 71
Good
2003 Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie Actor Nicky Bowden 59
Average
2003 What a Girl Wants Actor Glynnis Payne 61
Fair
2002 The Real Jane Austen Actor Presenter / Narrator 58
Average
2002 Tipping the Velvet Actor Diana Lethaby 69
Fair
2002 Crush Actor Molly Cartwright 58
Average
2001 The Cazalets Actor Diana Mackintosh 70
Good
2000 Longitude Actor Muriel Gould 59
Average
2000 Longitude Actor Muriel Gould 69
Fair
1999 Heart Actor Nicole Farmer 58
Average
1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little Actor Barbara Ritchie 61
Fair
1997 FairyTale: A True Story Actor Peter Pan 59
Average
1996 Cold Lazarus Actor Anna Griffiths 69
Fair
1996 Karaoke Actor Anna Griffiths 69
Fair
1995 Pride and Prejudice Actor Caroline Bingley 80
Very good
1995 Kavanagh Q.C. Actor Julia Piper 69
Fair
1994 Princess Caraboo Actor Mrs. Peake 58
Average
1994 Staggered Actor Carmen Svennipeg 58
Average
1994 Tom & Viv Actor Woman 58
Average
1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral Actor Henrietta 66
Fair
1993 Century Actor Woman in Police Station 58
Average
1990 Jupiter Moon Actor 69
Fair
1989 Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) Actor Barmaid 58
Average
Brighton Storeys Actor N/A
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