Anna Chancellor
Known for Acting · 101 credits
- Born
- 1965-04-27 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- آنا چنسلور
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
TV Shows (48)
Death in Paradise
2011
as Ciss Dacre
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Virginie Mesnard
The Crown
2016
as Lady Rosse
Casualty
1986
as Celia Morton
Silent Witness
1996
Downton Abbey
2010
as Lady Anstruther
Shetland
2013
as Phyllis Brennan
Spooks
2002
as Juliet Shaw
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Lydia Horton
Waking the Dead
2001
as Lucy Christie
Hustle
2004
as Wendy Stanton
Lewis
2007
as Judith Suskin
Inspector Morse
1987
as Sally Smith
Inside No. 9
2014
as Elizabeth
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
Pride and Prejudice
1995
as Caroline Bingley
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019
as Frances Gaunt
Law & Order: UK
2009
Trust
2018
as Penelope
Rebus
2000
as Amanda Morrison
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Julia Piper
The Hour
2011
as Lix Storm
Jupiter Moon
1990
as Mercedes Page
My Lady Jane
2024
as Lady Frances Grey
The Vice
1999
as Dr Christina Weir
The Girlfriend
2025
as Lillith Greenway
That Dirty Black Bag
2022
as Hellen
Ordeal by Innocence
2018
as Rachel Argyll
Hotel Portofino
2022
as Lady Latchmere
Outrageous
2025
as Sydney Bowles Mitford
Fifteen-Love
2023
as And Woodward
Tipping the Velvet
2002
as Diana Lethaby
The Watch
2021
as Lord Vetinari
A Touch of Cloth
2012
as Hope Goodgirl
Flowers
2016
as Aunty Viv
Longitude
2000
as Muriel Gould
Fleming
2014
as Second Officer Monday
Suburban Shootout
2006
Karaoke
1996
as Anna Griffiths
Pramface
2012
New Blood
2016
as Eleanor Davies
The Cazalets
2001
as Diana Mackintosh
Cold Lazarus
1996
as Anna Griffiths
Fortysomething
2003
as Estelle Slippery
Hidden
2011
as Elspeth Verney
Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
Compulsion
2022
as Sasha
My Brilliant Career
as Señora Bossier
Movies (53)
The Dreamers
2003
as Mother
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Questular Rontok
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994
as Henrietta
What a Girl Wants
2003
as Glynnis Payne
St Trinian's
2007
as Miss Bagstock
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
as Jo Kenworth
Come Away
2020
as Eleanor Morrow
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Peter Pan
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as Barbara Ritchie
Crush
2002
as Molly Cartwright
How I Live Now
2013
as Aunt Penn
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
as Lady Dant
Hysteria
2011
as Mrs. Bellamy
Testament of Youth
2015
as Mrs. Leighton
Breaking and Entering
2006
as Kate
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'
2005
as Self
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016
as Mrs Bramble
The Happy Prince
2018
as Mrs. Arbuthnott
Longitude
2000
as Muriel Gould
Heart
1999
as Nicole Farmer
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Mrs. Peake
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005
as Anne Hathaway
The Last Dragonslayer
2016
as Stuffco president
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019
as Henrietta
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007
as Irene Adler
The Carer
2016
as Milly
For Love or Money
2019
as Carol
Benjamin
2019
as Tessa
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Tom & Viv
1994
as Woman
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
2003
as Nicky Bowden
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
as Diane
Staggered
1994
as Carmen Svennipeg
Century
1993
as Woman in Police Station
The Best Man
2005
as Dana
The Real Jane Austen
2002
as Presenter / Narrator
Box of Frogs
2026
as Anna
Nativity Rocks!
2018
as Clara Hargreaves
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003
as Professor's Daughter (voice)
Stromboli
2022
as Diane
Brighton Storeys
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
as Lucie Clayton
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016
as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
Roman Road
2004
as Maddy Bancroft
Love of My Life
2017
as Grace
Private Lives
2013
as Amanda Prynne
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
2013
as Narrator
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
as Barmaid
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
2006
as Elizabeth Doring
Sardines
2014
as Elizabeth
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
2014
as Queen Victoria
Critical Eye
2010
as Laura
Playhouse Creatures
2025
as Mrs Betterton
About Anna Chancellor
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 i… With 101 credits spanning from 1986 to 2026, Anna Chancellor has appeared in 53 films and 48 TV shows.
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Most Popular Anna Chancellor Movies
- The Dreamers (2003) — as Mother
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) — as Questular Rontok
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) — as Henrietta
- What a Girl Wants (2003) — as Glynnis Payne
- St Trinian's (2007) — as Miss Bagstock
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