Anna Chancellor
Acting
🎂 1965-04-27
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).
Cast credits(98)
Virginie Mesnard
1989
Ciss Dacre
2011
Lady Anstruther
2010
1996
Lady Rosse
2016
Lydia Horton
2004
Celia Morton
1986
Juliet Shaw
2002
Phyllis Brennan
2013
Judith Suskin
2007
Elizabeth
2014
Lucy Christie
2001
Sally Smith
1987
Self - Participant
2011
Wendy Stanton
2004
Lady Frances Grey
2024
Caroline Bingley
1995
Frances Gaunt
2019
2009
Mother
2003
Glynnis Payne
2003
Julia Piper
1995
Henrietta
1994
Questular Rontok
2005
Penelope
2018
Sydney Bowles Mitford
2025
1990
Lilith
2025
Jo Kenworth
2004
Rachel Argyll
2018
Dr. Christine Weir
1999
Aunty Viv
2016
Muriel Gould
2000
Diane
2022
Lix Storm
2011
Amanda Morrison
2000
Lady Latchmere
2022
Mrs. Bellamy
2011
Eleanor Morrow
2020
Lady Dant
2022
Lord Vetinari
2021
Kate
2006
Peter Pan
1997
Miss Bagstock
2007
And Woodward
2023
Hellen
2022
Stuffco president
2016
Irene Adler
2007
Barbara Ritchie
1997
2012
Hope Goodgirl
2012
Aunt Penn
2013
Diana Lethaby
2002
Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
2016
Elizabeth Doring
2006
Anna Griffiths
1996
Nicky Bowden
2003
2006
Anne Hathaway
2005
Woman in Police Station
1993
Dana
2005
Nicole Farmer
1999
Mrs. Leighton
2015
Elspeth Verney
2011
Anna Griffiths
1996
Mrs. Arbuthnott
2018
Molly Cartwright
2002
Diana Mackintosh
2001
Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
2014
Estelle Slippery
2003
Woman
1994
Mrs Bramble
2016
Second Officer Monday
2014
Tessa
2019
Mrs. Peake
1994
Self
2005
Eleanor Davies
2016
Carol
2019
Henrietta
2019
Milly
2016
Lucie Clayton
2012
Narrator (voice)
2003
Clara Hargreaves
2018
Carmen Svennipeg
1994
Muriel Gould
2000
Queen Victoria
2014
Amanda Prynne
2013
Barmaid
1989
Mrs Betterton
2025
Sasha
2022
Narrator
2013
Laura
2010
Presenter / Narrator
2002
Diane
2007
Maddy Bancroft
2004
Grace
2017
Professor's Daughter (voice)
2003