Anna Chancellor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1965-04-27 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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
Acting
(2025)
Playhouse Creatures
as Mrs Betterton
(2022)
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Lady Dant
(2022)
Stromboli
as Diane
(2020)
Come Away
as Eleanor Morrow
(2019)
For Love or Money
as Carol
(2019)
Benjamin
as Tessa
(2019)
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
as Henrietta
(2018)
The Happy Prince
as Mrs. Arbuthnott
(2018)
Nativity Rocks!
as Clara Hargreaves
(2017)
Love of My Life
as Grace
(2016)
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Mrs Bramble
(2016)
The Last Dragonslayer
as Stuffco president
(2016)
The Carer
as Milly
(2016)
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
(2015)
Testament of Youth
as Mrs. Leighton
(2014)
Inside No. 9: Sardines
as Elizabeth
(2014)
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
as Queen Victoria
(2013)
How I Live Now
as Aunt Penn
(2013)
Private Lives
as Amanda Prynne
(2013)
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
as Narrator
(2012)
We'll Take Manhattan
as Lucie Clayton
(2011)
Hysteria
as Mrs. Bellamy
(2010)
Critical Eye
as Laura
(2007)
St. Trinian's
as Miss Bagstock
(2007)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Irene Adler
(2007)
Christmas at the Riviera
as Diane
(2006)
Breaking and Entering
as Kate
(2006)
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
as Elizabeth Doring
(2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Questular Rontok
(2005)
The Best Man
as Dana
(2005)
(2005)
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
as Anne Hathaway
(2004)
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as Jo Kenworth
(2004)
Roman Road
as Maddy Bancroft
(2003)
The Dreamers
as Mother
(2003)
What a Girl Wants
as Glynnis Payne
(2003)
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
as Nicky Bowden
(2003)
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
as Professor's Daughter (voice)
(2002)
Crush
as Molly Cartwright
(2002)
The Real Jane Austen
as Presenter / Narrator
(2000)
Longitude
as Muriel Gould
(1999)
Heart
as Nicole Farmer
(1997)
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Barbara Ritchie
(1997)
FairyTale: A True Story
as Peter Pan
(1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
as Henrietta
(1994)
Princess Caraboo
as Mrs. Peake
(1994)
Tom & Viv
as Woman
(1994)
Staggered
as Carmen Svennipeg
(1993)
Century
as Woman in Police Station
(1989)
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
as Barmaid