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
2003
asMother
1994
asHenrietta
2007
asMiss Bagstock
1989
asBarmaid
2005
asQuestular Rontok
1997
asBarbara Ritchie
2003
asNicky Bowden
1997
asPeter Pan
2002
asMolly Cartwright
1994
asCarmen Svennipeg
2007
asDiane
2013
asAunt Penn
2005
asAnne Hathaway
2002
asPresenter / Narrator
2013
asAmanda Prynne
2013
asNarrator
2003
asProfessor's Daughter (voice)
2015
asMrs. Leighton
2016
asIrina Nikolaevna Arkadina
2022
asDiane
2016
asMrs Bramble
2003
asGlynnis Payne
2007
asIrene Adler
2005
asDana
2006
asKate
1993
asWoman in Police Station
2004
asJo Kenworth
as
2016
asMilly
2012
asLucie Clayton
2006
asElizabeth Doring
2004
asMaddy Bancroft
2000
asMuriel Gould
2017
asGrace
2016
asStuffco president
1999
asNicole Farmer
2018
asMrs. Arbuthnott
1994
asWoman
2011
asMrs. Bellamy
2010
asLaura
2019
asCarol
2018
asClara Hargreaves
2019
asHenrietta
2020
asEleanor Morrow
2019
asTessa
1994
asMrs. Peake
2022
asLady Dant
2014
asQueen Victoria
2005
asSelf
2014
asElizabeth
2025
asMrs Betterton
2003
asNarrator (voice)
asCaroline Bingley
as
asSally Smith
asJuliet Shaw
asAnna Griffiths
asJulia Piper
asLydia Horton
as
as
as
asEstelle Slippery
asVirginie Mesnard
asDr. Christine Weir
as
asDiana Mackintosh
asLix Storm
asElspeth Verney
asSecond Officer Monday
asAmanda Morrison
asHope Goodgirl
asElizabeth
asWendy Stanton
asEleanor Davies
asLucy Christie
asLady Latchmere
asCelia Morton
asEmmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
asLady Anstruther
asSasha
asRachel Argyll
asLady Rosse
asHellen
asAnna Griffiths
asPenelope
asSelf - Participant
asJudith Suskin
asMuriel Gould
asPhyllis Brennan
asCiss Dacre
asAnd Woodward
asLady Frances Grey
asLord Vetinari
asSydney Bowles Mitford
asLilith
asFrances Gaunt
asAunty Viv
asDiana Lethaby
Production
Crew
Directing
