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 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

The Dreamers
Mother
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Henrietta
St Trinian's
Miss Bagstock
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Barmaid
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Questular Rontok
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Barbara Ritchie
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Nicky Bowden
FairyTale: A True Story
Peter Pan
Crush
Molly Cartwright
Staggered
Carmen Svennipeg
Christmas at the Riviera
Diane
How I Live Now
Aunt Penn
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Anne Hathaway
The Real Jane Austen
Presenter / Narrator
Private Lives
Amanda Prynne
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
Narrator
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Professor's Daughter (voice)
Testament of Youth
Mrs. Leighton
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
Stromboli
Diane
This Beautiful Fantastic
Mrs Bramble
What a Girl Wants
Glynnis Payne
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Irene Adler
The Best Man
Dana
Breaking and Entering
Kate
Century
Woman in Police Station
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Jo Kenworth
Brighton Storeys
Unknown
The Carer
Milly
We'll Take Manhattan
Lucie Clayton
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Elizabeth Doring
Roman Road
Maddy Bancroft
Longitude
Muriel Gould
Love of My Life
Grace
The Last Dragonslayer
Stuffco president
Heart
Nicole Farmer
The Happy Prince
Mrs. Arbuthnott
Tom & Viv
Woman
Hysteria
Mrs. Bellamy
Critical Eye
Laura
For Love or Money
Carol
Nativity Rocks!
Clara Hargreaves
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Henrietta
Come Away
Eleanor Morrow
Benjamin
Tessa
Princess Caraboo
Mrs. Peake
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Lady Dant
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Queen Victoria
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'
Self
Playhouse Creatures
Mrs Betterton
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Narrator (voice)