Acting
Anna Chancellor
EN, NL cinema · 54 credits
Born
27 April 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Also known as آنا چنسلور
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
Filmography
Playhouse Creatures
as Mrs Betterton
Stromboli
as Diane
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Lady Dant
Come Away
as Eleanor Morrow
For Love or Money
as Carol
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
as Henrietta
Benjamin
as Tessa
The Importance of Being Oscar
as Lady Bracknell
The Happy Prince
as Mrs. Arbuthnott
Nativity Rocks!
as Clara Hargreaves
Love of My Life
as Grace
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Mrs Bramble
The Carer
as Milly
The Last Dragonslayer
as Stuffco president
Testament of Youth
as Mrs. Leighton
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
as Queen Victoria
Sardines
as Elizabeth
How I Live Now
as Aunt Penn
Private Lives
as Amanda Prynne
Confessions of an Alien Abductee
as Narrator
We'll Take Manhattan
as Lucie Clayton
Hysteria
as Mrs. Bellamy
Critical Eye
as Laura
St Trinian's
as Miss Bagstock
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
as Elizabeth Doring
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Questular Rontok
The Best Man
as Dana
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as Jo Kenworth
Roman Road
as Maddy Bancroft
The Dreamers
as Mother
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
as Nicky Bowden
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
as Professor's Daughter (voice)
What a Girl Wants
as Glynnis Payne
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Narrator (voice)
Crush
as Molly Cartwright
The Real Jane Austen
as Presenter / Narrator
Longitude
as Muriel Gould
Heart
as Nicole Farmer
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Barbara Ritchie
FairyTale: A True Story
as Peter Pan
Four Weddings and a Funeral
as Henrietta
Staggered
as Carmen Svennipeg
Tom & Viv
as Woman
Princess Caraboo
as Mrs. Peake
Century
as Woman in Police Station
Killing Dad
as Barmaid