Anna Chancellor
Born: 1965-04-27 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- The Girlfriend as Lilith
- Outrageous as Sydney Bowles Mitford
- Playhouse Creatures as Mrs Betterton
2024
- My Lady Jane as Lady Frances Grey
2023
- Fifteen-Love as And Woodward
2022
- Stromboli as Diane
- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as Lady Dant
- Hotel Portofino as Lady Latchmere
- That Dirty Black Bag as Hellen
- Compulsion as Sasha
2021
- The Watch as Lord Vetinari
2020
- Come Away as Eleanor Morrow
2019
- Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler as Frances Gaunt
- Benjamin as Tessa
- One Red Nose Day and a Wedding as Henrietta
- For Love or Money as Carol
2018
- Nativity Rocks! as Clara Hargreaves
- Trust as Penelope
- The Happy Prince as Mrs. Arbuthnott
- Ordeal by Innocence as Rachel Argyll
2017
- Love of My Life as Grace
2016
- The Crown as Lady Rosse
- The Carer as Milly
- Flowers as Aunty Viv
- This Beautiful Fantastic as Mrs Bramble
- New Blood as Eleanor Davies
- The Last Dragonslayer as Stuffco president
- National Theatre Live: The Seagull as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
2015
- Testament of Youth as Mrs. Leighton
2014
- Inside No. 9 as Elizabeth
- Fleming as Second Officer Monday
- Mapp and Lucia as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
- Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled as Queen Victoria
2013
- Shetland as Phyllis Brennan
- Private Lives as Amanda Prynne
- How I Live Now as Aunt Penn
- Confessions Of An Alien Abductee as Narrator
2012
- We'll Take Manhattan as Lucie Clayton
- A Touch of Cloth as Hope Goodgirl
- Pramface
2011
- Death in Paradise as Ciss Dacre
- Hysteria as Mrs. Bellamy
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- The Hour as Lix Storm
- Hidden as Elspeth Verney
2010
- Downton Abbey as Lady Anstruther
- Critical Eye as Laura
2009
2007
- Lewis as Judith Suskin
- St Trinian's as Miss Bagstock
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Irene Adler
- Christmas at the Riviera as Diane
2006
- Breaking and Entering as Kate
- The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton as Elizabeth Doring
- Suburban Shootout
2005
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Lydia Horton
- Hustle as Wendy Stanton
- Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London as Jo Kenworth
- Roman Road as Maddy Bancroft
2003
- The Dreamers as Mother
- What a Girl Wants as Glynnis Payne
- Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie as Nicky Bowden
- Fortysomething as Estelle Slippery
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Narrator (voice)
- Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose as Professor's Daughter (voice)
2002
- Spooks as Juliet Shaw
- Crush as Molly Cartwright
- The Real Jane Austen as Presenter / Narrator
- Tipping the Velvet as Diana Lethaby
2001
- Waking the Dead as Lucy Christie
- The Cazalets as Diana Mackintosh
1997
- The Man Who Knew Too Little as Barbara Ritchie
- FairyTale: A True Story as Peter Pan
1996
- Silent Witness
- Cold Lazarus as Anna Griffiths
- Karaoke as Anna Griffiths
1995
- Pride and Prejudice as Caroline Bingley
- Kavanagh Q.C. as Julia Piper
1994
- Princess Caraboo as Mrs. Peake
- Tom & Viv as Woman
- Four Weddings and a Funeral as Henrietta
- Staggered as Carmen Svennipeg
1993
- Century as Woman in Police Station
1990
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Virginie Mesnard
- Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) as Barmaid
1987
- Inspector Morse as Sally Smith
1986
- Casualty as Celia Morton