Anna Chancellor
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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
Credits
The Dreamers (2003)
as Mother
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
as Henrietta
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Questular Rontok
The Last Dragonslayer (2016)
as Stuffco president
Roman Road (2004)
as Maddy Bancroft
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
as Lady Dant
How I Live Now (2013)
as Aunt Penn
St Trinian's (2007)
as Miss Bagstock
What a Girl Wants (2003)
as Glynnis Payne
Testament of Youth (2015)
as Mrs. Leighton
Hysteria (2011)
as Mrs. Bellamy
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
as Jo Kenworth
Breaking and Entering (2006)
as Kate
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
as Barbara Ritchie
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Peter Pan
Box of Frogs (2026)
as Anna
Come Away (2020)
as Eleanor Morrow
The Happy Prince (2018)
as Mrs. Arbuthnott
Sardines (2014)
as Elizabeth
Christmas at the Riviera (2007)
as Diane
We'll Take Manhattan (2012)
as Lucie Clayton
Love of My Life (2017)
as Grace
Princess Caraboo (1994)
as Mrs. Peake
Longitude (2000)
as Muriel Gould
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
as Mrs Bramble
For Love or Money (2019)
as Carol
100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Tom & Viv (1994)
as Woman
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) (1989)
as Barmaid
Crush (2002)
as Molly Cartwright
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' (2005)
as Self
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (2019)
as Henrietta
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie (2003)
as Nicky Bowden
Stromboli (2022)
as Diane
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton (2006)
as Elizabeth Doring
The Best Man (2005)
as Dana
Confessions of an Alien Abductee (2013)
as Narrator
The Real Jane Austen (2002)
as Presenter / Narrator
The Carer (2016)
as Milly
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
as Irene Adler
Benjamin (2019)
as Tessa
Staggered (1994)
as Carmen Svennipeg
Brighton Storeys (—)
Actor
Century (1993)
as Woman in Police Station
Playhouse Creatures (2025)
as Mrs Betterton
Nativity Rocks! (2018)
as Clara Hargreaves
Private Lives (2013)
as Amanda Prynne
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005)
as Anne Hathaway
National Theatre Live: The Seagull (2016)
as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
Heart (1999)
as Nicole Farmer
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014)
as Queen Victoria
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose (2003)
as Professor's Daughter (voice)
Critical Eye (2010)
as Laura