Anna Chancellor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 27, 1965
- Birthplace
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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
Box of Frogs 2026
as Anna
Playhouse Creatures 2025
as Mrs Betterton
- Brighton Storeys
Brighton Storeys 2025
Actor
Stromboli 2022
as Diane
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris 2022
as Lady Dant
Come Away 2020
as Eleanor Morrow
The Importance of Being Oscar 2019
as Lady Bracknell
Benjamin 2019
as Tessa
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding 2019
as Henrietta
For Love or Money 2019
as Carol
Nativity Rocks! 2018
as Clara Hargreaves
The Happy Prince 2018
as Mrs. Arbuthnott
Love of My Life 2017
as Grace
The Last Dragonslayer 2016
as Stuffco president
This Beautiful Fantastic 2016
as Mrs Bramble
National Theatre Live: The Seagull 2016
as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
The Carer 2016
as Milly
Testament of Youth 2015
as Mrs. Leighton
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled 2014
as Queen Victoria
Sardines 2014
as Elizabeth
Private Lives 2013
as Amanda Prynne
How I Live Now 2013
as Aunt Penn
Confessions of an Alien Abductee 2013
as Narrator
We'll Take Manhattan 2012
as Lucie Clayton
Hysteria 2011
as Mrs. Bellamy
Critical Eye 2010
as Laura
Christmas at the Riviera 2007
as Diane
St Trinian's 2007
as Miss Bagstock
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars 2007
as Irene Adler
Breaking and Entering 2006
as Kate
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton 2006
as Elizabeth Doring
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets 2005
as Anne Hathaway
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
The Best Man 2005
as Dana
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005
as Questular Rontok
Roman Road 2004
as Maddy Bancroft
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London 2004
as Jo Kenworth
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose 2003
as Professor's Daughter (voice)
100 Greatest Sexy Moments 2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Dreamers 2003
as Mother
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie 2003
as Nicky Bowden
What a Girl Wants 2003
as Glynnis Payne
The Real Jane Austen 2002
as Presenter / Narrator
Crush 2002
as Molly Cartwright
Longitude 2000
as Muriel Gould
Heart 1999
as Nicole Farmer
The Man Who Knew Too Little 1997
as Barbara Ritchie
FairyTale: A True Story 1997
as Peter Pan
Princess Caraboo 1994
as Mrs. Peake
Staggered 1994
as Carmen Svennipeg
Tom & Viv 1994
as Woman
Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994
as Henrietta
Century 1993
as Woman in Police Station
Killing Dad 1989
as Barmaid
Credits from TMDB.