Cast
Anna Chancellor
Acting
Cast
Anna Chancellor
Known for
Acting
Born
1965-04-27
From
Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Also known as آنا چنسلور
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).
★7.2
MOVIE2003
The Dreamers
as Mother
★6.8
MOVIE1994
Four Weddings and a Funeral
as Henrietta
★6.7
MOVIE2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Questular Rontok
★5.9
MOVIE2016
The Last Dragonslayer
as Stuffco president
MOVIE2004
Roman Road
as Maddy Bancroft
★7.3
MOVIE2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Lady Dant
★6.6
MOVIE2013
How I Live Now
as Aunt Penn
★5.9
MOVIE2007
St Trinian's
as Miss Bagstock
★6.3
MOVIE2003
What a Girl Wants
as Glynnis Payne
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Testament of Youth
as Mrs. Leighton
★6.7
MOVIE2011
Hysteria
as Mrs. Bellamy
★5.6
MOVIE2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as Jo Kenworth
★6.1
MOVIE2006
Breaking and Entering
as Kate
★6.4
MOVIE1997
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Barbara Ritchie
★6.4
MOVIE1997
FairyTale: A True Story
as Peter Pan
MOVIE2026
Box of Frogs
as Anna
★5.8
MOVIE2020
Come Away
as Eleanor Morrow
★6.2
MOVIE2018
The Happy Prince
as Mrs. Arbuthnott
★9.0
MOVIE2014
Sardines
as Elizabeth
★4.2
MOVIE2007
Christmas at the Riviera
as Diane
★5.7
MOVIE2012
We'll Take Manhattan
as Lucie Clayton
★5.0
MOVIE2017
Love of My Life
as Grace
★5.5
MOVIE1994
Princess Caraboo
as Mrs. Peake
★7.4
MOVIE2000
Longitude
as Muriel Gould
★7.1
MOVIE2016
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Mrs Bramble
★5.4
MOVIE2019
For Love or Money
as Carol
★3.5
MOVIE2003
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Narrator (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE1994
Tom & Viv
as Woman
★4.6
MOVIE1989
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
as Barmaid
★5.6
MOVIE2002
Crush
as Molly Cartwright
MOVIE2005
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'
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
as Henrietta
★6.6
MOVIE2003
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
as Nicky Bowden
★5.2
MOVIE2022
Stromboli
as Diane
★6.2
MOVIE2006
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
as Elizabeth Doring
★5.4
MOVIE2005
The Best Man
as Dana
★4.6
MOVIE2013
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
as Narrator
★8.5
MOVIE2002
The Real Jane Austen
as Presenter / Narrator
★6.6
MOVIE2016
The Carer
as Milly
★6.8
MOVIE2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Irene Adler
★6.1
MOVIE2019
Benjamin
as Tessa
★5.3
MOVIE1994
Staggered
as Carmen Svennipeg
MOVIETBA
Brighton Storeys
★5.1
MOVIE1993
Century
as Woman in Police Station
MOVIE2025
Playhouse Creatures
as Mrs Betterton
★3.9
MOVIE2018
Nativity Rocks!
as Clara Hargreaves
★10.0
MOVIE2013
Private Lives
as Amanda Prynne
★5.0
MOVIE2005
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
as Anne Hathaway
MOVIE2016
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
★5.4
MOVIE1999
Heart
as Nicole Farmer
★8.0
MOVIE2014
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
as Queen Victoria
MOVIE2003
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
as Professor's Daughter (voice)
MOVIE2010
Critical Eye
as Laura