
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).

The Dreamers
as Mother

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Questular Rontok

Four Weddings and a Funeral
as Henrietta

What a Girl Wants
as Glynnis Payne

How I Live Now
as Aunt Penn

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Lady Dant

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as Jo Kenworth

Come Away
as Eleanor Morrow

St Trinian's
as Miss Bagstock

The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Barbara Ritchie

Hysteria
as Mrs. Bellamy

Testament of Youth
as Mrs. Leighton

FairyTale: A True Story
as Peter Pan

Crush
as Molly Cartwright

Breaking and Entering
as Kate

Heart
as Nicole Farmer

Princess Caraboo
as Mrs. Peake

The Last Dragonslayer
as Stuffco president

This Beautiful Fantastic
as Mrs Bramble

Longitude
as Muriel Gould

We'll Take Manhattan
as Lucie Clayton

The Happy Prince
as Mrs. Arbuthnott

Box of Frogs
as Anna

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
as Anne Hathaway

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Irene Adler

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

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
as Nicky Bowden

Christmas at the Riviera
as Diane

The Carer
as Milly

Century
as Woman in Police Station

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
as Henrietta

The Best Man
as Dana

100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Narrator (voice)

Benjamin
as Tessa

The Real Jane Austen
as Presenter / Narrator

Tom & Viv
as Woman

For Love or Money
as Carol

Stromboli
as Diane

Roman Road
as Maddy Bancroft

Brighton Storeys

Nativity Rocks!
as Clara Hargreaves

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
as Elizabeth Doring

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
as Professor's Daughter (voice)

National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina

Staggered
as Carmen Svennipeg

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
as Barmaid

Love of My Life
as Grace

Private Lives
as Amanda Prynne

Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
as Queen Victoria

Sardines
as Elizabeth

Critical Eye
as Laura

Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
as Narrator

Playhouse Creatures
as Mrs Betterton