Anna Chancellor
Born
April 27, 1965 (60 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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).
Known For
Stromboli
Diane
2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Lady Dant
2022
Come Away
Eleanor Morrow
2020
For Love or Money
Carol
2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Henrietta
2019
Benjamin
Tessa
2019
Nativity Rocks!
Clara Hargreaves
2018
The Happy Prince
Mrs. Arbuthnott
2018
Love of My Life
Grace
2017
The Last Dragonslayer
Stuffco president
2016
This Beautiful Fantastic
Mrs Bramble
2016
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
2016
The Carer
Milly
2016
Testament of Youth
Mrs. Leighton
2015
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Queen Victoria
2014
Inside No. 9: Sardines
Elizabeth
2014
Private Lives
Amanda Prynne
2013
How I Live Now
Aunt Penn
2013
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
Narrator
2013
We'll Take Manhattan
Lucie Clayton
2012
Hysteria
Mrs. Bellamy
2011
Critical Eye
Laura
2010
Christmas at the Riviera
Diane
2007
St. Trinian's
Miss Bagstock
2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Irene Adler
2007
Breaking and Entering
Kate
2006
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Elizabeth Doring
2006
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Anne Hathaway
2005
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'
Self
2005
The Best Man
Dana
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Questular Rontok
2005
Roman Road
Maddy Bancroft
2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Jo Kenworth
2004
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Professor's Daughter (voice)
2003
The Dreamers
Mother
2003
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Nicky Bowden
2003
What a Girl Wants
Glynnis Payne
2003
The Real Jane Austen
Presenter / Narrator
2002
Crush
Molly Cartwright
2002
Longitude
Muriel Gould
2000
Heart
Nicole Farmer
1999
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Barbara Ritchie
1997
FairyTale: A True Story
Peter Pan
1997
Princess Caraboo
Mrs. Peake
1994
Staggered
Carmen Svennipeg
1994
Tom & Viv
Woman
1994
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Henrietta
1994
Century
Woman in Police Station
1993
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Barmaid
1989
Brighton Storeys
Outrageous
Sydney Bowles Mitford · (1 episode)
2025
Playhouse Creatures
Mrs Betterton
2025
My Lady Jane
Lady Frances Grey · (8 episodes)
2024
Fifteen-Love
And Woodward · (6 episodes)
2023
Compulsion
Sasha · (4 episodes)
2022
That Dirty Black Bag
Hellen · (8 episodes)
2022
Hotel Portofino
Lady Latchmere · (6 episodes)
2022
The Watch
Lord Vetinari · (6 episodes)
2021
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Frances Gaunt · (14 episodes)
2019
Ordeal by Innocence
Rachel Argyll · (3 episodes)
2018
Trust
Penelope · (10 episodes)
2018
The Crown
Lady Rosse · (1 episode)
2016
New Blood
Eleanor Davies · (7 episodes)
2016
Flowers
Aunty Viv · (1 episode)
2016
Mapp and Lucia
Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas · (3 episodes)
2014
Inside No. 9
Elizabeth · (1 episode)
2014
Fleming
Second Officer Monday · (4 episodes)
2014
Shetland
Phyllis Brennan · (4 episodes)
2013
A Touch of Cloth
Hope Goodgirl · (2 episodes)
2012
Pramface
(13 episodes)
2012
Death in Paradise
Ciss Dacre · (1 episode)
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · (1 episode)
2011
Hidden
Elspeth Verney · (4 episodes)
2011
The Hour
Lix Storm · (12 episodes)
2011
Downton Abbey
Lady Anstruther · (1 episode)
2010
Law & Order: UK
(2 episodes)
2009
Lewis
Judith Suskin · (1 episode)
2007
Suburban Shootout
(14 episodes)
2006
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lydia Horton · (1 episode)
2004
Hustle
Wendy Stanton · (1 episode)
2004
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Narrator (voice)
2003
Fortysomething
Estelle Slippery · (6 episodes)
2003
Tipping the Velvet
Diana Lethaby · (3 episodes)
2002
Spooks
Juliet Shaw · (14 episodes)
2002
The Cazalets
Diana Mackintosh · (6 episodes)
2001
Waking the Dead
Lucy Christie · (2 episodes)
2001
Rebus
Amanda Morrison · (1 episode)
2000
Longitude
Muriel Gould · (2 episodes)
2000
The Vice
Dr. Christine Weir · (6 episodes)
1999
Cold Lazarus
Anna Griffiths · (4 episodes)
1996
Karaoke
Anna Griffiths · (4 episodes)
1996
Silent Witness
(2 episodes)
1996
Pride and Prejudice
Caroline Bingley · (6 episodes)
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
Julia Piper · (26 episodes)
1995
Jupiter Moon
(150 episodes)
1990
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Virginie Mesnard · (1 episode)
1989
Inspector Morse
Sally Smith · (1 episode)
1987
Casualty
Celia Morton · (1 episode)
1986
The Girlfriend
Lilith · (0 episode)