
Anna Chancellor
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1965-04-27
Place of birth: Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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).
Known for

The Dreamers
2003Mother
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994Henrietta
St Trinian's
2007Miss Bagstock
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989Barmaid
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005Questular Rontok
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997Barbara Ritchie
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
2003Nicky Bowden
FairyTale: A True Story
1997Peter Pan
Crush
2002Molly Cartwright
Staggered
1994Carmen Svennipeg
Christmas at the Riviera
2007Diane
How I Live Now
2013Aunt Penn
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005Anne Hathaway
The Real Jane Austen
2002Presenter / Narrator
Private Lives
2013Amanda Prynne
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
2013Narrator
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003Professor's Daughter (voice)
Testament of Youth
2015Mrs. Leighton
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina