Anna Chancellor

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

98

Gender

Female

Birthday

1965-04-27 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Anna Chancellor

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

  • Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Downton Abbey

    Downton Abbey

  • The Crown

    The Crown

  • Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Spooks

    Spooks

  • Shetland

    Shetland

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Hustle

    Hustle

  • Lewis

    Lewis

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • The Girlfriend

    The Girlfriend

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

    Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

  • The Dreamers

    The Dreamers

  • My Lady Jane

    My Lady Jane

  • Law & Order: UK

    Law & Order: UK

  • Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

  • Trust

    Trust

  • Kavanagh Q.C.

    Kavanagh Q.C.

  • Testament of Youth

    Testament of Youth

  • Rebus

    Rebus

  • Jupiter Moon

    Jupiter Moon

  • A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

    A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

  • Outrageous

    Outrageous

  • Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

    Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

  • The Vice

    The Vice

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • How I Live Now

    How I Live Now

  • Hysteria

    Hysteria

  • What a Girl Wants

    What a Girl Wants

  • Hotel Portofino

    Hotel Portofino

  • The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

    The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

    Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

  • St Trinian's

    St Trinian's

  • Stromboli

    Stromboli

  • Suburban Shootout

    Suburban Shootout

  • Nativity Rocks!

    Nativity Rocks!

  • Come Away

    Come Away

  • Flowers

    Flowers

  • Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

    Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

  • The Hour

    The Hour

  • Heart

    Heart

  • A Touch of Cloth

    A Touch of Cloth

  • Private Lives

    Private Lives

  • Fleming

    Fleming

  • Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

  • Breaking and Entering

    Breaking and Entering

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • Mapp and Lucia

    Mapp and Lucia

  • Tom & Viv

    Tom & Viv

  • One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

    One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

  • Fifteen-Love

    Fifteen-Love

  • That Dirty Black Bag

    That Dirty Black Bag

  • Benjamin

    Benjamin

  • Tipping the Velvet

    Tipping the Velvet

  • Ordeal by Innocence

    Ordeal by Innocence

  • The Watch

    The Watch

  • Pramface

    Pramface

  • The Cazalets

    The Cazalets

  • Critical Eye

    Critical Eye

  • The Man Who Knew Too Little

    The Man Who Knew Too Little

  • New Blood

    New Blood

  • The Real Jane Austen

    The Real Jane Austen

  • Confessions Of An Alien Abductee

    Confessions Of An Alien Abductee

  • The Happy Prince

    The Happy Prince

  • Crush

    Crush

  • The Best Man

    The Best Man

  • 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'

    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'

  • Cold Lazarus

    Cold Lazarus

  • Karaoke

    Karaoke

  • Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

    Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

  • This Beautiful Fantastic

    This Beautiful Fantastic

  • Playhouse Creatures

    Playhouse Creatures

  • The Carer

    The Carer

  • FairyTale: A True Story

    FairyTale: A True Story

  • Century

    Century

  • Love of My Life

    Love of My Life

  • Christmas at the Riviera

    Christmas at the Riviera

  • We'll Take Manhattan

    We'll Take Manhattan

  • Fortysomething

    Fortysomething

  • Princess Caraboo

    Princess Caraboo

  • Hidden

    Hidden

  • Staggered

    Staggered

  • Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

    Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

  • For Love or Money

    For Love or Money

  • Compulsion

    Compulsion

  • The Last Dragonslayer

    The Last Dragonslayer

  • Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled

    Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled

  • 100 Greatest Sexy Moments

    100 Greatest Sexy Moments

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • Brighton Storeys

    Brighton Storeys

  • National Theatre Live: The Seagull

    National Theatre Live: The Seagull

  • Roman Road

    Roman Road

  • Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

    Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose