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

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Downton Abbey

    Downton Abbey

  • The Crown

    The Crown

  • Shetland

    Shetland

  • Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Spooks

    Spooks

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Lewis

    Lewis

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • Hustle

    Hustle

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • The Girlfriend

    The Girlfriend

  • Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • Fifteen-Love

    Fifteen-Love

  • Law & Order: UK

    Law & Order: UK

  • My Lady Jane

    My Lady Jane

  • Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

    Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

  • Kavanagh Q.C.

    Kavanagh Q.C.

  • The Dreamers

    The Dreamers

  • The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

    The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

  • Crush

    Crush

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

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

  • Stromboli

    Stromboli

  • What a Girl Wants

    What a Girl Wants

  • Outrageous

    Outrageous

  • Hysteria

    Hysteria

  • Come Away

    Come Away

  • Nativity Rocks!

    Nativity Rocks!

  • Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

    Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

  • Trust

    Trust

  • Benjamin

    Benjamin

  • Rebus

    Rebus

  • 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'

  • Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

    Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

  • Staggered

    Staggered

  • Flowers

    Flowers

  • Private Lives

    Private Lives

  • Princess Caraboo

    Princess Caraboo

  • Jupiter Moon

    Jupiter Moon

  • Heart

    Heart

  • Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled

    Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled

  • Roman Road

    Roman Road

  • Fleming

    Fleming

  • The Carer

    The Carer

  • Tipping the Velvet

    Tipping the Velvet

  • The Hour

    The Hour

  • Century

    Century

  • Hotel Portofino

    Hotel Portofino

  • The Vice

    The Vice

  • St Trinian's

    St Trinian's

  • How I Live Now

    How I Live Now

  • Critical Eye

    Critical Eye

  • Ordeal by Innocence

    Ordeal by Innocence

  • A Touch of Cloth

    A Touch of Cloth

  • Tom & Viv

    Tom & Viv

  • The Watch

    The Watch

  • The Man Who Knew Too Little

    The Man Who Knew Too Little

  • Breaking and Entering

    Breaking and Entering

  • That Dirty Black Bag

    That Dirty Black Bag

  • Testament of Youth

    Testament of Youth

  • New Blood

    New Blood

  • Pramface

    Pramface

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • Karaoke

    Karaoke

  • The Happy Prince

    The Happy Prince

  • Longitude

    Longitude

  • Cold Lazarus

    Cold Lazarus

  • One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

    One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

  • Mapp and Lucia

    Mapp and Lucia

  • The Cazalets

    The Cazalets

  • The Best Man

    The Best Man

  • Hidden

    Hidden

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

    Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

  • The Real Jane Austen

    The Real Jane Austen

  • Love of My Life

    Love of My Life

  • We'll Take Manhattan

    We'll Take Manhattan

  • Suburban Shootout

    Suburban Shootout

  • This Beautiful Fantastic

    This Beautiful Fantastic

  • Fortysomething

    Fortysomething

  • Christmas at the Riviera

    Christmas at the Riviera

  • Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

    Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

  • For Love or Money

    For Love or Money

  • Confessions Of An Alien Abductee

    Confessions Of An Alien Abductee

  • Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

    Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

  • Compulsion

    Compulsion

  • FairyTale: A True Story

    FairyTale: A True Story

  • The Last Dragonslayer

    The Last Dragonslayer

  • 100 Greatest Sexy Moments

    100 Greatest Sexy Moments

  • Brighton Storeys

    Brighton Storeys

  • National Theatre Live: The Seagull

    National Theatre Live: The Seagull

  • Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

    Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

  • Playhouse Creatures

    Playhouse Creatures