Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

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).

Playhouse Creatures
2025
Mrs Betterton
Stromboli
2022
Diane
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
Lady Dant
Come Away
2020
Eleanor Morrow
For Love or Money
2019
Carol
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019
Henrietta
Benjamin
2019
Tessa
The Happy Prince
2018
Mrs. Arbuthnott
Nativity Rocks!
2018
Clara Hargreaves
Love of My Life
2017
Grace
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016
Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016
Mrs Bramble
The Carer
2016
Milly
The Last Dragonslayer
2016
Stuffco president
Testament of Youth
2015
Mrs. Leighton
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
2014
Queen Victoria
How I Live Now
2013
Aunt Penn
Private Lives
2013
Amanda Prynne
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
2013
Narrator
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
Lucie Clayton
Hysteria
2011
Mrs. Bellamy
Critical Eye
2010
Laura
St Trinian's
2007
Miss Bagstock
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
Diane
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007
Irene Adler
Breaking and Entering
2006
Kate
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
2006
Elizabeth Doring
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Questular Rontok
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005
Anne Hathaway
The Best Man
2005
Dana
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'
2005
Self
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
Jo Kenworth
Roman Road
2004
Maddy Bancroft
The Dreamers
2003
Mother
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
2003
Nicky Bowden
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003
Professor's Daughter (voice)
What a Girl Wants
2003
Glynnis Payne
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
Narrator (voice)
Crush
2002
Molly Cartwright
The Real Jane Austen
2002
Presenter / Narrator
Longitude
2000
Muriel Gould
Heart
1999
Nicole Farmer
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
Barbara Ritchie
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
Peter Pan
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994
Henrietta
Staggered
1994
Carmen Svennipeg
Tom & Viv
1994
Woman
Princess Caraboo
1994
Mrs. Peake
Century
1993
Woman in Police Station
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
Barmaid