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
The Crown
Death in Paradise
Casualty
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Silent Witness
Downton Abbey
Agatha Christie's Marple
Shetland
All Movies (53)
- Box of Frogs2026 · as Anna
- Playhouse Creatures2025 · as Mrs Betterton
- Stromboli2022 · as Diane
- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris2022 · as Lady Dant
- Come Away2020 · as Eleanor Morrow
- For Love or Money2019 · as Carol
- One Red Nose Day and a Wedding2019 · as Henrietta
- Benjamin2019 · as Tessa
- Nativity Rocks!2018 · as Clara Hargreaves
- The Happy Prince2018 · as Mrs. Arbuthnott
- Love of My Life2017 · as Grace
- The Last Dragonslayer2016 · as Stuffco president
- This Beautiful Fantastic2016 · as Mrs Bramble
- National Theatre Live: The Seagull2016 · as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
- The Carer2016 · as Milly
- Testament of Youth2015 · as Mrs. Leighton
- Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled2014 · as Queen Victoria
- Sardines2014 · as Elizabeth
- Private Lives2013 · as Amanda Prynne
- How I Live Now2013 · as Aunt Penn
- Confessions Of An Alien Abductee2013 · as Narrator
- We'll Take Manhattan2012 · as Lucie Clayton
- Hysteria2011 · as Mrs. Bellamy
- Critical Eye2010 · as Laura
- Christmas at the Riviera2007 · as Diane
- St Trinian's2007 · as Miss Bagstock
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars2007 · as Irene Adler
- Breaking and Entering2006 · as Kate
- The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton2006 · as Elizabeth Doring
- A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets2005 · as Anne Hathaway
- 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 · as Self
- The Best Man2005 · as Dana
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy2005 · as Questular Rontok
- Roman Road2004 · as Maddy Bancroft
- Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London2004 · as Jo Kenworth
- Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose2003 · as Professor's Daughter (voice)
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments2003 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Dreamers2003 · as Mother
- Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie2003 · as Nicky Bowden
- What a Girl Wants2003 · as Glynnis Payne
- The Real Jane Austen2002 · as Presenter / Narrator
- Crush2002 · as Molly Cartwright
- Longitude2000 · as Muriel Gould
- Heart1999 · as Nicole Farmer
- The Man Who Knew Too Little1997 · as Barbara Ritchie
- FairyTale: A True Story1997 · as Peter Pan
- Princess Caraboo1994 · as Mrs. Peake
- Staggered1994 · as Carmen Svennipeg
- Tom & Viv1994 · as Woman
- Four Weddings and a Funeral1994 · as Henrietta
- Century1993 · as Woman in Police Station
- Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)1989 · as Barmaid
- Brighton Storeys—
All TV Shows (48)
- The Girlfriend2025 · as Lillith Greenway
- Outrageous2025 · as Sydney Bowles Mitford
- My Lady Jane2024 · as Lady Frances Grey
- Fifteen-Love2023 · as And Woodward
- Compulsion2022 · as Sasha
- That Dirty Black Bag2022 · as Hellen
- Hotel Portofino2022 · as Lady Latchmere
- The Watch2021 · as Lord Vetinari
- Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler2019 · as Frances Gaunt
- Ordeal by Innocence2018 · as Rachel Argyll
- Trust2018 · as Penelope
- The Crown2016 · as Lady Rosse
- New Blood2016 · as Eleanor Davies
- Flowers2016 · as Aunty Viv
- Mapp and Lucia2014 · as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
- Inside No. 92014 · as Elizabeth
- Fleming2014 · as Second Officer Monday
- Shetland2013 · as Phyllis Brennan
- A Touch of Cloth2012 · as Hope Goodgirl
- Pramface2012
- Death in Paradise2011 · as Ciss Dacre
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
- Hidden2011 · as Elspeth Verney
- The Hour2011 · as Lix Storm
- Downton Abbey2010 · as Lady Anstruther
- Law & Order: UK2009
- Lewis2007 · as Judith Suskin
- Suburban Shootout2006
- Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Lydia Horton
- Hustle2004 · as Wendy Stanton
- Fortysomething2003 · as Estelle Slippery
- Tipping the Velvet2002 · as Diana Lethaby
- Spooks2002 · as Juliet Shaw
- The Cazalets2001 · as Diana Mackintosh
- Waking the Dead2001 · as Lucy Christie
- Rebus2000 · as Amanda Morrison
- Longitude2000 · as Muriel Gould
- The Vice1999 · as Dr Christina Weir
- Cold Lazarus1996 · as Anna Griffiths
- Karaoke1996 · as Anna Griffiths
- Silent Witness1996
- Pride and Prejudice1995 · as Caroline Bingley
- Kavanagh Q.C.1995 · as Julia Piper
- Jupiter Moon1990 · as Mercedes Page
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Virginie Mesnard
- Inspector Morse1987 · as Sally Smith
- Casualty1986 · as Celia Morton
- My Brilliant Career— · as Señora Bossier