Anna Chancellor
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1965-04-27
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).
Also Known For
The Dreamers
Oct 10, 2003
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Mar 09, 1994
St Trinian's
Dec 21, 2007
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Sep 01, 1989
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Apr 28, 2005
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Nov 14, 1997
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Apr 30, 2003
FairyTale: A True Story
Oct 24, 1997
Crush
Jun 07, 2002
Staggered
Jul 08, 1994
Christmas at the Riviera
Dec 23, 2007
How I Live Now
Sep 10, 2013
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Nov 22, 2005
The Real Jane Austen
Dec 30, 2002
Private Lives
Dec 11, 2013
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
May 03, 2013
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Dec 26, 2003
Testament of Youth
Jan 16, 2015
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Oct 08, 2016
Stromboli
Nov 03, 2022
This Beautiful Fantastic
Oct 20, 2016
What a Girl Wants
Mar 27, 2003
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Mar 25, 2007
The Best Man
Jul 09, 2005
Breaking and Entering
Dec 15, 2006
Century
Dec 31, 1993
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Mar 12, 2004
Brighton Storeys
The Carer
Aug 05, 2016
We'll Take Manhattan
Jan 26, 2012
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Oct 16, 2006
Roman Road
Dec 31, 2004
Longitude
Jan 02, 2000
Love of My Life
Feb 17, 2017
The Last Dragonslayer
Dec 25, 2016
Heart
Jan 01, 1999
The Happy Prince
Apr 12, 2018
Tom & Viv
Apr 15, 1994
Hysteria
Jun 06, 2011
Critical Eye
Mar 09, 2010
For Love or Money
Mar 15, 2019
Nativity Rocks!
Nov 23, 2018
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Mar 15, 2019
Come Away
Nov 12, 2020
Benjamin
Mar 15, 2019
Princess Caraboo
Sep 16, 1994
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Jul 15, 2022
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Nov 13, 2014
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'
Sep 05, 2005
Playhouse Creatures
Apr 15, 2025
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Nov 29, 2003
Pride and Prejudice
Sep 24, 1995
Silent Witness
Feb 21, 1996
Inspector Morse
Jan 06, 1987
Spooks
May 13, 2002
Karaoke
Apr 28, 1996
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dec 12, 2004
Law & Order: UK
Feb 23, 2009
Suburban Shootout
Mar 22, 2006
Jupiter Moon
Mar 27, 1990
Fortysomething
Jun 29, 2003
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Jan 08, 1989
The Vice
Jan 04, 1999
Pramface
Feb 23, 2012
The Cazalets
Jun 22, 2001
The Hour
Jul 19, 2011
Hidden
Oct 06, 2011
Fleming
Jan 29, 2014
Rebus
Apr 26, 2000
A Touch of Cloth
Aug 26, 2012
Inside No. 9
Feb 05, 2014
Hustle
Feb 24, 2004
New Blood
Jun 09, 2016
Waking the Dead
Jun 18, 2001
Hotel Portofino
Jan 27, 2022
Casualty
Sep 06, 1986
Mapp and Lucia
Dec 29, 2014
Downton Abbey
Sep 26, 2010
Compulsion
Apr 12, 2022
Ordeal by Innocence
Apr 01, 2018
The Crown
Nov 04, 2016
That Dirty Black Bag
Mar 10, 2022
Cold Lazarus
May 26, 1996
Trust
Mar 25, 2018
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Oct 24, 2011
Lewis
Feb 18, 2007
Longitude
Jan 02, 2000
Shetland
Mar 10, 2013
Death in Paradise
Oct 25, 2011
Fifteen-Love
Jul 21, 2023
My Lady Jane
Jun 27, 2024
The Watch
Jan 03, 2021
Outrageous
Jun 19, 2025
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Jul 28, 2019
Flowers
Apr 25, 2016
Tipping the Velvet
Dec 09, 2002
Kavanagh Q.C.
Jan 03, 1995
My Brilliant Career
Apr 15, 2026
