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Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

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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 Dreamers

The Dreamers

2003

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994

St Trinian's

St Trinian's

2007

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

1989

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

The Man Who Knew Too Little

The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

2003

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

Crush

Crush

2002

Staggered

Staggered

1994

Christmas at the Riviera

Christmas at the Riviera

2007

How I Live Now

How I Live Now

2013

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

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

2005

The Real Jane Austen

The Real Jane Austen

2002

Private Lives

Private Lives

2013

Confessions Of An Alien Abductee

Confessions Of An Alien Abductee

2013

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

2003

Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth

2015

National Theatre Live: The Seagull

National Theatre Live: The Seagull

2016

Stromboli

Stromboli

2022

This Beautiful Fantastic

This Beautiful Fantastic

2016

What a Girl Wants

What a Girl Wants

2003

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

2007

The Best Man

The Best Man

2005

Breaking and Entering

Breaking and Entering

2006

Century

Century

1993

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

2004

Brighton Storeys

Brighton Storeys

The Carer

The Carer

2016

We'll Take Manhattan

We'll Take Manhattan

2012

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

2006

Roman Road

Roman Road

2004

Longitude

Longitude

2000

Love of My Life

Love of My Life

2017

The Last Dragonslayer

The Last Dragonslayer

2016

Heart

Heart

1999

The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

2018

Tom & Viv

Tom & Viv

1994

Hysteria

Hysteria

2011

Critical Eye

Critical Eye

2010

For Love or Money

For Love or Money

2019

Nativity Rocks!

Nativity Rocks!

2018

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

2019

Come Away

Come Away

2020

Benjamin

Benjamin

2019

Princess Caraboo

Princess Caraboo

1994

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

2022

Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled

Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled

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'

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

Playhouse Creatures

Playhouse Creatures

2025

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003

Sardines

Sardines

2014

Box of Frogs

Box of Frogs

2026

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1995

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

1996

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

1987

Spooks

Spooks

2002

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

Law & Order: UK

Law & Order: UK

2009

Suburban Shootout

Suburban Shootout

2006

Fortysomething

Fortysomething

2003

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

The Vice

The Vice

1999

Pramface

Pramface

2012

The Cazalets

The Cazalets

2001

The Hour

The Hour

2011

Hidden

Hidden

2011

Fleming

Fleming

2014

Rebus

Rebus

2000

A Touch of Cloth

A Touch of Cloth

2012

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

2014

Hustle

Hustle

2004

New Blood

New Blood

2016

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2001

Hotel Portofino

Hotel Portofino

2022

Casualty

Casualty

1986

Mapp and Lucia

Mapp and Lucia

2014

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2010

Compulsion

Compulsion

2022

Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence

2018

The Crown

The Crown

2016

That Dirty Black Bag

That Dirty Black Bag

2022

Trust

Trust

2018

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

Lewis

Lewis

2007

Longitude

Longitude

2000

Shetland

Shetland

2013

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

2011

Fifteen-Love

Fifteen-Love

2023

My Lady Jane

My Lady Jane

2024

The Watch

The Watch

2021

Outrageous

Outrageous

2025

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

2019

Flowers

Flowers

2016

Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

2002

Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.

1995

My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

The Girlfriend

The Girlfriend

2025

Karaoke

Karaoke

1996

Cold Lazarus

Cold Lazarus

1996

Jupiter Moon

Jupiter Moon

1990