Anna Chancellor
ActingAlso Known As
آنا چنسلور
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).
Movies
(52 total)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Questular Rontok
The Dreamers
as Mother
Four Weddings and a Funeral
as Henrietta
What a Girl Wants
as Glynnis Payne
How I Live Now
as Aunt Penn
Hysteria
as Mrs. Bellamy
Testament of Youth
as Mrs. Leighton
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as Jo Kenworth
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Barbara Ritchie
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Lady Dant
St Trinian's
as Miss Bagstock
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Mrs Bramble
Come Away
as Eleanor Morrow
Breaking and Entering
as Kate
The Happy Prince
as Mrs. Arbuthnott
FairyTale: A True Story
as Peter Pan
Benjamin
as Tessa
The Best Man
as Dana
For Love or Money
as Carol
The Last Dragonslayer
as Stuffco president
TV Shows
(48 total)
The Crown
as Lady Rosse
Downton Abbey
as Lady Anstruther
Pride and Prejudice
as Caroline Bingley
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Virginie Mesnard
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
as Frances Gaunt
Death in Paradise
as Ciss Dacre
Inside No. 9
as Elizabeth
Shetland
as Phyllis Brennan
My Lady Jane
as Lady Frances Grey
Hustle
as Wendy Stanton
Inspector Morse
as Sally Smith
Spooks
as Juliet Shaw
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lydia Horton
Ordeal by Innocence
as Rachel Argyll
Lewis
as Judith Suskin
The Girlfriend
as Lillith Greenway
The Hour
as Lix Storm
Flowers
as Aunty Viv
Trust
as Penelope