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Anna Chancellor
ActorBorn April 27, 1965 (60 years)
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).
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).
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Filmography
| 2025 | The Girlfriend (2025) (TV Series) · as Lilith |
| 2025 | Outrageous (2025) (TV Series) · as Sydney Bowles Mitford |
| 2024 | My Lady Jane (TV Series) · as Lady Frances Grey |
| 2023 | Fifteen-Love (TV Series) · as And Woodward |
| 2023 | Rain Dogs (TV Series) · as Allegra |
| 2022 | Stromboli · as Diane |
| 2022 | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris · as Lady Dant |
| 2022 | Compulsion (TV Series) · as Sasha |
| 2022 | That Dirty Black Bag (TV Series) · as Hellen |
| 2022 | Hotel Portofino (TV Series) · as Lady Latchmere |
| 2020 | The Watch (TV Series) · as Lord Vetinari |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler (TV Series) · as Frances Gaunt |
| 2019 | The Importance of Being Oscar · as Lady Bracknell |
| 2019 | One Red Nose and a Wedding · as Henrietta |
| 2019 | For Love or Money · as Carol |
| 2018 | Benjamin · as Tessa |
| 2018 | Nativity Rocks! · as Clara Hargreaves |
| 2018 | The Split (TV Series) · as Melanie Aickman |
| 2018 | The Happy Prince · as Mrs. Arbuthnott |
| 2018 | Ordeal by Innocence (TV Series) · as Rachel Argyll |
| 2018 | Trust (2018) (TV Series) · as Penelope |
| 2017 | Timewasters (TV Series) · as Victoria |
| 2017 | Love of My Life · as Grace |
| 2016 | The Last Dragonslayer · as Stuffco President |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Lady Rosse |
| 2016 | This Beautiful Fantastic · as Mrs Bramble |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | New Blood (TV Series) · as Eleanor Davies |
| 2016 | Flowers (TV Series) · as Aunty Viv |
| 2014 | Mapp and Lucia (2014) (TV Series) · as Emmeline 'lucia' Lucas |
| 2014 | Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (TV Series) · as Queen Victoria |
| 2014 | Testament of Youth · as Mrs. Leighton |
| 2014 | Grantchester (TV Series) · as Aunt Cece |
| 2014 | Penny Dreadful (TV Series) · as Claire Ives |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 (TV Series) · as Elizabeth |
| 2014 | Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (TV Series) · as Second Officer Monday |
| 2013 | Private Lives · as Amanda Prynne |
| 2013 | How I Live Now · as Aunt Penn |
| 2013 | Confessions of an Alien Abductee · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Shetland (TV Series) · as Phyllis Brennan |
| 2012 | A Touch of Cloth (TV Series) · as Hope Goodgirl |
| 2012 | Pramface (TV Series) |
| 2012 | We'll Take Manhattan · as Lucie Clayton |
| 2011 | Hysteria · as Mrs. Bellamy |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise (TV Series) · as Ciss Dacre |
| 2011 | Hidden (TV Series) · as Elspeth Verney |
| 2011 | The Hour (TV Series) · as Lix Storm |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey (TV Series) · as Lady Anstruther |
| 2010 | Critical Eye · as Laura |
| 2009 | Miranda (TV Series) · as Helena |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Christmas at the Riviera · as Diane |
| 2007 | St. Trinian's · as Miss Bagstock |
| 2007 | Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars · as Irene Adler |
| 2006 | Breaking and Entering · as Kate |
| 2006 | The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton · as Elizabeth Doring |
| 2006 | Suburban Shootout (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Lewis (TV Series) · as Judith Suskin |
| 2005 | A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets · as Anne Hathaway |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · as Questular Rontok |
| 2004 | Roman Road · as Maddy Bancroft |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Lydia Horton |
| 2004 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London · as Jo Kenworth |
| 2004 | Hustle (TV Series) · as Wendy Stanton |
| 2003 | Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose · as Professor's Daughter (voice) |
| 2003 | 100 Greatest Sexy Moments · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | The Dreamers · as Mother |
| 2003 | FortySomething (TV Series) · as Estelle Slippery |
| 2003 | Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie · as Nicky Bowden |
| 2003 | What a Girl Wants · as Glynnis Payne |
| 2002 | The Real Jane Austen · as Presenter / Narrator |
| 2002 | Tipping the Velvet (TV Series) · as Diana Lethaby |
| 2002 | Spooks (TV Series) · as Juliet Shaw |
| 2001 | Crush · as Molly Cartwright |
| 2001 | The Cazalets (TV Series) · as Diana Mackintosh |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Lucy Christie |
| 2000 | Rebus (TV Series) · as Amanda Morrison |
| 2000 | Longitude · as Muriel Gould |
| 2000 | Longitude (TV Series) · as Muriel Gould |
| 1999 | Heart · as Nicole Farmer |
| 1999 | The Vice (TV Series) · as Dr. Christine Weir |
| 1999 | 'Pride and Prejudice': The Making of... · as Miss Bingley |
| 1997 | The Man Who Knew Too Little · as Barbara Ritchie |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story · as Peter Pan |
| 1996 | Cold Lazarus (TV Series) · as Anna Griffiths |
| 1996 | Karaoke (TV Series) · as Anna Griffiths |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Pride and Prejudice (TV Series) · as Caroline Bingley |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Julia Piper |
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo · as Mrs. Peake |
| 1994 | Staggered · as Carmen Svennipeg |
| 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral · as Henrietta |
| 1994 | Tom & Viv · as Woman |
| 1993 | Century · as Woman In Police Station |
| 1990 | Jupiter Moon (TV Series) |
| 1989 | Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother · as Barmaid |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Virginie Mesnard |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Sally Smith |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Celia Morton |