Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor (60)

1965-04-27 | Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

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 Movies

  • Playhouse Creatures
  • Stromboli
  • Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
  • Come Away
  • For Love or Money
  • One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
  • Benjamin
  • Nativity Rocks!
  • The Happy Prince
  • Love of My Life
  • The Last Dragonslayer
  • This Beautiful Fantastic
  • The Carer
  • Testament of Youth
  • How I Live Now
  • We'll Take Manhattan
  • Hysteria
  • Critical Eye
  • Christmas at the Riviera
  • St Trinian's
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
  • Breaking and Entering
  • The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
  • A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
  • The Best Man
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • Roman Road
  • Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
  • Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
  • The Dreamers
  • Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
  • What a Girl Wants
  • Crush
  • Longitude
  • Heart
  • The Man Who Knew Too Little
  • FairyTale: A True Story
  • Princess Caraboo
  • Staggered
  • Tom & Viv
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • Century
  • Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

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