Anna Chancellor
Actor
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).
Filmography
The Dreamers
as Mother 2003
Four Weddings and a Funeral
as Henrietta 1994
What a Girl Wants
as Glynnis Payne 2003
How I Live Now
as Aunt Penn 2013
Hysteria
as Mrs. Bellamy 2011
Testament of Youth
as Mrs. Leighton 2015
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as Jo Kenworth 2004
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Barbara Ritchie 1997
St Trinian's
as Miss Bagstock 2007
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Lady Dant 2022
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Mrs Bramble 2016
Come Away
as Eleanor Morrow 2020
Breaking and Entering
as Kate 2006
The Happy Prince
as Mrs. Arbuthnott 2018
FairyTale: A True Story
as Peter Pan 1997
Benjamin
as Tessa 2019