Acting
Anna Chancellor
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
Box of Frogs
Film · 2026
My Brilliant Career
Series · 2026
Brighton Storeys
Film · 2025
Playhouse Creatures
Film · 2025
Outrageous
Series · 2025
The Girlfriend
Series · 2025
My Lady Jane
Series · 2024
Fifteen-Love
Series · 2023
Rain Dogs
Series · 2023
Stromboli
Film · 2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Film · 2022
Hotel Portofino
Series · 2022
Compulsion
Series · 2022
That Dirty Black Bag
Series · 2022
The Watch
Series · 2021
Come Away
Film · 2020
For Love or Money
Film · 2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Film · 2019
Benjamin
Film · 2019
The Importance of Being Oscar
Film · 2019
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Series · 2019
The Happy Prince
Film · 2018
Nativity Rocks!
Film · 2018
Ordeal by Innocence
Series · 2018
Trust
Series · 2018
Love of My Life
Film · 2017
Timewasters
Series · 2017
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Film · 2016
This Beautiful Fantastic
Film · 2016
The Carer
Film · 2016
The Last Dragonslayer
Film · 2016
New Blood
Series · 2016
The Crown
Series · 2016
Flowers
Series · 2016
Testament of Youth
Film · 2015
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Film · 2014
Sardines
Film · 2014
Fleming
Series · 2014
Inside No. 9
Series · 2014
Mapp and Lucia
Series · 2014
Penny Dreadful
Series · 2014
How I Live Now
Film · 2013
Private Lives
Film · 2013
Confessions of an Alien Abductee
Film · 2013
Shetland
Series · 2013
We'll Take Manhattan
Film · 2012
Pramface
Series · 2012
A Touch of Cloth
Series · 2012
Hysteria
Film · 2011
The Hour
Series · 2011
Hidden
Series · 2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Series · 2011
Death in Paradise
Series · 2011
Critical Eye
Film · 2010
Downton Abbey
Series · 2010
Law & Order: UK
Series · 2009
Miranda
Series · 2009
St Trinian's
Film · 2007
Christmas at the Riviera
Film · 2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Film · 2007
Lewis
Series · 2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Series · 2007
Breaking and Entering
Film · 2006
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Film · 2006
Suburban Shootout
Series · 2006
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Film · 2005
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Film · 2005
The Best Man
Film · 2005
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'
Film · 2005
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Film · 2004
Roman Road
Film · 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Series · 2004
Hustle
Series · 2004
Blue Dove
Series · 2004
The Dreamers
Film · 2003
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Film · 2003
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Film · 2003
What a Girl Wants
Film · 2003
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Film · 2003
Fortysomething
Series · 2003
Crush
Film · 2002
The Real Jane Austen
Film · 2002
Spooks
Series · 2002
Tipping the Velvet
Series · 2002
The Cazalets
Series · 2001
Waking the Dead
Series · 2001
Longitude
Film · 2000
Rebus
Series · 2000
Longitude
Series · 2000
My Family
Series · 2000
Heart
Film · 1999
The Vice
Series · 1999
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Film · 1997
FairyTale: A True Story
Film · 1997
Silent Witness
Series · 1996
Karaoke
Series · 1996
Cold Lazarus
Series · 1996
Pride and Prejudice
Series · 1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
Series · 1995
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Film · 1994
Staggered
Film · 1994
Tom & Viv
Film · 1994
Princess Caraboo
Film · 1994
Century
Film · 1993
Jupiter Moon
Series · 1990
Killing Dad
Film · 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
Inspector Morse
Series · 1987
Casualty
Series · 1986