Artist Profile

Anna Chancellor

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 P...

Born
1965-04-27
From
Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Known For

Top 40 Movies
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How I Live Now

2013

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A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

2005

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Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994

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The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

2006

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The Dreamers

2003

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Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

2007

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

2022

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The Last Dragonslayer

2016

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Testament of Youth

2015

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Longitude

2000

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Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

2003

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What a Girl Wants

2003

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Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

2004

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Playhouse Creatures

2025

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The Real Jane Austen

2002

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National Theatre Live: The Seagull

2016

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Come Away

2020

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Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled

2014

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This Beautiful Fantastic

2016

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The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997

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Hysteria

2011

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Princess Caraboo

1994

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FairyTale: A True Story

1997

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St Trinian's

2007

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The Best Man

2005

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Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

2003

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Breaking and Entering

2006

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One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

2019

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Stromboli

2022

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The Happy Prince

2018

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Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

1989

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Tom & Viv

1994

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Private Lives

2013

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Benjamin

2019

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Crush

2002

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100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003

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We'll Take Manhattan

2012

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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'

2005