Anna Chancellor
Acting
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).
TV Shows(48)
The Girlfriend
Lillith Greenway
2025
Outrageous
Sydney Bowles Mitford
2025
My Lady Jane
Lady Frances Grey
2024
Fifteen-Love
And Woodward
2023
Compulsion
Sasha
2022
That Dirty Black Bag
Hellen
2022
Hotel Portofino
Lady Latchmere
2022
The Watch
Lord Vetinari
2021
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Frances Gaunt
2019
Ordeal by Innocence
Rachel Argyll
2018
Trust
Penelope
2018
The Crown
Lady Rosse
2016
New Blood
Eleanor Davies
2016
Flowers
Aunty Viv
2016
Mapp and Lucia
Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
2014
Inside No. 9
Elizabeth
2014
Fleming
Second Officer Monday
2014
Shetland
Phyllis Brennan
2013
A Touch of Cloth
Hope Goodgirl
2012
Pramface
2012
Death in Paradise
Ciss Dacre
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Hidden
Elspeth Verney
2011
The Hour
Lix Storm
2011
Downton Abbey
Lady Anstruther
2010
Law & Order: UK
2009
Lewis
Judith Suskin
2007
Suburban Shootout
2006
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lydia Horton
2004
Hustle
Wendy Stanton
2004
Fortysomething
Estelle Slippery
2003
Tipping the Velvet
Diana Lethaby
2002
Spooks
Juliet Shaw
2002
The Cazalets
Diana Mackintosh
2001
Waking the Dead
Lucy Christie
2001
Rebus
Amanda Morrison
2000
Longitude
Muriel Gould
2000
The Vice
Dr. Christine Weir
1999
Cold Lazarus
Anna Griffiths
1996
Karaoke
Anna Griffiths
1996
Silent Witness
1996
Pride and Prejudice
Caroline Bingley
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
Julia Piper
1995
Jupiter Moon
Mercedes Page
1990
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Virginie Mesnard
1989
Inspector Morse
Sally Smith
1987
Casualty
Celia Morton
1986
My Brilliant Career
Señora Bossier
Movies(53)
Box of Frogs
Anna
2026
Playhouse Creatures
Mrs Betterton
2025
Stromboli
Diane
2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Lady Dant
2022
Come Away
Eleanor Morrow
2020
For Love or Money
Carol
2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Henrietta
2019
Benjamin
Tessa
2019
Nativity Rocks!
Clara Hargreaves
2018
The Happy Prince
Mrs. Arbuthnott
2018
Love of My Life
Grace
2017
The Last Dragonslayer
Stuffco president
2016
This Beautiful Fantastic
Mrs Bramble
2016
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
2016
The Carer
Milly
2016
Testament of Youth
Mrs. Leighton
2015
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Queen Victoria
2014
Sardines
Elizabeth
2014
Private Lives
Amanda Prynne
2013
How I Live Now
Aunt Penn
2013
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
Narrator
2013
We'll Take Manhattan
Lucie Clayton
2012
Hysteria
Mrs. Bellamy
2011
Critical Eye
Laura
2010
Christmas at the Riviera
Diane
2007
St Trinian's
Miss Bagstock
2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Irene Adler
2007
Breaking and Entering
Kate
2006
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Elizabeth Doring
2006
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Anne Hathaway
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'
Self
2005
The Best Man
Dana
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Questular Rontok
2005
Roman Road
Maddy Bancroft
2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Jo Kenworth
2004
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Professor's Daughter (voice)
2003
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Narrator (voice)
2003
The Dreamers
Mother
2003
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Nicky Bowden
2003
What a Girl Wants
Glynnis Payne
2003
The Real Jane Austen
Presenter / Narrator
2002
Crush
Molly Cartwright
2002
Longitude
Muriel Gould
2000
Heart
Nicole Farmer
1999
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Barbara Ritchie
1997
FairyTale: A True Story
Peter Pan
1997
Princess Caraboo
Mrs. Peake
1994
Staggered
Carmen Svennipeg
1994
Tom & Viv
Woman
1994
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Henrietta
1994
Century
Woman in Police Station
1993
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Barmaid
1989
Brighton Storeys