Birthday: 1965-04-27
Place of birth: Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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).
The Dreamers
Mother
7.2
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Henrietta
6.775
St Trinian's
Miss Bagstock
5.907
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Barmaid
3.5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Questular Rontok
6.676
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Barbara Ritchie
6.4
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Nicky Bowden
6.344
FairyTale: A True Story
Peter Pan
6.4
Crush
Molly Cartwright
5.648
Staggered
Carmen Svennipeg
5.3
Christmas at the Riviera
Diane
4.2
How I Live Now
Aunt Penn
6.6
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Anne Hathaway
5.25
The Real Jane Austen
Presenter / Narrator
8.5
Private Lives
Amanda Prynne
10
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
Narrator
4.6
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Professor's Daughter (voice)
0
Testament of Youth
Mrs. Leighton
7.28
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
0
Stromboli
Diane
5.3
This Beautiful Fantastic
Mrs Bramble
7.1
What a Girl Wants
Glynnis Payne
6.287
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Irene Adler
6.794
The Best Man
Dana
5.4
Breaking and Entering
Kate
6.035
Century
Woman in Police Station
5.333
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Jo Kenworth
5.594
Brighton Storeys
Character:
0
The Carer
Milly
6.7
We'll Take Manhattan
Lucie Clayton
5.537
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Elizabeth Doring
6.2
Roman Road
Maddy Bancroft
0
Longitude
Muriel Gould
7.274
Love of My Life
Grace
5.1
The Last Dragonslayer
Stuffco president
6
Heart
Nicole Farmer
5.5
The Happy Prince
Mrs. Arbuthnott
6.3
Tom & Viv
Woman
6.094
Hysteria
Mrs. Bellamy
6.677
Critical Eye
Laura
0
For Love or Money
Carol
5.3
Nativity Rocks!
Clara Hargreaves
3.618
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Henrietta
7.2
Come Away
Eleanor Morrow
5.834
Benjamin
Tessa
6.276
Princess Caraboo
Mrs. Peake
5.4
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Lady Dant
7.303
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Queen Victoria
10
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
0
Playhouse Creatures
Mrs Betterton
0
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Narrator (voice)
5