Acting · Richmond, Surrey, England, UK · Born April 27, 1965
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).
MovieBox of Frogs
2026
as Anna
TVThe Girlfriend
2025
as Lillith Greenway
TVOutrageous
2025
as Sydney Bowles Mitford
MoviePlayhouse Creatures
2025
as Mrs Betterton
TVMy Lady Jane
2024
as Lady Frances Grey
TVFifteen-Love
2023
as And Woodward
MovieStromboli
2022
as Diane
MovieMrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
as Lady Dant
TVCompulsion
2022
as Sasha
TVThat Dirty Black Bag
2022
as Hellen
TVHotel Portofino
2022
as Lady Latchmere
TVThe Watch
2021
as Lord Vetinari
MovieCome Away
2020
as Eleanor Morrow
TVPennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019
as Frances Gaunt
MovieFor Love or Money
2019
as Carol
MovieOne Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019
as Henrietta
MovieBenjamin
2019
as Tessa
MovieNativity Rocks!
2018
as Clara Hargreaves
MovieThe Happy Prince
2018
as Mrs. Arbuthnott
TVOrdeal by Innocence
2018
as Rachel Argyll
TVTrust
2018
as Penelope
MovieLove of My Life
2017
as Grace
MovieThe Last Dragonslayer
2016
as Stuffco president
TVThe Crown
2016
as Lady Rosse
MovieThis Beautiful Fantastic
2016
as Mrs Bramble
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016
as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
MovieThe Carer
2016
as Milly
TVNew Blood
2016
as Eleanor Davies
TVFlowers
2016
as Aunty Viv
MovieTestament of Youth
2015
as Mrs. Leighton
TVMapp and Lucia
2014
as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
MovieQueen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
2014
as Queen Victoria
MovieSardines
2014
as Elizabeth
TVInside No. 9
2014
as Elizabeth
TVFleming
2014
as Second Officer Monday
MoviePrivate Lives
2013
as Amanda Prynne
MovieHow I Live Now
2013
as Aunt Penn
MovieConfessions Of An Alien Abductee
2013
as Narrator
TVShetland
2013
as Phyllis Brennan
TVA Touch of Cloth
2012
as Hope Goodgirl
TVPramface
2012
MovieWe'll Take Manhattan
2012
as Lucie Clayton
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Ciss Dacre
TVCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
TVHidden
2011
as Elspeth Verney
TVThe Hour
2011
as Lix Storm
MovieHysteria
2011
as Mrs. Bellamy
TVDownton Abbey
2010
as Lady Anstruther
MovieCritical Eye
2010
as Laura
TVLaw & Order: UK
2009
MovieChristmas at the Riviera
2007
as Diane
MovieSt Trinian's
2007
as Miss Bagstock
MovieSherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007
as Irene Adler
TVLewis
2007
as Judith Suskin
MovieBreaking and Entering
2006
as Kate
MovieThe Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
2006
as Elizabeth Doring
TVSuburban Shootout
2006
MovieA Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005
as Anne Hathaway
MovieDon'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
as Self
MovieThe Best Man
2005
as Dana
MovieThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Questular Rontok
MovieRoman Road
2004
as Maddy Bancroft
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Lydia Horton
MovieAgent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
as Jo Kenworth
TVHustle
2004
as Wendy Stanton
MovieWilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003
as Professor's Daughter (voice)
Movie100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Dreamers
2003
as Mother
TVFortysomething
2003
as Estelle Slippery
MovieDoc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
2003
as Nicky Bowden
MovieWhat a Girl Wants
2003
as Glynnis Payne
MovieThe Real Jane Austen
2002
as Presenter / Narrator
TVTipping the Velvet
2002
as Diana Lethaby
MovieCrush
2002
as Molly Cartwright
TVSpooks
2002
as Juliet Shaw
TVThe Cazalets
2001
as Diana Mackintosh
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Lucy Christie
TVRebus
2000
as Amanda Morrison
MovieLongitude
2000
as Muriel Gould
TVLongitude
2000
as Muriel Gould
TVThe Vice
1999
as Dr Christina Weir
MovieHeart
1999
as Nicole Farmer
MovieThe Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as Barbara Ritchie
MovieFairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Peter Pan
TVCold Lazarus
1996
as Anna Griffiths
TVKaraoke
1996
as Anna Griffiths
TVSilent Witness
1996
TVPride and Prejudice
1995
as Caroline Bingley
TVKavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Julia Piper
MoviePrincess Caraboo
1994
as Mrs. Peake
MovieStaggered
1994
as Carmen Svennipeg
MovieTom & Viv
1994
as Woman
MovieFour Weddings and a Funeral
1994
as Henrietta
MovieCentury
1993
as Woman in Police Station
TVJupiter Moon
1990
as Mercedes Page
MovieKilling Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
as Barmaid
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Virginie Mesnard
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Sally Smith
TVCasualty
1986
as Celia Morton
Brighton Storeys
My Brilliant Career
as Señora Bossier
