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Anna Chancellor

Acting
Known For

60 Years Old

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).

Born

Richmond, Surrey, England, UK on 27th April 1965

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