Anna Chancellor
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).
Acting
Movie
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Questular Rontok
2005
Movie
The Dreamers
as Mother
2003
Movie
Four Weddings and a Funeral
as Henrietta
1994
TV
The Crown
as Lady Rosse
2016
Movie
What a Girl Wants
as Glynnis Payne
2003
TV
Downton Abbey
as Lady Anstruther
2010
Movie
How I Live Now
as Aunt Penn
2013
Movie
Hysteria
as Mrs. Bellamy
2011
Movie
Testament of Youth
as Mrs. Leighton
2015
Movie
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
as Jo Kenworth
2004
Movie
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Barbara Ritchie
1997
TV
Pride and Prejudice
as Caroline Bingley
1995
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Virginie Mesnard
1989
Movie
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Lady Dant
2022
Movie
St Trinian's
as Miss Bagstock
2007
TV
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
as Frances Gaunt
2019
Movie
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Mrs Bramble
2016
TV
Death in Paradise
as Ciss Dacre
2011
Movie
Come Away
as Eleanor Morrow
2020
TV
Inside No. 9
as Elizabeth
2014
Movie
Breaking and Entering
as Kate
2006
TV
Shetland
as Phyllis Brennan
2013
Movie
The Happy Prince
as Mrs. Arbuthnott
2018
TV
My Lady Jane
as Lady Frances Grey
2024