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).
52 movies · 47 shows
Box of Frogs
2026·0.0
Playhouse Creatures
2025·0.0
Stromboli
2022·5.2
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022·7.3
Come Away
2020·5.8
For Love or Money
2019·5.4
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019·7.0
Benjamin
2019·6.1
Nativity Rocks!
2018·3.9
The Happy Prince
2018·6.2
Love of My Life
2017·5.0
The Last Dragonslayer
2016·5.9
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016·7.1
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016·0.0
The Carer
2016·6.6
Testament of Youth
2015·7.2
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
2014·8.0
Sardines
2014·9.0
Private Lives
2013·10.0
How I Live Now
2013·6.6
Confessions of an Alien Abductee
2013·4.6
We'll Take Manhattan
2012·5.7
Hysteria
2011·6.7
Critical Eye
2010·0.0
Christmas at the Riviera
2007·4.2
St Trinian's
2007·5.9
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007·6.8
Breaking and Entering
2006·6.1
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
2006·6.2
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005·5.0
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'
2005·0.0
The Best Man
2005·5.4
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005·6.7
Roman Road
2004·0.0
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004·5.6
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003·0.0
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003·3.5
The Dreamers
2003·7.2
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
2003·6.6
What a Girl Wants
2003·6.3
The Real Jane Austen
2002·8.5
Crush
2002·5.6
Longitude
2000·7.4
Heart
1999·5.4
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997·6.4
FairyTale: A True Story
1997·6.4
Princess Caraboo
1994·5.5
Staggered
1994·5.3
Tom & Viv
1994·6.1
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994·6.8
Century
1993·5.1
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989·4.6