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.
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).
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0151250
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433089
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Filmography (Movies)
Playhouse Creatures
Character:Mrs Betterton
Release Date:15/04/2025
Stromboli
Character:Diane
Release Date:03/11/2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Character:Lady Dant
Release Date:15/07/2022
Come Away
Character:Eleanor Morrow
Release Date:12/11/2020
For Love or Money
Character:Carol
Release Date:15/03/2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Character:Henrietta
Release Date:15/03/2019
Benjamin
Character:Tessa
Release Date:15/03/2019
Nativity Rocks!
Character:Clara Hargreaves
Release Date:23/11/2018
The Happy Prince
Character:Mrs. Arbuthnott
Release Date:12/04/2018
Love of My Life
Character:Grace
Release Date:17/02/2017
The Last Dragonslayer
Character:Stuffco president
Release Date:25/12/2016
This Beautiful Fantastic
Character:Mrs Bramble
Release Date:20/10/2016
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Character:Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
Release Date:08/10/2016
The Carer
Character:Milly
Release Date:05/08/2016
Testament of Youth
Character:Mrs. Leighton
Release Date:16/01/2015
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Character:Queen Victoria
Release Date:13/11/2014
Private Lives
Character:Amanda Prynne
Release Date:11/12/2013
How I Live Now
Character:Aunt Penn
Release Date:10/09/2013
Confessions Of An Alien Abductee
Character:Narrator
Release Date:03/05/2013
We'll Take Manhattan
Character:Lucie Clayton
Release Date:26/01/2012
Hysteria
Character:Mrs. Bellamy
Release Date:06/06/2011
Critical Eye
Character:Laura
Release Date:09/03/2010
Christmas at the Riviera
Character:Diane
Release Date:23/12/2007
St Trinian's
Character:Miss Bagstock
Release Date:21/12/2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Character:Irene Adler
Release Date:25/03/2007
Breaking and Entering
Character:Kate
Release Date:15/12/2006
The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Character:Elizabeth Doring
Release Date:16/10/2006
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Character:Anne Hathaway
Release Date:22/11/2005
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'
Character:Self
Release Date:05/09/2005
The Best Man
Character:Dana
Release Date:09/07/2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Character:Questular Rontok
Release Date:28/04/2005
Roman Road
Character:Maddy Bancroft
Release Date:31/12/2004
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Character:Jo Kenworth
Release Date:12/03/2004
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Character:Professor's Daughter (voice)
Release Date:26/12/2003
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:29/11/2003
The Dreamers
Character:Mother
Release Date:10/10/2003
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Character:Nicky Bowden
Release Date:30/04/2003
What a Girl Wants
Character:Glynnis Payne
Release Date:27/03/2003
The Real Jane Austen
Character:Presenter / Narrator
Release Date:30/12/2002
Crush
Character:Molly Cartwright
Release Date:07/06/2002
Longitude
Character:Muriel Gould
Release Date:02/01/2000
Heart
Character:Nicole Farmer
Release Date:01/01/1999
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Character:Barbara Ritchie
Release Date:14/11/1997
FairyTale: A True Story
Character:Peter Pan
Release Date:24/10/1997
Princess Caraboo
Character:Mrs. Peake
Release Date:16/09/1994
Staggered
Character:Carmen Svennipeg
Release Date:08/07/1994
Tom & Viv
Character:Woman
Release Date:15/04/1994
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Character:Henrietta
Release Date:09/03/1994
Century
Character:Woman in Police Station
Release Date:31/12/1993
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Character:Barmaid
Release Date:01/09/1989
Television Appearances
My Brilliant Career
Character:Señora Bossier
The Girlfriend
Character:Lilith
Outrageous
Character:Sydney Bowles Mitford
My Lady Jane
Character:Lady Frances Grey
Fifteen-Love
Character:And Woodward
Compulsion
Character:Sasha
That Dirty Black Bag
Character:Hellen
Hotel Portofino
Character:Lady Latchmere
The Watch
Character:Lord Vetinari
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Character:Frances Gaunt
Ordeal by Innocence
Character:Rachel Argyll
Trust
Character:Penelope
The Crown
Character:Lady Rosse
New Blood
Character:Eleanor Davies
Flowers
Character:Aunty Viv
Mapp and Lucia
Character:Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
Inside No. 9
Character:Elizabeth
Fleming
Character:Second Officer Monday
Shetland
Character:Phyllis Brennan
A Touch of Cloth
Character:Hope Goodgirl
Pramface
Character:
Death in Paradise
Character:Ciss Dacre
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character:Self - Participant
Hidden
Character:Elspeth Verney
The Hour
Character:Lix Storm
Downton Abbey
Character:Lady Anstruther
Law & Order: UK
Character:
Lewis
Character:Judith Suskin
Suburban Shootout
Character:
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Lydia Horton
Hustle
Character:Wendy Stanton
Fortysomething
Character:Estelle Slippery
Tipping the Velvet
Character:Diana Lethaby
Spooks
Character:Juliet Shaw
The Cazalets
Character:Diana Mackintosh
Waking the Dead
Character:Lucy Christie
Rebus
Character:Amanda Morrison
Longitude
Character:Muriel Gould
The Vice
Character:Dr. Christine Weir
Cold Lazarus
Character:Anna Griffiths
Karaoke
Character:Anna Griffiths
Silent Witness
Character:
Pride and Prejudice
Character:Caroline Bingley
Kavanagh Q.C.
Character:Julia Piper
Jupiter Moon
Character:
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Virginie Mesnard
Inspector Morse
Character:Sally Smith
Casualty
Character:Celia Morton
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