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).
as Mrs. Bossier(6 eps)
as Anna
as Lillith Greenway(4 eps)
as Sydney Bowles Mitford(6 eps)
as Mrs Betterton
as Lady Frances Grey(8 eps)
as And Woodward(6 eps)
as Allegra(2 eps)
as Diane
as Lady Dant
as Sasha(4 eps)
as Hellen(8 eps)
as Lady Latchmere(6 eps)
as Lord Vetinari(6 eps)
as Eleanor Morrow
as Frances Gaunt(14 eps)
as Lady Bracknell
as Carol
as Henrietta
as Tessa
as Clara Hargreaves
as Mrs. Arbuthnott
as Rachel Argyll(3 eps)
as Penelope(10 eps)
as Victoria(6 eps)
as Grace
as Stuffco president
as Lady Rosse(1 ep)
as Mrs Bramble
as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
as Milly
as Eleanor Davies(7 eps)
as Aunty Viv(1 ep)
as Mrs. Leighton
as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas(3 eps)
as Queen Victoria
as Claire Ives(1 ep)
as Elizabeth
as Elizabeth(1 ep)
as Second Officer Monday(4 eps)
as Amanda Prynne
as Aunt Penn
as Narrator
as Phyllis Brennan(4 eps)
as Hope Goodgirl(2 eps)
as Janet Derbyshire(13 eps)
as Lucie Clayton
as Ciss Dacre(1 ep)
as Self - Participant(1 ep)
as Elspeth Verney(4 eps)
as Lix Storm(12 eps)
as Mrs. Bellamy
as Lady Anstruther(1 ep)
as Laura
as Helena(1 ep)
as Evelyn Wyndham(2 eps)
as Diane
as Miss Bagstock
as Irene Adler
as Irene Adler(2 eps)
as Judith Suskin(1 ep)
as Kate
as Elizabeth Doring
as Camilla Diamond(14 eps)
as Anne Hathaway
as Dana
as Questular Rontok
as Maddy Bancroft
as Lydia Horton(1 ep)
as Maria Bishop(2 eps)
as Jo Kenworth
as Wendy Stanton(1 ep)
as Professor's Daughter (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Mother
as Estelle Slippery(6 eps)
as Nicky Bowden
as Glynnis Payne
as Presenter / Narrator
as Diana Lethaby(2 eps)
as Molly Cartwright
as Juliet Shaw(14 eps)
as Diana Mackintosh(6 eps)
as Lucy Christie(2 eps)
as Zelda Nobbs(1 ep)
as Amanda Morrison(1 ep)
as Muriel Gould
as Muriel Gould(2 eps)
as Dr Christina Weir(6 eps)
as Nicole Farmer
as Barbara Ritchie
as Peter Pan
as Anna Griffiths(3 eps)
as Anna Griffiths(4 eps)
as Chief Supt. Karen Somerville(2 eps)
as Caroline Bingley(6 eps)
as Julia Piper(8 eps)
as Mrs. Peake
as Carmen Svennipeg
as Woman
as Henrietta
as Woman in Police Station
as Mercedes Page(150 eps)
as Barmaid
as Virginie Mesnard(1 ep)
as Sally Smith(1 ep)
as Celia Morton(1 ep)