Anna Chancellor

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1965-04-27 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Anna Chancellor

Biography

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...

Acting

2003

The Dreamers

as Mother

2007

St Trinian's

as Miss Bagstock

1997

The Man Who Knew Too Little

as Barbara Ritchie

1997

2002

Crush

as Molly Cartwright

1994

Staggered

as Carmen Svennipeg

2013

How I Live Now

as Aunt Penn

2002

The Real Jane Austen

as Presenter / Narrator

2013

Private Lives

as Amanda Prynne

2003

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

as Professor's Daughter (voice)

2015

Testament of Youth

as Mrs. Leighton

2016

National Theatre Live: The Seagull

as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina

2022

Stromboli

as Diane

2016

2003

What a Girl Wants

as Glynnis Payne

2005

1993

Century

as Woman in Police Station

2016

The Carer

as Milly

2012

We'll Take Manhattan

as Lucie Clayton

2006

2004

Roman Road

as Maddy Bancroft

2000

Longitude

as Muriel Gould

2017

2016

The Last Dragonslayer

as Stuffco president

1999

Heart

as Nicole Farmer

2018

The Happy Prince

as Mrs. Arbuthnott

1994

Tom & Viv

as Woman

2011

Hysteria

as Mrs. Bellamy

2010

Critical Eye

as Laura

2019

2018

Nativity Rocks!

as Clara Hargreaves

2020

Come Away

as Eleanor Morrow

2019

Benjamin

as Tessa

1994

Princess Caraboo

as Mrs. Peake

2025

Playhouse Creatures

as Mrs Betterton

2003

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

as Narrator (voice)

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