Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

1965-04-27 Richmond, Surrey, England, UK 51 Credits

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...

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Playhouse Creatures

Playhouse Creatures

2025

as Mrs Betterton

Acting

It’s the swinging (16)60s, and ‘the merry monarch’ Charles II is on the throne. After violent civil war, England’s theatres have finally reopened and,...

Stromboli

Stromboli

2022

as Diane

5.3
Acting

Haunted by memories of her broken marriage and a fight with her daughter, a woman joins an intense self-help retreat when her vacation goes awry.

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

2022

as Lady Dant

7.3
Acting

A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.

Come Away

Come Away

2020

as Eleanor Morrow

5.8
Acting

Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they ...

For Love or Money

For Love or Money

2019

as Carol

5.3
Acting

What started off as a whirlwind romance takes an unexpected turn when Mark discovers his beautiful bride-to-be is plotting against him. In cahoots wit...

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

2019

as Henrietta

7.2
Acting

You’re invited to the wedding of the year, as the original cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral reunite in this one-off sequel. Twenty-five years after...

Benjamin

Benjamin

2019

as Tessa

6.3
Acting

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film ’No Self' at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard...

Nativity Rocks!

Nativity Rocks!

2018

as Clara Hargreaves

3.6
Acting

The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.

The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

2018

as Mrs. Arbuthnott

6.3
Acting

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover....

Love of My Life

Love of My Life

2017

as Grace

5.1
Acting

What if you had only five days to figure out... everything.

The Last Dragonslayer

The Last Dragonslayer

2016

as Stuffco president

6.0
Acting

In a fantasy world where magic is being superceded by technology, an orphaned teen discovers her destiny to become a dragonslayer.

This Beautiful Fantastic

This Beautiful Fantastic

2016

as Mrs Bramble

7.1
Acting

Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a ...

National Theatre Live: The Seagull

National Theatre Live: The Seagull

2016

as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina

Acting

On a summer’s day in a makeshift theatre by a lake, Konstantin’s cutting-edge new play is performed, changing the lives of everyone involved forever. ...

The Carer

The Carer

2016

as Milly

6.7
Acting

Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage. Legendary actor, Sir Michael Gifford suffers from an inc...

Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth

2015

as Mrs. Leighton

7.3
Acting

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classi...

Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled

Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled

2014

as Queen Victoria

10.0
Acting

This is the story of Queen Victoria as never heard before; a psychological insight of the woman told through her own words, her experiences recounted ...

Private Lives

Private Lives

2013

as Amanda Prynne

10.0
Acting

Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne are glamorous, rich, reckless…and divorced. Five years later, their love for one another is unexpectedly rekindled when ...

How I Live Now

How I Live Now

2013

as Aunt Penn

6.7
Acting

An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the w...

Confessions Of An Alien Abductee

Confessions Of An Alien Abductee

2013

as Narrator

4.6
Acting

Interviews with extraterrestrial abductees.

We'll Take Manhattan

We'll Take Manhattan

2012

as Lucie Clayton

5.5
Acting

We’ll Take Manhattan explores the explosive love affair between sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey. Focusing on a wild a...

Hysteria

Hysteria

2011

as Mrs. Bellamy

6.7
Acting

Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.

Critical Eye

Critical Eye

2010

as Laura

Acting

Miserable critic, Brian Tanner, is famous for his vicious film reviews on his TV show Critical Eye. Over the years, he's grown to hate pretty much eve...

Christmas at the Riviera

Christmas at the Riviera

2007

as Diane

4.2
Acting

The assistant manager of a seaside hotel is left to run the building over the Christmas period.

St Trinian's

St Trinian's

2007

as Miss Bagstock

5.9
Acting

When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless p...

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

2007

as Irene Adler

6.8
Acting

A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and to help foil an audacious robbery.

Breaking and Entering

Breaking and Entering

2006

as Kate

6.0
Acting

Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape a...

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton

2006

as Elizabeth Doring

6.2
Acting

In 19th century Victorian England, Mrs. Isabella Beeton produced what became an essential book for housewives of the day. She was married at a relativ...

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

2005

as Anne Hathaway

5.2
Acting

In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature - and ...

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'

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

as Self

Acting

An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

The Best Man

The Best Man

2005

as Dana

5.4
Acting

When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start t...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

as Questular Rontok

6.7
Acting

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a res...

Roman Road

Roman Road

2004

as Maddy Bancroft

Acting

Vince is a writer who suddenly decides to visit his old college friend Matt (who knows more than a bit about map-reading) to join him on an expedition...

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

2004

as Jo Kenworth

5.6
Acting

With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device be...

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

2003

as Professor's Daughter (voice)

Acting

A nightingale sings for a lovesick student. The student is pining for a girl who will only dance with him if he presents her with a red rose. The nigh...

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003

as Narrator (voice)

5.0
Acting

Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments. Supplemented by new interviews with performers, filmmakers, and au...

The Dreamers

The Dreamers

2003

as Mother

7.2
Acting

When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in wh...

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie

2003

as Nicky Bowden

6.4
Acting

Doctor Bamford has had enough of village life and is desperate for some distance from inquisitive Cornish neighbours. When the local estate agent show...

What a Girl Wants

What a Girl Wants

2003

as Glynnis Payne

6.3
Acting

An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, sh...

The Real Jane Austen

The Real Jane Austen

2002

as Presenter / Narrator

8.5
Acting

Drama-documentary exploring the life of Jane Austen. Actor Anna Chancellor, a distant relative of Jane Austen, discovers the woman behind the acclaime...

Crush

Crush

2002

as Molly Cartwright

5.6
Acting

Three 40-something women in a small English town meet weekly for a ritual of gin, cigarettes, and sweets -- and swapped stories arguing which of them ...

Longitude

Longitude

2000

as Muriel Gould

7.2
Acting

Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.

Heart

Heart

1999

as Nicole Farmer

5.5
Acting

A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.

The Man Who Knew Too Little

The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997

as Barbara Ritchie

6.4
Acting

An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot un...

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

as Peter Pan

6.4
Acting

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the ...

Princess Caraboo

Princess Caraboo

1994

as Mrs. Peake

5.4
Acting

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims ...

Staggered

Staggered

1994

as Carmen Svennipeg

5.3
Acting

Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil enco...

Tom & Viv

Tom & Viv

1994

as Woman

6.1
Acting

The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems a...

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994

as Henrietta

6.8
Acting

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

Century

Century

1993

as Woman in Police Station

5.3
Acting

Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

1989

as Barmaid

3.5
Acting

A man, always very devoted to his mother, decides to look for his father whom he never met. He meets a seducing older woman prone to drinking and her ...

Brighton Storeys

N/A

Acting

In Brighton on the South coast of England, sharpened by the sting of sea spray, and mellowed by numinous light, a tight-knit community of oddballs and...