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Anna Chancellor
Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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 S…
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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).
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2026
My Brilliant Career
TV show Mrs. Bossier
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2026
Box of Frogs
Movie Anna
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2025
The Girlfriend
TV show Lillith Greenway
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2025
Outrageous
TV show Sydney Bowles Mitford
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2025
Playhouse Creatures
Movie Mrs Betterton
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2025
Brighton Storeys
Movie
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2024
My Lady Jane
TV show Lady Frances Grey
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2023
Fifteen-Love
TV show And Woodward
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2023
Rain Dogs
TV show Allegra
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2022
Stromboli
Movie Diane
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2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Movie Lady Dant
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2022
Compulsion
TV show Sasha
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2022
That Dirty Black Bag
TV show Hellen
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2022
Hotel Portofino
TV show Lady Latchmere
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2021
The Watch
TV show Lord Vetinari
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2020
Come Away
Movie Eleanor Morrow
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2019
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
TV show Frances Gaunt
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2019
The Importance of Being Oscar
Movie Lady Bracknell
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2019
Benjamin
Movie Tessa
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2019
For Love or Money
Movie Carol
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2019
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Movie Henrietta
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2018
Nativity Rocks!
Movie Clara Hargreaves
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2018
The Happy Prince
Movie Mrs. Arbuthnott
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2018
Ordeal by Innocence
TV show Rachel Argyll
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2018
Trust
TV show Penelope
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2017
Timewasters
TV show Victoria
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2017
Love of My Life
Movie Grace
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2016
The Last Dragonslayer
Movie Stuffco president
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2016
The Crown
TV show Lady Rosse
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2016
This Beautiful Fantastic
Movie Mrs Bramble
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2016
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Movie Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
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2016
The Carer
Movie Milly
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2016
New Blood
TV show Eleanor Davies
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2016
Flowers
TV show Aunty Viv
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2015
Testament of Youth
Movie Mrs. Leighton
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2014
Mapp and Lucia
TV show Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
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2014
Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Movie Queen Victoria
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2014
Penny Dreadful
TV show Claire Ives
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2014
Sardines
Movie Elizabeth
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2014
Inside No. 9
TV show Elizabeth
