
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).

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989

Death in Paradise
TV • 2011

Silent Witness
TV • 1996

Casualty
TV • 1986

The Crown
TV • 2016

Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004

Spooks
TV • 2002

Downton Abbey
TV • 2010

Waking the Dead
TV • 2001

Hustle
TV • 2004

Shetland
TV • 2013

Inside No. 9
TV • 2014

Lewis
TV • 2007

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011

Inspector Morse
TV • 1987

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
TV • 2019

Kavanagh Q.C.
TV • 1995

Law & Order: UK
TV • 2009