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Anna Chancellor
Born 27 April 1965 61 years old Richmond, Surrey, England, UK Who else is 61? → TMDB ↗
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.
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21age in their first credit on record (1986)
40years on screen and counting
7credits in 2016, their busiest year
95dated credits on record
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Brighton Storeys
Age: 60 Box of Frogs
2026as Anna
Age: 59 Playhouse Creatures
2025as Mrs Betterton
Age: 57 Stromboli
2022as Diane
Age: 57 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022as Lady Dant
Age: 55 Come Away
2020as Eleanor Morrow
Age: 53 For Love or Money
2019as Carol
Age: 53 One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
2019as Henrietta
Age: 53 Benjamin
2019as Tessa
Age: 53 Nativity Rocks!
2018as Clara Hargreaves
Age: 52 The Happy Prince
2018as Mrs. Arbuthnott
Age: 51 Love of My Life
2017as Grace
Age: 51 The Last Dragonslayer
2016as Stuffco president
Age: 51 This Beautiful Fantastic
2016as Mrs Bramble
Age: 51 National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016as Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina
Age: 51 The Carer
2016as Milly
Age: 49 Testament of Youth
2015as Mrs. Leighton
Age: 49 Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
2014as Queen Victoria
Age: 48 Sardines
2014as Elizabeth
Age: 48 Private Lives
2013as Amanda Prynne
Age: 48 How I Live Now
2013as Aunt Penn
Age: 46 We'll Take Manhattan
2012as Lucie Clayton
Age: 46 Hysteria
2011as Mrs. Bellamy
Age: 44 Critical Eye
2010as Laura
Age: 42 Christmas at the Riviera
2007as Diane
Age: 42 St Trinian's
2007as Miss Bagstock
Age: 41 Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007as Irene Adler
Age: 41 Breaking and Entering
2006as Kate
Age: 41 The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
2006as Elizabeth Doring
Age: 40 A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005as Anne Hathaway
Age: 40 The Best Man
2005as Dana
Age: 40 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005as Questular Rontok
Age: 39 Roman Road
2004as Maddy Bancroft
Age: 38 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004as Jo Kenworth
Age: 38 Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003as Professor's Daughter (voice)
Age: 38 100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003as Narrator (voice)
Age: 38 The Dreamers
2003as Mother
Age: 38 Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
2003as Nicky Bowden
Age: 37 What a Girl Wants
2003as Glynnis Payne
Age: 37 Crush
2002as Molly Cartwright
Age: 34 Longitude
2000as Muriel Gould
Age: 33 Heart
1999as Nicole Farmer
Age: 32 The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997as Barbara Ritchie
Age: 32 FairyTale: A True Story
1997as Peter Pan
Age: 29 Princess Caraboo
1994as Mrs. Peake
Age: 29 Staggered
1994as Carmen Svennipeg
Age: 28 Tom & Viv
1994as Woman
Age: 28 Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994as Henrietta
Age: 28 Century
1993as Woman in Police Station
Age: 24 Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989as Barmaid
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My Brilliant Career
as Señora Bossier
Age: 60 The Girlfriend
2025as Lillith Greenway
Age: 60 Outrageous
2025as Sydney Bowles Mitford
Age: 59 My Lady Jane
2024as Lady Frances Grey
Age: 58 Fifteen-Love
2023as And Woodward
Age: 56 Compulsion
2022as Sasha
Age: 56 That Dirty Black Bag
2022as Hellen
Age: 56 Hotel Portofino
2022as Lady Latchmere
Age: 55 The Watch
2021as Lord Vetinari
Age: 54 Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019as Frances Gaunt
Age: 52 Ordeal by Innocence
2018as Rachel Argyll
Age: 52 Trust
2018as Penelope
Age: 51 The Crown
2016as Lady Rosse
Age: 51 New Blood
2016as Eleanor Davies
Age: 50 Flowers
2016as Aunty Viv
Age: 49 Mapp and Lucia
2014as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
Age: 48 Inside No. 9
2014as Elizabeth
Age: 48 Fleming
2014as Second Officer Monday
Age: 47 Shetland
2013as Phyllis Brennan
Age: 47 A Touch of Cloth
2012as Hope Goodgirl
Age: 46 Pramface
2012
Age: 46 Death in Paradise
2011as Ciss Dacre
Age: 46 Hidden
2011as Elspeth Verney
Age: 46 The Hour
2011as Lix Storm
Age: 45 Downton Abbey
2010as Lady Anstruther
Age: 43 Law & Order: UK
2009
Age: 41 Lewis
2007as Judith Suskin
Age: 40 Suburban Shootout
2006
Age: 39 Agatha Christie's Marple
2004as Lydia Horton
Age: 38 Hustle
2004as Wendy Stanton
Age: 38 Fortysomething
2003as Estelle Slippery
Age: 37 Tipping the Velvet
2002as Diana Lethaby
Age: 37 Spooks
2002as Juliet Shaw
Age: 36 The Cazalets
2001as Diana Mackintosh
Age: 36 Waking the Dead
2001as Lucy Christie
Age: 34 Rebus
2000as Amanda Morrison
Age: 34 Longitude
2000as Muriel Gould
Age: 33 The Vice
1999as Dr Christina Weir
Age: 31 Cold Lazarus
1996as Anna Griffiths
Age: 31 Karaoke
1996as Anna Griffiths
Age: 30 Silent Witness
1996
Age: 30 Pride and Prejudice
1995as Caroline Bingley
Age: 29 Kavanagh Q.C.
1995as Julia Piper
Age: 24 Jupiter Moon
1990as Mercedes Page
Age: 23 Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989as Virginie Mesnard
Age: 21 Inspector Morse
1987as Sally Smith
Age: 21 Casualty
1986as Celia Morton