Anna Chancellor
| Anna Chancellor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 April 1965 Richmond, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse(s) | Nigel Willoughby (1993–1998) Redha Debbah (2010–present) |
| Children | Poppy Chancellor |
Anna Theodora Chancellor (born 27 April 1965) is an English actress. She is the great-great-granddaughter of British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.
Career
Chancellor had a prominent role in the series Kavanagh QC. She is also known for her performance as "Duckface" in Four Weddings and a Funeral opposite Hugh Grant. She has also been noted for her work as Caroline Bingley in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and as Questular Rontok in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In 2005, she joined the cast of the popular BBC One television drama series Spooks as a new regular character, Juliet Shaw. She has also appeared in The Vice, Jupiter Moon, Karaoke, Cold Lazarus, The Dreamers, and Tipping the Velvet, and has a starring role in the satirical black comedy Suburban Shootout. In 2011, she took a supporting role in the thriller serial The Hour, for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.[1]
In 2013, she received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress nomination for her work on Private Lives.
Charity
She is a patron of the London children's charity Scene & Heard.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother | Barmaid | |
| Jupiter Moon | Mercedes Page | TV series (50 episodes: 1990–1996) | |
| 1992 | Inspector Morse | Sally Smith | TV series (1 episode: "Cherubim and Seraphim") |
| 1993 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Virginie Mesnard | TV series (1 episode: "The Chocolate Box") |
| Comedy Playhouse | Julia | TV series (1 episode: "The Complete Guide to Relationships") | |
| Century | Woman in Police Station | ||
| 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Henrietta (Duckface) – Wedding Four | |
| Tom & Viv | Woman | ||
| Staggered | Carmen Svennipeg | ||
| Princess Caraboo | Mrs. Peake | ||
| Ellington | Ally Stone | TV film | |
| 1995 | Pride & Prejudice | Caroline Bingley | TV mini-series (6 episodes) |
| Kavanagh QC | Julia Piper | TV series (11 episodes: 1995–1997) | |
| 1996 | Karaoke | Anna Griffiths | TV mini-series (4 episodes) |
| Cold Lazarus | Anna Griffiths | TV mini-series (3 episodes) | |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Peter Pan | |
| The Man Who Knew Too Little | Barbara Ritchie | ||
| 1999 | The Vice | Dr. Christine Weir | TV series (5 episodes) |
| Heart | Nicola Farmer | ||
| 2000 | Longitude | Muriel Gould | TV film |
| 2001 | The Cazalets | Diana Mackintosh | TV series (6 episodes) |
| Crush | Molly Cartwright | ||
| 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Diana Lethaby | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2003 | Georgian Underworld | Narrator | TV series (1 episode: "Queer as 18th Century Folk") |
| What a Girl Wants | Glynnis Payne | ||
| Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie | Nicky Bowden | TV film | |
| Fortysomething | Estelle Slippery | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| The Dreamers | Mother | ||
| Confused | short | ||
| 2004 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | Lady Josephine Kenworth | |
| Blue Dove | Maria Bishop | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Roman Road | Maddy Bancroft | TV film | |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Questular Rontok | |
| Feeder | Doctor | short | |
| The Best Man | Dana | ||
| A Waste of Shame: Shakespeare and His Sonnets | Anne Hathaway | TV film | |
| Spooks | Juliet Shaw | TV series (15 episodes: 2005–2007) | |
| 2006 | Breaking and Entering | Kate | |
| Rebus | Amanda Morrison | TV series (1 episode: "Let It Bleed") | |
| The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton | Elizabeth Dorling | TV film | |
| Suburban Shootout | Camilla Diamond | TV series (11 episodes: 2006–2007) | |
| 2007 | Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars | Irene Adler | TV film |
| St. Trinians | Miss Bagstock | ||
| Christmas at the Riviera | Diane | TV film | |
| 2008 | My Family | Zelda Nobbs | TV series (1 episode: "Cards on the Table") |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Lydia Horton | TV film | |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | Evelyn Wyndham | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2010 | Critical Eye | Laura | |
| Silent Witness | Chief Supt. Karen Somerville | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Miranda | Helena | TV series (Series 2 episode 4: "A New Low") | |
| More Afraid of You | Lucy | short | |
| 2011 | Hustle | Wendy Stanton | TV series (1 episode: "As Good as it Gets") |
| Waking the Dead | Lucy Christie | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Lewis | Judith Suskin | TV series (1 episode: "The Gift of Promise") | |
| The Hour | Lix Storm | TV series (12 episodes) Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress |
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| Hidden | Elspeth Verney | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| Hysteria | Mrs Bellamy | ||
| 2012 | Pramface | Janet Derbyshire | TV series |
| We'll Take Manhattan | Lucie Clayton | TV film | |
| 2013 | A Touch of Cloth | Hope Goodgirl | TV series (2 episodes) |
| How I Live Now | Aunt Penn | ||
| 2014 | Death Knight Love Story | Miria | Animated, motion-captured, fan-made Machinima film |
| Inside No. 9 | Elizabeth | Episode 1, "Sardines" | |
| Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond | Second Officer Monday | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| Downton Abbey | Lady Anstruther | ||
| Testament of Youth | Mrs. Leighton | ||
| Mapp and Lucia | Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| Penny Dreadful | Claire Ives | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2016 | Shetland | Phyllis Brennan | TV series (4 episodes) |
| The Carer | Milly | ||
| This Beautiful Fantastic | Bramble | post-production | |
| Love of My Life | Grace | completed |
Theatre
- Boston Marriage, Donmar Warehouse – March–April 2001; Donmar in the West End – November 2001 – February 2002
- Mammals at the Oxford Playhouse and touring – Lorna, January 2006
- Never So Good, National Theatre – summer 2008
- The Observer, National Theatre – spring 2009
- The Last of the Duchess, Hampstead Theatre – October–November 2011
- Private Lives (playing Amanda), Chichester Festival Theatre, September 2012, and the Gielgud Theatre, London (July–September 2013)[3]
- The Wolf From the Door, Royal Court Theatre, September–November 2014[4]
Audiobooks
Chancellor has played the role of Ann Smiley in a BBC dramatisation of the John le Carre novels The Honourable Schoolboy[5] and Smiley's People. [6]
References
- ↑ The Hour at IMDb
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External links
- Anna Chancellor at the Internet Movie Database
- Anna Chancellor at the bbc.co.uk official Spooks website
- The Anna Chancellor Page
- Anna Chancellor sponsored video interview at The Huffington Post
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