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Anna Chancellor

1965 - Today

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Anna Theodora Chancellor 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Anna Chancellor is the 8,139th most popular actor (down from 7,674th in 2024), the 5,850th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,412th in 2019) and the 915th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anna Chancellor ranks 8,134 out of 13,578. Before her are Joe Lo Truglio. After her are Randall Park, Marina Aleksandrova, Jonathan Crombie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Yutaka Takenouchi, Paul Lynde, Wendy Schaal, Key, Mary Eaton, Haji, and Buğra Gülsoy.

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Among people born in 1965, Anna Chancellor ranks 548. Before her are František Mysliveček, Rodrigo Prieto, Trine Haltvik, Terry Richardson, Yury Lonchakov, and Wladimir Resnitschenko. After her are Foto Strakosha, Jessica Hecht, Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi, Marina Nemat, Alexander Hacke, and Oliver Reck.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anna Chancellor ranks 5,852 out of 8,785. Before her are Zoella (1990), Compton Mackenzie (1883), Will Poulter (1993), Harry Pollitt (1890), Alan Cottrell (1919), and Michael Rosen (1946). After her are Saunders Lewis (1893), Stephen Wiltshire (1974), Reg Presley (1941), Julian Lloyd Webber (1951), W. H. R. Rivers (1864), and Stuart Milner-Barry (1906).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Anna Chancellor ranks 915. Before her are Sophie Monk (1979), Christien Anholt (1971), Tara Fitzgerald (1967), Matthew Rhys (1974), Louis Partridge (2003), and Will Poulter (1993). After her are Cat Deeley (1976), Ralph Brown (1957), James Fleet (1952), Kate Dickie (1971), Serena Scott Thomas (1961), and Amelia Warner (1982).

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