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Anna Chancellor
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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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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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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Casualty
Waking the Dead
Death in Paradise
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Downton Abbey
Silent Witness
Shetland
Hustle
Inspector Morse
Rebus
The Crown
The Watch
Agatha Christie's Marple
Inside No. 9
Law & Order: UK
Century
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
That Dirty Black Bag
Spooks
Pride and Prejudice
FairyTale: A True Story
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Testament of Youth
The Girlfriend
Trust
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Outrageous
Come Away
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
For Love or Money
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Karaoke
What a Girl Wants
Pramface
Fifteen-Love
The Cazalets
The Dreamers
Fleming
The Hour
Hidden
My Lady Jane
Ordeal by Innocence
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Nativity Rocks!
New Blood
Mapp and Lucia
Hotel Portofino
The Real Jane Austen
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