Anna chancellor biography

English actress

Anna Theodora Chancellor (born 27 April ) 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 (–), and has twice been nominated for Olivier Awards, in for her performances in Stanley at the National Theatre, and again in for Private Lives at the Gielgud Theatre. She was also nominated for an award at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival in and for one at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in

On television, she is also known for her roles in the ITV series Kavanagh QC () and Grantchester (); the BBC series Pride and Prejudice (), Tipping the Velvet (), Spooks (), Pramface (–), Ordeal by Innocence () and Rain Dogs (); the Channel 5 series Suburban Shootout (–); the Netflix series The Crown (); the Epix series Pennyworth (–); and the BritBox series Hotel Portofino ().

Her films include Four Weddings and a Funeral (), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (), and How I Live Now ().

Background and early life

Chancellor was born in Richmond, England to barrister John Paget Chancellor and Hon. Mary Jolliffe, a daughter of Lord Hylton. Her father was the son of Sir Christopher Chancellor and Sylvia Mary Paget, a daughter of Sir Richard Paget and philanthropist Lady Muriel, daughter of Murray Finch-Hatton, 12th Earl of Winchilsea. The Chancellor family were Scottish landed gentry who had owned land at Quothquan since

Chancellor was brought up in Somerset and educated at St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, which was a Roman Catholic boarding school for girls in Dorset, but left at sixteen to live in London, later describing her early years there as "quite wild". In her early twenties she married the poet Jock Scot (–), with whom she had a daughter in while still studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She separated from Scot

Anna Theodora Chancellor&#;(born 27 April ) is an English actress. She has received nominations for&#;BAFTA&#;and&#;Olivier Awards.

Background and early life[]

The daughter of John Chancellor and Mary Jolliffe, a daughter of&#;Lord Hylton, Chancellor was brought up in&#;Somerset&#;and educated at&#;St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, a Roman Catholic boarding school for girls in Dorset, but left at sixteen to live in London, later describing her early years there as "quite wild".In her early twenties, she became the partner of the poet&#;Jock Scot&#;(–), with whom she had a daughter whilst still studying at the&#;London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She separated from Scot a few years later.&#;She got her first acting role on television playing Mercedes Page in&#;Jupiter Moon, a BSkyB soap, then came a commercial for&#;Boddingtons&#;beer and a part in the film&#;Four Weddings and a Funeral&#;(),&#;playing "Duckface" opposite&#;Hugh Grant.

Chancellor is a niece of the journalist&#;Alexander Chancellor, a great-granddaughter of&#;Raymond Asquith&#;(son of the Liberal Prime Minister&#;H. H. Asquith), a first cousin of the model&#;Cecilia Chancellor&#;and a second cousin of the actress&#;Helena Bonham Carter.&#;Chancellor herself has spoken derisively of her lineage, stating:

Career[]

Chancellor had a prominent role in the series&#;Kavanagh QC. She also played Caroline Bingley in the&#; BBC adaptation of&#;Pride and Prejudice, and Questular Rontok in&#;The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy&#;(). The same year, she joined the cast of&#;BBC One&#;television drama series&#;Spooks&#;as&#;Juliet Shaw. She has also appeared in&#;The Vice,&#;Karaoke,&#;Cold Lazarus,&#;The Dreamers,&#;Tipping the Velvet&#;and&#;Fortysomething, and had a leading role in the satirical black comedy&#;Suburban Shootout. In , she took a supporting role in the BBC thriller serial&#;The Hour, for which she was nom