Anna Chancellor
Biography
Anna Chancellor is an English actress who has worked widely in film, television and theater. Born in Richmond and brought up in Somerset, she trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Her first television role was Mercedes Page in the soap Jupiter Moon, followed by a part in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). She played Julia Piper in Kavanagh QC and also appeared as Caroline Bingley in the BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice. She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for playing Lix Storm in The Hour and twice for Olivier Awards, for Stanley in 1997 and Private Lives in 2014. Her other television work includes Tipping the Velvet (2002), Spooks, Pramface, The Crown (2017), Pennyworth and Hotel Portofino. Her films include How I Live Now (2013), The Dreamers (2003) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).
61years old
Turns 62 on April 27in 195 days
- Born Richmond
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Anna Theodora Chancellor
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 33 years1989 to 2022
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First role
Chancellor's first television acting job was as Mercedes Page in Jupiter Moon, a BSkyB soap. She then did a Boddingtons beer commercial and appeared in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Beyond film
In BBC dramatizations of John le Carre's novels, Chancellor took the part of Ann Smiley. Those productions include Call for the Dead, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People.
Anna Chancellor movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy2005 Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fias Questular Rontok
IMDb rating 6.7219K votes
Most often with
Michael Austin directed two of these films. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Michael AustinDirector, 2 films, 1989 to 1994
All films by Michael Austin
Also two films together8 more actors
- Emily WatsonThe Happy Prince (2018) and Testament of Youth (2014)
- Simon CallowThe Best Man (2005) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
- Miranda RichardsonTestament of Youth (2014) and Tom & Viv (1994)
- Martin FreemanBreaking and Entering (2006) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- David OyelowoCome Away (2020) and The Best Man (2005)
- John StandingThe Happy Prince (2018) and The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
- Kate AshfieldThe Best Man (2005) and Princess Caraboo (1994)
- Sylvia SymsWhat a Girl Wants (2003) and Staggered (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Anna Chancellor's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$561 million
15 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 15 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 93% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$246M43.8% of the total
- 2$105M18.6% of the total
- 3$51M9.0% of the total
- 4$31M5.6% of the total
- 5$29M5.2% of the total
- 6$29M5.1% of the total
- 7$15M2.7% of the total
- 8$14M2.5% of the total
$41.5 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 7% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.