Portrait of Anna Chancellor

Acting

Anna Chancellor

Career

Active from 1990 to 2026, busiest in 2003 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
25
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Hour
The Hour
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 86 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Anna Chancellor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8
  • Uncanny
    1.7, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Character Study 5
  • British Humor 5
  • Intrigue 4
  • Witty Dialogue 4
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Nostalgic Atmosphere 2
  • Magical Realism 2
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

106
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

15 titles ยท average score 64
My Brilliant Career
My Brilliant Career (2026)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Mrs. Bossier

Outrageous
Outrageous (2025)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Sydney Bowles Mitford

The Girlfriend
The Girlfriend (2025)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Lillith Greenway

My Lady Jane
My Lady Jane (2024)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Lady Frances Grey

Rain Dogs
Rain Dogs (2023)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Allegra

Hotel Portofino
Hotel Portofino (2022)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Lady Latchmere

Compulsion
Compulsion (2022)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as Sasha

Stromboli
Stromboli (2022)
GoodWatch score 45

as Diane

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
GoodWatch score 78

as Lady Dant

That Dirty Black Bag
That Dirty Black Bag (2022)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Hellen

The Watch
The Watch (2021)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Lord Vetinari

Come Away
Come Away (2020)
GoodWatch score 42

as Eleanor Morrow

2010s

38 titles ยท average score 67
Ordeal by Innocence
Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Rachel Argyll

Trust
Trust (2018)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Penelope

Nativity Rocks!
Nativity Rocks! (2018)
GoodWatch score 19

as Clara Hargreaves

Love of My Life
Love of My Life (2017)
GoodWatch score 51

as Grace

New Blood
New Blood (2016)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Eleanor Davies

The Carer
The Carer (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

as Milly

The Crown
The Crown (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Lady Rosse

This Beautiful Fantastic
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mrs Bramble

Mapp and Lucia
Mapp and Lucia (2014)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas

How I Live Now
How I Live Now (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

as Aunt Penn

Pramface
Pramface (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Janet Derbyshire

The Hour
The Hour (2011)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Lix Storm

2000s

34 titles ยท average score 64
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Irene Adler

Christmas at the Riviera
Christmas at the Riviera (2007)
GoodWatch score 51

as Diane

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

as Irene Adler

Suburban Shootout
Suburban Shootout (2006)
GoodWatch score 37

TV show ยท as Camilla Diamond

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
GoodWatch score 64

as Questular Rontok

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
GoodWatch score 33

as Jo Kenworth

The Dreamers
The Dreamers (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mother

Fortysomething
Fortysomething (2003)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Estelle Slippery

What a Girl Wants
What a Girl Wants (2003)
GoodWatch score 49

as Glynnis Payne

100 Greatest Sexy Moments
100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003)

as Narrator (voice)

Crush
Crush (2002)
GoodWatch score 37

as Molly Cartwright

Longitude
Longitude (2000)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Muriel Gould

1990s

15 titles ยท average score 63
Heart
Heart (1999)
GoodWatch score 59

as Nicole Farmer

The Vice
The Vice (1999)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Dr Christina Weir

The Man Who Knew Too Little
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
GoodWatch score 52

as Barbara Ritchie

FairyTale: A True Story
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
GoodWatch score 60

as Peter Pan

Karaoke
Karaoke (1996)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Anna Griffiths

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Chief Supt. Karen Somerville

Cold Lazarus
Cold Lazarus (1996)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Anna Griffiths

Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Julia Piper

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show ยท as Caroline Bingley

Staggered
Staggered (1994)
GoodWatch score 49

as Carmen Svennipeg

Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
GoodWatch score 78

as Henrietta

Jupiter Moon
Jupiter Moon (1990)

TV show ยท as Mercedes Page

1980s

4 titles ยท average score 69
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Virginie Mesnard

Killing Dad
Killing Dad (1989)
GoodWatch score 49

as Barmaid

Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Sally Smith

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Celia Morton