Anna Chancellor (b. 27 April1965) is a British actress. She is best known for her performance as "Duckface" in Four Weddings and a Funeral, as Caroline Bingley in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and as Questular Rontok in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In 2005, she joined the cast of the popular BBC One television drama series Spooks as a new regular character, Juliet Shaw. Image File history File linksMetadata Questular_Rontok. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Questular_Rontok. ... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a science-fiction comedy film based on the book of the same name by Douglas Adams. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. ... Pride and Prejudice is a 1995 British television drama serial, adapted from Jane Austens novel of the same name, originally published in 1813. ... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a science-fiction comedy film based on the book of the same name by Douglas Adams. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Spooks is a British television drama series, produced by the independent production company Kudos for BBC One. ...
She has also appeared in Jupiter Moon, Karaoke, Cold Lazarus and Tipping the Velvet. Jupiter Moon is a science fiction television series first broadcast by BSB from 26 March 1990 until December the same year. ... Karaoke was a television play written by Dennis Potter with the knowledge that he was dying from cancer of the pancreas. ... Cold Lazarus is a television play written by Dennis Potter shortly before his death, and broadcast after it in 1994. ... Tipping the Velvet is a novel written by Sarah Waters and published by Virago. ...
Her eight-times great aunt was author Jane Austen. She has spent time living in several countries, around the world and has a particular attraction to Zimbabwe To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Anna has a solid film background, having appeared in Heart, The Man Who Knew Too Little, Staggered (co-starring and directed by Men Behaving Badly's Martin Clunes), Princess Caraboo, Killing Dad, and of course Four Weddings and a Funeral alongside Hugh Grant.
Anna once famously shocked the Richard, Judy, the TV audience and the ITV network bosses, when she uttered the 'f' word live on This Morning whilst being interviewed.
Anna trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts but left at the age of 21 when she became pregnant with her daughter, Poppy.
As Anna arrives on the show, Olga Sosnovska, who is leaving to have a baby, makes a dramatic exit.
Chancellor's character is expected to stir things up from the moment she arrives.
She is a face from the past for Harry Pearce, head of the counter-terrorist unit, and the two are soon involved in a huge power-struggle, according to the newspaper.
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