Anna Chancellor was born on April 27, 1965, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Her career has spanned theater, television and film.
Chancellor founded the Wicked Theater Company and produced "The Nativity," "The Birthday of the Infanta," "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Peter Pan." Her list of theatrical credits included "Boston Marriage," "King Lear," "Faithless," "Real Inspector Hound," "The Prisoners of War" and "Stanley," for which she was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1997 Laurence Olivier Awards.
She appeared in various British TV series including "Spooks, Fortysomething," "Pride & Prejudice," "Kavanagh Q.C" and "The Vice."
Chancellor also worked on several films including "Four Weddings and a Funeral," What a Girl Wants" "Crush" "The Dreamers" and "Agent Cody Banks II."
Prior to her role in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, he was probably most well known as "Barbara Ritchie" (the sister-in-law to Bill Murray's character) from the "The Man Who Knew Too Little".
Anna Chancellor plays the role of Questular Rontok in the 2005 big budget Disney movie, "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy."
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