Chancellor was born in Richmond, London, England, the daughter of the Hon. Mary Alice Jolliffe (daughter of William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton) and John Paget Chancellor. Through her mother's mother, Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith, Chancellor is the great-granddaughter of Raymond Asquith and the great-great-granddaughter of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith,[1] and through her father, she is the great-great-granddaughter of the 12th Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham (a descendant of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley). She is a second cousin, once removed of actress Helena Bonham Carter, through her mother's side. Her uncle is journalist Alexander Chancellor, the father of model Cecilia Chancellor, her eight-times great-aunt was author Jane Austen, herself a great-niece of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, and her second cousin six times removed was poet Lord Byron. She is also twice a descendant of Mary Boleyn and once of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Chancellor was accepted into the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, but in her third year she became pregnant and dropped out.[citation needed] Her daughter with Scots poet Jock Scott, Poppy Chancellor, was born in 1988. When their relationship ended, she then married a cameraman, Nigel Willoughby, whom she had met in 1993 while shooting a Boddington's advertisement. However, they divorced in 1998.[citation needed] She is now married to Redha Debbah.
演艺经历
1989年至1993年，安娜·钱斯勒参演爱德华·本内特执导的系列剧《大侦探波洛探案传奇》，剧中她饰演VirginieMesnard1994年，她参演了迈克·内威尔执导的电影《四个婚礼和一个葬礼》，随后还和吉姆·布劳德本特、菲比·凯茨合作主演了电影《公主与我》，还参演了电影《汤姆和维芙》。1995年，她参演了迷你电视剧《傲慢与偏见》，1996年参演电视剧《沉默的证人》。1997年，参演乔恩·阿米尔执导的电影《糊涂福星闯伦敦》和查理斯·斯特里奇执导的《精灵传奇》。
