长着一张娃娃脸的英国演员鲁珀特·伊文斯生于1976年3月8日，曾受训于伦敦的百年名校韦伯（Webber Douglas）戏剧艺术学院，演艺事业从BBC情景喜剧《My Family》、犯罪连续剧《Punishment》以及澳大利亚长寿肥皂剧《Home and Away》中的小角色起步，之后在Richard Wilson主演的ITV连续剧《High Stakes》以及Neil Morrissey主演的BBC联系剧《The Eustace Bros》中担任了重要的角色。
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.
