Gillian Anderson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 9, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE (born August 9, 1968) is an American actress, writer, and activist. She is best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the sci-fi series The X-Files (1993–2002; 2016–2018), Lily Bart in the drama film The House of Mirth (2000), DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama series The Fall (2013–2016), Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–2023), and Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of the Netflix drama series The Crown (2020). She has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Born in Chicago, Anderson was raised first in London and then in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She later started her career onstage in New York City before achieving international recognition for her work on The X-Files. Her film work includes the dramas The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shadow Dancer (2012), and Viceroy's House (2017), as well as the X-Files films Fight the Future (1998) and I Want to Believe (2008). Her television credits include Lady Dedlock in Bleak House (2005), Wallis Simpson in Any Human Heart (2010), Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2011), Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal (2013–2015), Media in the first season of American Gods (2017), and Eleanor Roosevelt on The First Lady (2022). Anderson has also received awards and acclaim for her stage work, which includes Absent Friends (1991), for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer; A Doll's House (2009), for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress; Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (2014 and 2016), for which she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress and received a second Laurence Olivier Award nomination; and All About Eve (2019), for which she received a third Laurence Olivier Award nomination. Anderson has supported numerous charities and humanitarian organizations, being an honorary spokesperson for the Neurofibromatosis Network and a co-founder of South African Youth Education for Sustainability (SAYes). She has lived in London since 2002 and was appointed an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2016 for her services to drama. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gillian Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Turning Door
Movie · as (voice)
The Portrait
Movie · as Valeria
The Boys from Brazil
TV · as Frieda Steiner · 4 eps
Animals
Movie · as Dayle Burton
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Movie · as Billy
The Julia Set
Movie
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
The Salt Path
Movie · as Raynor Winn
TRON: Ares
Movie · as Elisabeth Dillinger
The Salt Path Scandal
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
Movie · as Elisabeth Dillinger
The Abandons
TV · as Constance Van Ness · 7 eps
Trespasses
TV · as Gina Lavery · 4 eps
Scoop
Movie · as Emily Maitlis
Woolf Works
Movie
White Bird
Movie · as Vivienne Beaumier
The Pale Blue Eye
Movie · as Julia Marquis
The First Lady
TV · as Eleanor Roosevelt · 10 eps
Robin Robin
Movie · as Cat (voice)
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Movie · as Self
Last Meals
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Sunlit Night
Movie · as Olyana
The Savoy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
This Changes Everything
Movie · as Self
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Movie · as Margo Channing
Sex Education
TV · as Jean Milburn · 32 eps
UFO
Movie · as Dr. Hendricks
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Movie · as Wendy
Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files
Movie · as Self
Heroes Manufactured
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Crooked House
Movie · as Magda Leonides
Viceroy's House
Movie · as Edwina Mountbatten
Woolf Works
Movie · as Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
Movie · as Narrator
American Gods
TV · as Media · 2 eps
Sold
Movie · as Sophia
The Crown
TV · as Margaret Thatcher · 10 eps
War and Peace
TV · as Anna Pavlovna Scherer · 6 eps
Robot Overlords
Movie · as Kate
The Widowmaker
Movie · as Narrator
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · as Blanche DuBois
The Departure
Movie · as Blanche DuBois
Crisis
TV · as Meg Fitch · 13 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Movie · as Karen Morgan
I'll Follow You Down
Movie · as Marika Whyte
The Fall
TV · as Stella Gibson · 17 eps
Hannibal
TV · as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier · 21 eps
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Shadow Dancer
Movie · as Kate Fletcher
Sister
Movie · as Kristin Jansen
Room on the Broom
Movie · as Witch (voice)
Johnny English Reborn
Movie · as Pamela
Great Expectations
TV · as Miss Havisham · 3 eps
The Crimson Petal and the White
TV · as Mrs. Castaway · 4 eps
Moby Dick
TV · as Elizabeth · 4 eps
Boogie Woogie
Movie · as Jean Maclestone
No Pressure
Movie · as Self
Any Human Heart
TV · as Duchess Of Windsor · 4 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Movie · as Dana Scully
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie · as Eleanor Johnson
Straightheads
Movie · as Alice
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Movie · as Queen Vorkana (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Last King of Scotland
Movie · as Sarah Merrit
The Mighty Celt
Movie · as Kate
A Cock and Bull Story
Movie · as Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
Bleak House
TV · as Lady Dedlock · 15 eps
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Celebrities Uncensored
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Movie · as Self - Performer
American Idol
TV · as Self · 1 ep
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Top Gear
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Richard & Judy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The House of Mirth
Movie · as Lily Bart
Harsh Realm
TV · as Video Narrator (uncredited) · 1 ep
Playing by Heart
Movie · as Meredith
The X-Files
Movie · as Dana Scully
The Mighty
Movie · as Loretta Lee
Chicago Cab
Movie · as Southside Girl
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Movie · as Dana Scully / Self
Inside The X-Files
Movie · as Self
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Movie · as Self
The Magic Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
More Secrets of the X-Files
Movie · as Self
Why Planes Go Down
Movie · as Narrator
Spies Above
Movie · as narrator
Future Fantastic
TV · as Self - Host · 9 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Secrets of the X-Files
Movie · as Self
ReBoot
TV · as Data Nully (voice) · 1 ep
The X-Files
TV · as Dana Scully · 218 eps
Class of '96
TV · as Rachel · 1 ep
Frasier
TV · as Jenny (voice) · 1 ep
The Turning
Movie · as April Cavanaugh
Eek! The Cat
TV · as Dana Scully (voice) · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Dana Scully (voice) · 1 ep
A Matter of Choice
Movie · as Woman
This Morning
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Three at Once
Movie · as Woman 1
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee/Presenter, Self - Audience Member, Self - Winner · 1 ep