Gillian Anderson
Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE (/ˈdʒɪliən/ JIL-ee-ən; 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-Filesfilms 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.
The Last King of Scotland
(Sarah Merrit)
Playing by Heart
(Meredith)
The X-Files
(Agent Dana Scully)
The Mighty Celt
(Kate)
Scoop
(Emily Maitlis)
The Turning
(April Cavanaugh)
A Cock and Bull Story
(Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson)
The X Files: I Want to Believe
(Dana Scully)
The House of Mirth
(Lily Bart)
The Mighty
(Loretta Lee)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
(Eleanor Johnson)
Straightheads
(Alice)
The Pale Blue Eye
(Julia Marquis)
Boogie Woogie
(Jean Maclestone)
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
(Self)
The Salt Path
(Raynor Winn)
Shadow Dancer
(Kate Fletcher)
Johnny English Reborn
(Pamela Thornton ("Pegasus"))
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
(Self - Performer)
Sister
(Kristin Jansen)
Heroes Manufactured
(Self (archive footage))
Room on the Broom
(Witch (voice))
Chicago Cab
(Southside Girl)
White Bird
(Vivienne Beaumier)
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
(Karen Morgan)
Robot Overlords
(Kate)
Sold
(Sophia)
I'll Follow You Down
(Marika Whyte)
Three at Once
(Woman 1)
A Matter of Choice
(Woman)
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
(Blanche DuBois)
No Pressure
(Self)
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
(Dana Scully / Self)
The Departure
(Blanche DuBois)
TRON: Ares
The Widowmaker
(Narrator)
Inside The X-Files
(Self)
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
(Self)
Woolf Works
Crooked House
(Magda Leonides)
UFO
(Dr. Hendricks)
Viceroy's House
(Edwina Mountbatten)
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
(Queen Vorkana (voice))
Woolf Works
(Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice))
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
(Narrator)
The Spy Who Dumped Me
(Wendy)
This Changes Everything
(Self)
The Sunlit Night
(Olyana)
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
(Margo Channing)
Robin Robin
(Cat (voice))
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
(Self)
The Inspiration of Alfie Swincross
(Alison Appleby)
Animals
The Simpsons
(Dana Scully (voice))
ReBoot
(Data Nully (voice))
Harsh Realm
(Video Narrator (uncredited))
Bleak House
(Lady Dedlock)
Richard & Judy
(Self)
American Idol
(Self)
The X-Files
(Dana Scully)
The Crown
(Margaret Thatcher)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Winner)
Future Fantastic
(Self - Host)
Celebrities Uncensored
(Self)
Class of '96
(Rachel)
The First Lady
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
V Graham Norton
(Self)
Great Expectations
(Miss Havisham)
The Fall
(Stella Gibson)
Any Human Heart
(Duchess Of Windsor)
Moby Dick
(Elizabeth)
The Crimson Petal and the White
(Mrs. Castaway)
Hannibal
(Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self - Guest)
Crisis
(Meg Fitch)
War and Peace
(Anna Pavlovna Scherer)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
The Abandons
(Constance Van Ness)
Ronja the Robber's Daughter
(Narrator)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Frasier
(Jenny (voice))
Eek! The Cat
(Dana Scully (voice))
The Savoy
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(Self - Guest)
Sex Education
(Jean Milburn)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
(Self - Guest)
Parkinson
(Self - Guest)
American Gods
(Media)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
The Magic Hour
(Self)
Trespasses
(Gina)
American Gods
(Goddess Media)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nominee)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nominee/Presenter)
Parkinson
(Self)
Top Gear
(Self)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Audience Member)
This Morning
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)