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Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Actor · Born 1968-08-09 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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 (20…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Simpsons (1989) — Dana Scully (voice)
  2. Sex Education (2019) — Jean Milburn
  3. The X-Files (1993) — Dana Scully
  4. Johnny English Reborn (2011) — Pamela
  5. Hannibal (2013) — Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
  6. The Last King of Scotland (2006) — Sarah Merrit
  7. The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) — Wendy
  8. The Crown (2016) — Margaret Thatcher
  9. The Pale Blue Eye (2022) — Julia Marquis
  10. The X-Files (1998) — Agent Dana Scully
  11. American Gods (2017) — Media
  12. The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) — Dana Scully
  13. TRON: Ares (2025) — Elisabeth Dillinger
  14. Crooked House (2017) — Magda Leonides
  15. The Fall (2013) — Stella Gibson
  16. Frasier (1993) — Jenny (voice)
  17. Top Gear (2002) — Self
  18. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) — Eleanor Johnson
  19. UFO (2018) — Dr. Hendricks
  20. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Guest
  21. Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013) — Karen Morgan
  22. The Mighty (1998) — Loretta Lee
  23. Viceroy's House (2017) — Edwina Mountbatten
  24. Shadow Dancer (2012) — Kate Fletcher
  25. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
  26. Robot Overlords (2015) — Kate
  27. Scoop (2024) — Emily Maitlis
  28. Playing by Heart (1998) — Meredith
  29. War and Peace (2016) — Anna Pavlovna Scherer
  30. White Bird (2023) — Vivienne Beaumier
  31. Robin Robin (2021) — Cat (voice)
  32. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self - Guest
  33. I'll Follow You Down (2013) — Marika Whyte
  34. Sister (2012) — Kristin Jansen
  35. American Idol (2002) — Self
  36. A Cock and Bull Story (2005) — Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
  37. Crisis (2014) — Meg Fitch
  38. Eek! The Cat (1992) — Dana Scully (voice)
  39. The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) — Self - Guest
  40. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self - Guest

Directed

  1. The X-Files (1993) — Director
  2. The Departure (2014) — Director