Gillian Anderson
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting108
tvSara Price: Chasing Dakar
2026
Narrator
movieThe Salt Path Scandal
2025
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Abandons
2025
Constance Van Ness
tvTrespasses
2025
Gina
movieTRON: Ares
2025
Elisabeth Dillinger
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
2025
Elisabeth Dillinger
movieThe Salt Path
2025
Raynor Winn
movieScoop
2024
Emily Maitlis
movieWhite Bird
2023
Vivienne Beaumier
movieThe Pale Blue Eye
2022
Julia Marquis
tvThe First Lady
2022
Eleanor Roosevelt
movieRobin Robin
2021
Cat (voice)
tvThe Savoy
2020
Self
movieNational Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
Margo Channing
tvSex Education
2019
Jean Milburn
movieUFO
2018
Dr. Hendricks
movieCrooked House
2017
Magda Leonides
tvAmerican Gods
2017
Media
movieHeroes Manufactured
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieViceroy's House
2017
Edwina Mountbatten
movieWoolf Works
2017
Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
tvThe Crown
2016
Margaret Thatcher
movieSold
2016
Sophia
tvWar and Peace
2016
Anna Pavlovna Scherer
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
tvThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self - Guest
movieThe Widowmaker
2015
Narrator
movieThe Departure
2014
Blanche DuBois
movieNational Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
2014
Blanche DuBois
tvCrisis
2014
Meg Fitch
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
movieMr. Morgan's Last Love
2013
Karen Morgan
movieI'll Follow You Down
2013
Marika Whyte
tvThe Fall
2013
Stella Gibson
tvHannibal
2013
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
movieRoom on the Broom
2012
Witch (voice)
movieSister
2012
Kristin Jansen
movieShadow Dancer
2012
Kate Fletcher
tvGreat Expectations
2011
Miss Havisham
tvMoby Dick
2011
Elizabeth
tvThe Crimson Petal and the White
2011
Mrs. Castaway
tvAny Human Heart
2010
Duchess Of Windsor
movieBoogie Woogie
2010
Jean Maclestone
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
Eleanor Johnson
movieThe X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
Dana Scully
movieRobbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
2007
Queen Vorkana (voice)
movieThe Last King of Scotland
2006
Sarah Merrit
tvBleak House
2005
Lady Dedlock
movieA Cock and Bull Story
2005
Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
tvParkinson
2004
Self - Guest
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
tvTop Gear
2002
Self
movieRichard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
Self - Performer
movieThe House of Mirth
2000
Lily Bart
tvHarsh Realm
1999
Video Narrator (uncredited)
moviePlaying by Heart
1998
Meredith
movieChicago Cab
1998
Southside Girl
movieThe X-Files
1998
Agent Dana Scully
movieThe Mighty
1998
Loretta Lee
movieAkte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
1998
Dana Scully / Self
tvParkinson
1998
Self
tvFuture Fantastic
1996
Self - Host
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self - Guest
Spies Above
1996
narrator
tvReBoot
1994
Data Nully (voice)
tvFrasier
1993
Jenny (voice)
tvThe X-Files
1993
Dana Scully
tvClass of '96
1993
Rachel
tvEek! The Cat
1992
Dana Scully (voice)
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Self - Guest
movieThe Turning
1992
April Cavanaugh
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Dana Scully (voice)
tvThis Morning
1988
Self - Guest
movieThree at Once
1986
Woman 1
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee/Presenter / Self - Audience Member / Self - Winner
The Boys from Brazil
Frieda Steiner
Directing2
movieThe Departure
2014
Director
tvThe X-Files
1993
Director
Production2
tvTrespasses
2025
Executive Producer
movieThe Julia Set
Producer
Writing1
tvThe X-Files
1993
Writer