Gillian Anderson
Acting
Born: August 9, 1968 (age 58) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Simpsons
1989
Sex Education
2019
The X-Files
1993
Johnny English Reborn
2011
Hannibal
2013
The Last King of Scotland
2006
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018
The Crown
2016
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
The X-Files
1998
American Gods
2017
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
Photos (24)
Movies (46)
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Billy
TRON: Ares
Elisabeth Dillinger
Johnny English Reborn
Pamela
The X-Files
Dana Scully
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Wendy
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Dana Scully
The Pale Blue Eye
Julia Marquis
The Last King of Scotland
Sarah Merrit
Crooked House
Magda Leonides
White Bird
Vivienne Beaumier
Shadow Dancer
Kate Fletcher
Scoop
Emily Maitlis
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Eleanor Johnson
The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
The Sunlit Night
Olyana
Robot Overlords
Kate
Playing by Heart
Meredith
Straightheads
Alice
I'll Follow You Down
Marika Whyte
Room on the Broom
Witch (voice)
The House of Mirth
Lily Bart
The Mighty
Loretta Lee
UFO
Dr. Hendricks
Boogie Woogie
Jean Maclestone
Robin Robin
Cat (voice)
Viceroy's House
Edwina Mountbatten
A Cock and Bull Story
Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Karen Morgan
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche DuBois
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Margo Channing
Sister
Kristin Jansen
The Mighty Celt
Kate
Chicago Cab
Southside Girl
The Widowmaker
Narrator
The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn
Dana Scully
Sold
Sophia
The Turning
April Cavanaugh
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Queen Vorkana (voice)
Woolf Works
Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
The Departure
Blanche DuBois
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
Narrator
Three at Once
Woman 1
Spies Above
narrator
Hannibal: Mizumono
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
Woolf Works
2024
A Matter of Choice
Woman
TV Shows (23)
The Simpsons
Dana Scully (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Jenny (voice) · 1 eps
The X-Files
Dana Scully · 218 eps
The Crown
Margaret Thatcher · 10 eps
Sex Education
Jean Milburn · 32 eps
Hannibal
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier · 21 eps
American Gods
Media · 2 eps
Eek! The Cat
Dana Scully (voice) · 1 eps
The Fall
Stella Gibson · 17 eps
ReBoot
Data Nully (voice) · 1 eps
War and Peace
Anna Pavlovna Scherer · 6 eps
Crisis
Meg Fitch · 13 eps
The First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt · 10 eps
The Abandons
Constance Van Ness · 7 eps
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham · 3 eps
Bleak House
Lady Dedlock · 15 eps
Trespasses
Gina · 4 eps
Any Human Heart
Duchess Of Windsor · 4 eps
The Crimson Petal and the White
Mrs. Castaway · 4 eps
Class of '96
Rachel · 1 eps
Harsh Realm
Video Narrator (uncredited) · 1 eps
Moby Dick
Elizabeth · 4 eps
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
Narrator · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (38)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 5 eps
Top Gear
Self · 1 eps
American Idol
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
Richard & Judy
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self · 1 eps
V Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Magic Hour
Self · 1 eps
This Changes Everything
Self
This Morning
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Savoy
Self · 1 eps
Future Fantastic
Self - Host · 9 eps
No Pressure
Self
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Inside The X-Files
Self
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Self
More Secrets of the X-Files
Self
Heroes Manufactured
Self (archive footage)
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Self
The Salt Path Scandal
Self (archive footage)
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Dana Scully / Self
Secrets of the X-Files
Self
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Self - Performer
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · 1 eps
