08/09/1968
Chicago, Illinois, USA:
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-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.
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) as Billie |
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The Salt Path Scandal (2025) as Self (archive footage) |
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TRON: Ares (2025) as Elisabeth Dillinger |
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Tron: Ares - A Special Look (2025) as Elisabeth Dillinger |
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The Salt Path (2025) as Raynor Winn |
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Woolf Works (2024) as |
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Scoop (2024) as Emily Maitlis |
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White Bird (2023) as Vivienne Beaumier |
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The Pale Blue Eye (2022) as Julia Marquis |
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Robin Robin (2021) as Cat (voice) |
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Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day (2021) as Self |
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The Sunlit Night (2020) as Olyana |
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This Changes Everything (2019) as Self |
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National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019) as Margo Channing |
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UFO (2018) as Dr. Hendricks |
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The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) as Wendy |
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Crooked House (2017) as Magda Leonides |
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The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism (2017) as Narrator |
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Heroes Manufactured (2017) as Self (archive footage) |
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Viceroy's House (2017) as Edwina Mountbatten |
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Woolf Works (2017) as Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice) |
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Sold (2016) as Sophia |
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Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon (2015) as Self |
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The Widowmaker (2015) as Narrator |
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Robot Overlords (2015) as Kate |
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The Departure (2014) as Blanche DuBois |
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National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire (2014) as Blanche DuBois |
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Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013) as Karen Morgan |
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I'll Follow You Down (2013) as Marika Whyte |
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Room on the Broom (2012) as Witch (voice) |
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FOX 25th Anniversary Special (2012) as Self |
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L'enfant d'en haut (2012) as Kristin Jansen |
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Shadow Dancer (2012) as Kate Fletcher |
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Johnny English Reborn (2011) as Pamela |
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No Pressure (2010) as Self |
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Boogie Woogie (2010) as Jean Maclestone |
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) as Eleanor Johnson |
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The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) as Dana Scully |
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Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind (2007) as Queen Vorkana (voice) |
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Straightheads (2007) as Alice |
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The Last King of Scotland (2006) as Sarah Merrit |
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A Cock and Bull Story (2005) as Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson |
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The Mighty Celt (2005) as Kate |
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Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (2002) as Self - Performer |
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The House of Mirth (2000) as Lily Bart |
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Playing by Heart (1998) as Meredith |
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Chicago Cab (1998) as Southside Girl |
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The X-Files (1998) as Agent Dana Scully |
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The Mighty (1998) as Loretta Lee |
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Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten (1998) as Dana Scully / Self |
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Inside The X-Files (1998) as Self |
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The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future' (1998) as Self |
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More Secrets of the X-Files (1996) as Self |
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Why Planes Go Down (1996) as Narrator |
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Spies Above (1996) as narrator |
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Secrets of the X-Files (1995) as Self |
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The Turning (1992) as April Cavanaugh |
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A Matter of Choice (1988) as Woman |
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Three at Once (1986) as Woman 1 |
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The Julia Set () as |
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Animals () as |
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The Turning Door () as (voice) |
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The Departure (2014) Director |
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The Julia Set () Producer |