08/09/1968
Chicago, Illinois, USA:
Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE (nata il 9 agosto 1968) è un'attrice, scrittrice e attivista americana. È conosciuta soprattutto per i suoi ruoli come agente speciale dell'FBI Dana Scully nella serie di fantascienza The X-Files (1993–2002; 2016–2018), Lily Bart nel film drammatico The House of Mirth (2000), DSI Stella Gibson nella serie poliziesca BBC/RTÉ The Fall (2013–2016), Jean Milburn nella serie commedia-drammatica Netflix Sex Education (2019–2023). e Margaret Thatcher nella quarta stagione della serie drammatica Netflix The Crown (2020). Ha vinto due Primetime Emmy Awards, due Golden Globe e quattro Screen Actors Guild Awards. Nato a Chicago, Anderson è cresciuto prima a Londra e poi a Grand Rapids, Michigan. In seguito ha iniziato la sua carriera sul palcoscenico a New York City, prima di ottenere riconoscimenti internazionali per il suo lavoro in X-Files. Il suo lavoro cinematografico include i drammi The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shadow Dancer (2012) e Viceroy's House (2017), oltre ai film X-Files Fight the Future (1998) e I Want to Believe (2008). I suoi crediti televisivi includono Lady Dedlock in Bleak House (2005), Wallis Simpson in Any Human Heart (2010), Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2011), Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier in Hannibal (2013–2015), Media nella prima stagione di American Gods (2017) ed Eleanor Roosevelt in The First Lady (2022). Anderson ha inoltre ricevuto premi e riconoscimenti per il suo lavoro teatrale, tra cui Absent Friends (1991), per il quale ha vinto un Theatre World Award come Miglior Debuttante; A Doll's House (2009), per il quale è stata nominata al Laurence Olivier Award come Miglior Attrice; Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (2014 e 2016), per il quale ha vinto il Evening Standard Theatre Award come Miglior Attrice e ha ricevuto una seconda nomination al Laurence Olivier Award; e All About Eve (2019), per il quale ha ricevuto una terza nomination al Laurence Olivier Award. Anderson ha sostenuto numerose associazioni benefiche e organizzazioni umanitarie, essendo portavoce onoraria della Neurofibromatosis Network e co-fondatrice della South African Youth Education for Sustainability (SAYes). Vive a Londra dal 2002 ed è stata nominata Ufficiale Onorario dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico (OBE) nel 2016 per i suoi servizi al teatro.
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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 |