Actor
Gillian Anderson
August 9, 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.
Notable work
8The Simpsons (1989)
as Dana Scully (voice)
8.2Sex Education (2019)
as Jean Milburn
8.4The X-Files (1993)
as Dana Scully and Director and Writer
6.2Johnny English Reborn (2011)
as Pamela
8.3Hannibal (2013)
as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
7.4The Last King of Scotland (2006)
as Sarah Merrit
6.4The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
as Wendy
8.2The Crown (2016)
as Margaret Thatcher
6.8The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
as Julia Marquis
6.9The X-Files (1998)
as Agent Dana Scully
7.1American Gods (2017)
as Media
5.9The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
as Dana Scully
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