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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 9, 1968
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Gillian Anderson
Biography
Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE 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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The First Lady | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 2020 | The Savoy | Self |
| 2019 | Sex Education | Jean Milburn |
| 2017 | American Gods | Media |
| 2017 | American Gods | Goddess Media |
| 2016 | The Crown | Margaret Thatcher |
| 2016 | War and Peace | Anna Pavlovna Scherer |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2014 | Crisis | Meg Fitch |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Ronja the Robber's Daughter | Narrator |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2013 | The Fall | Stella Gibson |
| 2013 | Hannibal | Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier |
| 2011 | Great Expectations | Miss Havisham |
| 2011 | Moby Dick | Elizabeth |
| 2011 | The Crimson Petal and the White | Mrs. Castaway |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart | Duchess Of Windsor |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2005 | Bleak House | Lady Dedlock |
| 2004 | Parkinson | Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest |
| 2002 | American Idol | Self |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Self |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy | Self |
| 1999 | Harsh Realm | Video Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1998 | The Magic Hour | Self |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self |
| 1996 | Future Fantastic | Self - Host |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest |
| 1994 | ReBoot | Data Nully (voice) |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Dana Scully |
| 1993 | Class of '96 | Rachel |
| 1993 | Frasier | Jenny (voice) |
| 1992 | Eek! The Cat | Dana Scully (voice) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Dana Scully (voice) |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee/Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member |
| The Abandons | Constance Van Ness | |
| Trespasses | Gina |