Gillian Anderson
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
2026
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
2026
The Salt Path Scandal
2025
The Abandons
2025
Trespasses
2025
TRON: Ares
2025
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
2025
The Salt Path
2025
Woolf Works
2024
Scoop
2024
White Bird
2023
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
The First Lady
2022
Robin Robin
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
2021
The Savoy
2020
The Sunlit Night
2020
This Changes Everything
2019
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
Sex Education
2019
UFO
2018
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018
Crooked House
2017
American Gods
2017
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
2017
Heroes Manufactured
2017
Viceroy's House
2017
Woolf Works
2017
The Crown
2016
Sold
2016
War and Peace
2016
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Widowmaker
2015
Robot Overlords
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
2014
The Departure
2014
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
2014
Crisis
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013
I'll Follow You Down
2013
The Fall
2013
Hannibal
2013
Room on the Broom
2012
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
Sister
2012
Shadow Dancer
2012
Great Expectations
2011
Johnny English Reborn
2011
Moby Dick
2011
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011
Any Human Heart
2010
No Pressure
2010
Boogie Woogie
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
2007
Straightheads
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Last King of Scotland
2006
Bleak House
2005
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
The Mighty Celt
2005
Parkinson
2004
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Top Gear
2002
American Idol
2002
V Graham Norton
2002
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
Richard & Judy
2001
The House of Mirth
2000
Harsh Realm
1999
Playing by Heart
1998
Chicago Cab
1998
The X-Files
1998