Acting
Gillian Anderson
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-Files films 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.
Filmography
Animals
Film · 2026
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Film · 2026
The Julia Set
Film · 2026
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
Series · 2026
The Salt Path
Film · 2025
TRON: Ares
Film · 2025
The Salt Path Scandal
Film · 2025
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
Film · 2025
The Abandons
Series · 2025
Trespasses
Series · 2025
Scoop
Film · 2024
Woolf Works
Film · 2024
White Bird
Film · 2023
The Pale Blue Eye
Film · 2022
The First Lady
Series · 2022
Robin Robin
Film · 2021
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Film · 2021
Last Meals
Series · 2021
The Sunlit Night
Film · 2020
The Savoy
Series · 2020
This Changes Everything
Film · 2019
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Film · 2019
Sex Education
Series · 2019
UFO
Film · 2018
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Film · 2018
Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files
Film · 2018
Heroes Manufactured
Film · 2017
Crooked House
Film · 2017
Viceroy's House
Film · 2017
Woolf Works
Film · 2017
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
Film · 2017
American Gods
Series · 2017
Sold
Film · 2016
The Crown
Series · 2016
War and Peace
Series · 2016
Robot Overlords
Film · 2015
The Widowmaker
Film · 2015
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Film · 2014
The Departure
Film · 2014
Crisis
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Film · 2013
I'll Follow You Down
Film · 2013
The Fall
Series · 2013
Hannibal
Series · 2013
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Film · 2012
Shadow Dancer
Film · 2012
Sister
Film · 2012
Room on the Broom
Film · 2012
Johnny English Reborn
Film · 2011
Great Expectations
Series · 2011
The Crimson Petal and the White
Series · 2011
Moby Dick
Series · 2011
Boogie Woogie
Film · 2010
No Pressure
Film · 2010
Any Human Heart
Series · 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Film · 2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Film · 2008
Straightheads
Film · 2007
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
The Last King of Scotland
Film · 2006
The Mighty Celt
Film · 2005
A Cock and Bull Story
Film · 2005
Bleak House
Series · 2005
Parkinson
Series · 2004
Celebrities Uncensored
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Film · 2002
American Idol
Series · 2002
V Graham Norton
Series · 2002
Top Gear
Series · 2002
Richard & Judy
Series · 2001
The House of Mirth
Film · 2000
Harsh Realm
Series · 1999
Playing by Heart
Film · 1998
The X-Files
Film · 1998
The Mighty
Film · 1998
Chicago Cab
Film · 1998
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Film · 1998
Inside The X-Files
Film · 1998
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Film · 1998
The Magic Hour
Series · 1998
Parkinson
Series · 1998
More Secrets of the X-Files
Film · 1996
Why Planes Go Down
Film · 1996
Spies Above
Film · 1996
Future Fantastic
Series · 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Series · 1996
Secrets of the X-Files
Film · 1995
ReBoot
Series · 1994
The X-Files
Series · 1993
Class of '96
Series · 1993
Frasier
Series · 1993
The Turning
Film · 1992
Eek! The Cat
Series · 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
A Matter of Choice
Film · 1988
This Morning
Series · 1988
Three at Once
Film · 1986
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
The Turning Door
Film
The Boys from Brazil
Series