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Gillian Anderson

Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.


Aliases
  • Gillian Leigh Anderson
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Hannibal

2013
as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier

Sex Education

2019
as Jean Milburn

The X-Files

1993
as Dana Scully

The Fall

2013
as Stella Gibson

The Crown

2016
as Margaret Thatcher

The Pale Blue Eye

2022
as Julia Marquis

Johnny English Reborn

2011
as Pamela Thornton 'Pegasus'

The First Lady (2022)

2022
as Eleanor Roosevelt

The X Files

1998
as Agent Dana Scully

War & Peace (2016)

2016
as Anna Pavlovna Scherer

Crooked House

2017
as Magda Leonides

Crisis

2014
as Meg Fitch

No Pressure

2010
as Herself

FOX 25th Anniversary Special

2012
as Gillian Anderson

Great Expectations (2011)

2011
as Miss Havisham

Scoop

2024
as Emily Maitlis

Chicago Cab

1997
as Southside Girl

Straightheads

2007
as Alice

Any Human Heart

2010
as Duchess of Windsor

Pistachio Boy

2020
as Mother

The Turning

1992
as April Cavanaugh

Sister

2012
as Kristin Jansen

Moby Dick (2011)

2011
as Elizabeth

Andorra

as Miss Quay

The House of Mirth

2000
as Lily Bart

A Cock and Bull Story

2005
as Widow Wadman / Herself

Shadow Dancer

2012
as Kate Fletcher

Inside The X-Files

1998
as Gillian Anderson

All About Eve

2019
as Margo Channing

Sold

2016
as Sophia

Playing by Heart

1998
as Meredith

The Widowmaker

2015
as Narrator

Heroes Manufactured

2016
as Self (archive footage)

Room on the Broom

2012
as Witch (voice)

Bleak House (2005)

2005
as Lady Dedlock

The Mighty

1998
as Loretta Lee

UFO

2018
as Dr. Hendricks

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

2009
as Jenn (voice)

Mr. Morgan's Last Love

2013
as Karen Morgan

Robin Robin

2021
as Cat

Viceroy's House

2017
as Edwina Mountbatten

Concert for Diana

2007
as Gillian Anderson

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

2010
as Jenn (voice)

Boogie Woogie

2009
as Jean Maclestone

The Abandons

as Constance

Director

Episode The X-Files
All Things
2000

Writer

Episode The X-Files
All Things
2000

Guest Star

Episode The Jonathan Ross Show
Glenn Close, Marlon Wayans, Gillian Anderson, Carrie Underwood
2016
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #2961
2008
Episode Hannibal
Rôti
2013
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Gillian Anderson, Emmanuel Acho, Ty Dolla $ign
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Cedric the Entertainer, Gillian Anderson
2021
Episode Top Gear
Episode 6
2015
Episode Harsh Realm
Pilot
1999
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Olivia Colman, Gillian Anderson, Kylie Minogue
2020
Episode Robot Chicken
Up, Up, and Buffet
2014
Episode Hannibal
Relevés
2013
Episode The Talk
Gillian Anderson; Rachel Platten
2016
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Gillian Anderson, Tyler Perry
2016
Episode Frasier
Dr. Nora
1999
Episode Hannibal
Savoureux
2013
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Tom Hanks, Gillian Anderson, David Blaine, Michelle Obama
2019
Episode Hannibal
... And the Beast from the Sea
2015
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1998
Episode Hannibal
Kaiseki
2014
Episode Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Drama Actresses
2021
Episode ReBoot
Trust No One
1995
Episode Hannibal
Sorbet
2013
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jacob Tremblay, Leon Bridges
2016
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Aziz Ansari, Gillian Anderson, J. Cole, P.J. Morton
2013
Episode Hannibal
Sakizuke
2014
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Gillian Anderson, Sally Hawkins, Daya
2018
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Uzo Aduba, Billy Porter and more
2021
Episode Hannibal
Fromage
2013
Episode The Simpsons
The Springfield Files
1997
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 6
2009