Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA — Aug 09 1968
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…
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Dana Scully (voice)

Dana Scully

Jenny (voice)

Margaret Thatcher

Self

Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier

Jean Milburn

Elisabeth Dillinger

Media

Dana Scully (voice)

Data Nully (voice)

Meg Fitch

Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Pavlovna Scherer

Constance Van Ness

Stella Gibson

Narrator

Lady Dedlock

Video Narrator (uncredited)

Elizabeth

Miss Havisham

Rachel

Agent Dana Scully

Mrs. Castaway

Duchess Of Windsor

Pamela

Wendy

Julia Marquis

Vivienne Beaumier

Sarah Merrit

Emily Maitlis

Self

Dana Scully

Kate

Gina

Loretta Lee

Dr. Hendricks

Lily Bart

Magda Leonides

Billie

Eleanor Johnson

Meredith


Kate Fletcher

Alice

Jean Maclestone

Raynor Winn

Self

Kristin Jansen

Self

Frieda Steiner

Edwina Mountbatten

Self (archive footage)

Southside Girl

Self

Marika Whyte

April Cavanaugh

Witch (voice)

Karen Morgan

Olyana

Self - Host

Cat (voice)

Self

Self
(voice)

Blanche DuBois

Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson

Self

Margo Channing

Sophia


Blanche DuBois

Narrator

Kate

Self - Performer

Self

Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)

Queen Vorkana (voice)

Self

Self

Woman

Narrator

Dana Scully / Self

Woman 1

Narrator

Self (archive footage)
narrator
Elisabeth Dillinger