Gillian Anderson
Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA — Aug 09 1968
Biography
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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Gillian Anderson's Credits
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The Simpsons
Dana Scully (voice)
The X-Files
Dana Scully
Frasier
Jenny (voice)
The Crown
Margaret Thatcher
American Idol
Self
Hannibal
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
Sex Education
Jean Milburn
TRON: Ares
Elisabeth Dillinger
American Gods
Media
Eek! The Cat
Dana Scully (voice)
ReBoot
Data Nully (voice)
Crisis
Meg Fitch
The First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt
War and Peace
Anna Pavlovna Scherer
The Abandons
Constance Van Ness
The Fall
Stella Gibson
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
Narrator
Bleak House
Lady Dedlock
Harsh Realm
Video Narrator (uncredited)
Moby Dick
Elizabeth
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham
Class of '96
Rachel
The X-Files
Agent Dana Scully
The Crimson Petal and the White
Mrs. Castaway
Any Human Heart
Duchess Of Windsor
Johnny English Reborn
Pamela
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Wendy
The Pale Blue Eye
Julia Marquis
White Bird
Vivienne Beaumier
The Last King of Scotland
Sarah Merrit
Scoop
Emily Maitlis
The Savoy
Self
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Dana Scully
Robot Overlords
Kate
Trespasses
Gina
The Mighty
Loretta Lee
UFO
Dr. Hendricks
The House of Mirth
Lily Bart
Crooked House
Magda Leonides
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Billie
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Eleanor Johnson
Playing by Heart
Meredith
Animals
Shadow Dancer
Kate Fletcher
Straightheads
Alice
Boogie Woogie
Jean Maclestone
The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
This Changes Everything
Self
Sister
Kristin Jansen
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
The Boys from Brazil
Frieda Steiner
Viceroy's House
Edwina Mountbatten
Heroes Manufactured
Self (archive footage)
Chicago Cab
Southside Girl
Inside The X-Files
Self
I'll Follow You Down
Marika Whyte
The Turning
April Cavanaugh
Room on the Broom
Witch (voice)
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Karen Morgan
The Sunlit Night
Olyana
Future Fantastic
Self - Host
Robin Robin
Cat (voice)
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Self
The Turning Door
(voice)
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche DuBois
A Cock and Bull Story
Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
More Secrets of the X-Files
Self
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Margo Channing
Sold
Sophia
The Julia Set
The Departure
Blanche DuBois
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
Narrator
The Mighty Celt
Kate
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Self - Performer
No Pressure
Self
Woolf Works
Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Queen Vorkana (voice)
Secrets of the X-Files
Self
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Self
A Matter of Choice
Woman
The Widowmaker
Narrator
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Dana Scully / Self
Three at Once
Woman 1
Woolf Works
Why Planes Go Down
Narrator
The Salt Path Scandal
Self (archive footage)
Spies Above
narrator
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
Elisabeth Dillinger