Gillian Anderson
Known for: 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 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
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Simpsons
Dana Scully (voice)
1989
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The X-Files
Dana Scully
1993
Series
Frasier
Jenny (voice)
1993
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Sex Education
Jean Milburn
2019
Series
The Crown
Margaret Thatcher
2016
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Top Gear
Self
2002
Series
American Idol
Self
2002
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Hannibal
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
2013
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
Film
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Billy
2026
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guide
2016
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Film
TRON: Ares
Elisabeth Dillinger
2025
Series
American Gods
Media
2017
Series
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Series
Eek! The Cat
Dana Scully (voice)
1992
Series
The Fall
Stella Gibson
2013
Series
War and Peace
Anna Pavlovna Scherer
2016
Film
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Dana Scully
2008
Film
The X-Files
Dana Scully
1998
Film
Johnny English Reborn
Pamela
2011
Film
The Pale Blue Eye
Julia Marquis
2022
Series
ReBoot
Data Nully (voice)
1994
Series
The Abandons
Constance Van Ness
2025
Film
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Wendy
2018
Series
The First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt
2022
Series
Crisis
Meg Fitch
2014
Series
Bleak House
Lady Dedlock
2005
Series
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
Narrator
2014
Series
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham
2011
Film
Crooked House
Magda Leonides
2017
Film
Animals
2026
Film
The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
2025
Film
White Bird
Vivienne Beaumier
2023
Film
This Changes Everything
Self
2019
Series
Trespasses
Gina
2025
Film
The Last King of Scotland
Sarah Merrit
2006
Film
Scoop
Emily Maitlis
2024
Series
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Series
Class of '96
Rachel
1993
Film
Robot Overlords
Kate
2015
Series
Harsh Realm
Video Narrator (uncredited)
1999
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Series
The Magic Hour
Self
1998
Series
Any Human Heart
Duchess Of Windsor
2010
Series
Moby Dick
Elizabeth
2011
Series
The Crimson Petal and the White
Mrs. Castaway
2011
Film
Room on the Broom
Witch (voice)
2012
Film
Playing by Heart
Meredith
1998
Series
The Savoy
Self
2020
Film
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Eleanor Johnson
2008
Film
Viceroy's House
Edwina Mountbatten
2017
Film
Shadow Dancer
Kate Fletcher
2012
Film
Straightheads
Alice
2007
Film
A Cock and Bull Story
Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
2005
Film
The Mighty
Loretta Lee
1998
Series
This Morning
Self - Guest
1988
Film
Robin Robin
Cat (voice)
2021
Film
Boogie Woogie
Jean Maclestone
2010
Film
UFO
Dr. Hendricks
2018
Film
The House of Mirth
Lily Bart
2000
Film
The Sunlit Night
Olyana
2020
Film
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Karen Morgan
2013
The Boys from Brazil
Frieda Steiner
Film
I'll Follow You Down
Marika Whyte
2013
Series
Future Fantastic
Self - Host
1996
Film
Sister
Kristin Jansen
2012
Film
Heroes Manufactured
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Chicago Cab
Southside Girl
1998
Film
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
2012
Film
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche DuBois
2014
Film
Inside The X-Files
Self
1998
Film
The Widowmaker
Narrator
2015
Film
Sold
Sophia
2016
Film
The Julia Set
2026
Film
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Margo Channing
2019
Film
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Self
1998
Series
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
Narrator
2026
Film
The Mighty Celt
Kate
2005
Film
No Pressure
Self
2010
Film
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Queen Vorkana (voice)
2007
Film
More Secrets of the X-Files
Self
1996
Film
The Turning
April Cavanaugh
1992
Film
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Self
2021
Film
Woolf Works
Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
2017
The Turning Door
(voice)
Film
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Self - Performer
2002
Film
Secrets of the X-Files
Self
1995
Film
The Departure
Blanche DuBois
2014
Film
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
Narrator
2017
Film
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
2015
Spies Above
narrator
1996
Film
The Salt Path Scandal
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
A Matter of Choice
Woman
1988
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
Elisabeth Dillinger
2025
Film
Woolf Works
2024
Why Planes Go Down
Narrator
1996
Film
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Dana Scully / Self
1998
Series
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Film
Three at Once
Woman 1
1986