Gillian Anderson
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 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.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Simpsons
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The X-Files
1993
Frasier
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Crown
2016
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
The Simpsons
as Dana Scully (voice) · 1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest · 2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
The X-Files
as Dana Scully · 1993
Frasier
as Jenny (voice) · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest · 1992
The Crown
as Margaret Thatcher · 2016
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner · 1944
The South Bank Show
· 1978
American Idol
as Self · 2002
Sex Education
as Jean Milburn · 2019
Top Gear
as Self · 2002
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
as Billy · 2026
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Hannibal
as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier · 2013
Last Meals
as Self · 2021
Richard & Judy
as Self · 2001
Parkinson
as Self · 1998
American Gods
as Media · 2017
V Graham Norton
as Self · 2002
Parkinson
as Self - Guest · 2004
Eek! The Cat
as Dana Scully (voice) · 1992
The Salt Path
as Raynor Winn · 2025
TRON: Ares
as Elisabeth Dillinger · 2025
Great Expectations
as Miss Havisham · 2011
The Fall
as Stella Gibson · 2013
ReBoot
as Data Nully (voice) · 1994
The First Lady
as Eleanor Roosevelt · 2022
War and Peace
as Anna Pavlovna Scherer · 2016
Crisis
as Meg Fitch · 2014
Johnny English Reborn
as Pamela · 2011
The Abandons
as Constance Van Ness · 2025
Crooked House
as Magda Leonides · 2017
The X-Files
as Dana Scully · 1998
The Pale Blue Eye
as Julia Marquis · 2022
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest · 1996
Bleak House
as Lady Dedlock · 2005
The Spy Who Dumped Me
as Wendy · 2018
Class of '96
as Rachel · 1993
The Last King of Scotland
as Sarah Merrit · 2006
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
as Dana Scully · 2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Eleanor Johnson · 2008
Animals
· 2026
White Bird
as Vivienne Beaumier · 2023
The Magic Hour
as Self · 1998
Trespasses
as Gina Lavery · 2025
This Morning
as Self - Guest · 1988
Harsh Realm
as Video Narrator (uncredited) · 1999
The Crimson Petal and the White
as Mrs. Castaway · 2011
Any Human Heart
as Duchess Of Windsor · 2010
Moby Dick
as Elizabeth · 2011
Scoop
as Emily Maitlis · 2024
Playing by Heart
as Meredith · 1998
UFO
as Dr. Hendricks · 2018
Room on the Broom
as Witch (voice) · 2012
A Cock and Bull Story
as Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson · 2005
Robot Overlords
as Kate · 2015
The Boys from Brazil
as Frieda Steiner
The Savoy
as Self · 2020
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
as Karen Morgan · 2013
The Mighty
as Loretta Lee · 1998
Straightheads
as Alice · 2007
Boogie Woogie
as Jean Maclestone · 2010
Robin Robin
as Cat (voice) · 2021
Viceroy's House
as Edwina Mountbatten · 2017
Sister
as Kristin Jansen · 2012
Shadow Dancer
as Kate Fletcher · 2012
I'll Follow You Down
as Marika Whyte · 2013
The House of Mirth
as Lily Bart · 2000
The Sunlit Night
as Olyana · 2020
This Changes Everything
as Self · 2019
No Pressure
as Self · 2010
Future Fantastic
as Self - Host · 1996
More Secrets of the X-Files
as Self · 1996
The Widowmaker
as Narrator · 2015
Inside The X-Files
as Self · 1998
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
as Self · 1998
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
as Margo Channing · 2019
Chicago Cab
as Southside Girl · 1998
Heroes Manufactured
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
as Self · 2012
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
as Blanche DuBois · 2014
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
as Queen Vorkana (voice) · 2007
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
as Self · 2015
Sold
as Sophia · 2016
The Julia Set
· 2026
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
as Self · 2021
The Turning Door
as (voice)
The Turning
as April Cavanaugh · 1992
The Mighty Celt
as Kate · 2005
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
as Self - Performer · 2002
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
as Narrator · 2026
Woolf Works
as Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice) · 2017
Secrets of the X-Files
as Self · 1995
The Salt Path Scandal
as Self (archive footage) · 2025
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
as Elisabeth Dillinger · 2025
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
as Narrator · 2017
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
as Dana Scully / Self · 1998
A Matter of Choice
as Woman · 1988
The Departure
as Blanche DuBois · 2014
Why Planes Go Down
as Narrator · 1996
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self · 2003
Woolf Works
· 2024
Three at Once
as Woman 1 · 1986
Spies Above
as narrator · 1996