Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday9 August 1968 (58 years old)
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, USA
Known credits109

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 Gui…

Animals
Animals
2026
The Julia Set
The Julia Set
2026
The Julia Set
The Julia Set
2026 · Producer
The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn
The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn
2026 · Dana Scully
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
2026 · Billy
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
2026 · Narrator
The Salt Path Scandal
The Salt Path Scandal
2025 · Self (archive footage)
The Abandons
The Abandons
2025 · Constance Van Ness
Trespasses
Trespasses
2025 · Gina Lavery
Trespasses
Trespasses
2025 · Executive Producer
TRON: Ares
TRON: Ares
2025 · Elisabeth Dillinger
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
2025 · Elisabeth Dillinger
The Salt Path
The Salt Path
2025 · Raynor Winn
Woolf Works
Woolf Works
2024
Scoop
Scoop
2024 · Emily Maitlis
White Bird
White Bird
2023 · Vivienne Beaumier
The Pale Blue Eye
The Pale Blue Eye
2022 · Julia Marquis
The First Lady
The First Lady
2022 · Eleanor Roosevelt
Last Meals
Last Meals
2021 · Self
Robin Robin
Robin Robin
2021 · Cat (voice)
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
2021 · Self
The Savoy
The Savoy
2020 · Self
The Sunlit Night
The Sunlit Night
2020 · Olyana
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything
2019 · Self
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019 · Margo Channing
Sex Education
Sex Education
2019 · Jean Milburn
UFO
UFO
2018 · Dr. Hendricks
The Spy Who Dumped Me
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018 · Wendy
Crooked House
Crooked House
2017 · Magda Leonides
American Gods
American Gods
2017 · Media
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
2017 · Narrator
Heroes Manufactured
Heroes Manufactured
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Viceroy's House
Viceroy's House
2017 · Edwina Mountbatten
Woolf Works
Woolf Works
2017 · Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
The Crown
The Crown
2016 · Margaret Thatcher
Sold
Sold
2016 · Sophia
War and Peace
War and Peace
2016 · Anna Pavlovna Scherer
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
The Widowmaker
The Widowmaker
2015 · Narrator
Robot Overlords
Robot Overlords
2015 · Kate
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
The Departure
The Departure
2014 · Blanche DuBois
The Departure
The Departure
2014 · Director
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
2014 · Blanche DuBois
Crisis
Crisis
2014 · Meg Fitch
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
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