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