Gillian Anderson

Acting · Born 1968-08-09 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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…

Filmography

• The Last King of Scotland as Sarah Merrit
• Playing by Heart as Meredith
• The X-Files as Agent Dana Scully
• The Mighty Celt as Kate
• Scoop as Emily Maitlis
• The Turning as April Cavanaugh
• A Cock and Bull Story as Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
• The X Files: I Want to Believe as Dana Scully
• The House of Mirth as Lily Bart
• The Mighty as Loretta Lee