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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,…
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The SimpsonsDana Scully (voice)
Sex EducationJean Milburn
The X-FilesDana Scully
Johnny English RebornPamela
HannibalDr. Bedelia Du Maurier2026The Julia SetProducerMovie
2026Sara Price: Chasing DakarNarrator · 3 episodesShow
2025The AbandonsConstance Van Ness · 7 episodesShow
2025TrespassesGina Lavery · 4 episodes · Executive Producer · 4 episodesShow
2025TRON: AresElisabeth DillingerMovie
2025Tron: Ares - A Special LookElisabeth DillingerMovie
2024Woolf WorksMovie
2024ScoopEmily MaitlisMovie
2023White BirdVivienne BeaumierMovie
2022The Pale Blue EyeJulia MarquisMovie
2022The First LadyEleanor Roosevelt · 10 episodesShow
2021Robin RobinCat (voice)Movie
2020The Sunlit NightOlyanaMovie
2019National Theatre Live: All About EveMargo ChanningMovie
2019Sex EducationJean Milburn · 32 episodesShow
2018UFODr. HendricksMovie
2018The Spy Who Dumped MeWendyMovie
2017Crooked HouseMagda LeonidesMovie
2017American GodsMedia · 2 episodesShow
2017The Artist’s Garden: American ImpressionismNarratorMovie
2017Viceroy's HouseEdwina MountbattenMovie
2017Woolf WorksVoiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)Movie
2016SoldSophiaMovie
2016War and PeaceAnna Pavlovna Scherer · 6 episodesShow
2015The WidowmakerNarratorMovie
2015Robot OverlordsKateMovie
2014The DepartureBlanche DuBois · DirectorMovie
2014National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named DesireBlanche DuBoisMovie
2014CrisisMeg Fitch · 13 episodesShow
2013Mr. Morgan's Last LoveKaren MorganMovie
2013I'll Follow You DownMarika WhyteMovie
2013The FallStella Gibson · 17 episodesShow
2013HannibalDr. Bedelia Du Maurier · 21 episodesShow
2012SisterKristin JansenMovie
2012Shadow DancerKate FletcherMovie
2011Great ExpectationsMiss Havisham · 3 episodesShow
2011Moby DickElizabeth · 4 episodesShow
2011The Crimson Petal and the WhiteMrs. Castaway · 4 episodesShow
2010Any Human HeartDuchess Of Windsor · 4 episodesShow
2010Boogie WoogieJean MaclestoneMovie
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleEleanor JohnsonMovie
2008The X-Files: I Want to BelieveDana ScullyMovie
2007Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd KindQueen Vorkana (voice)Movie
2007StraightheadsAliceMovie
2006The Last King of ScotlandSarah MerritMovie
2005Bleak HouseLady Dedlock · 15 episodesShow
2005A Cock and Bull StoryWidow Wadman / Gillian AndersonMovie
2005The Mighty CeltKateMovie
2000The House of MirthLily BartMovie
1999Harsh RealmVideo Narrator (uncredited) · 1 episodeShow
1998Playing by HeartMeredithMovie
1998Chicago CabSouthside GirlMovie
1998The X-FilesDana ScullyMovie
1998The MightyLoretta LeeMovie
1998Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wolltenDana Scully / SelfMovie
1996Why Planes Go DownNarratorMovie
1996Spies AbovenarratorMovie
1994ReBootData Nully (voice) · 1 episodeShow
1993The X-FilesDana Scully · 218 episodes · Writer · 1 episode · Director · 1 episodeShow
1993Class of '96Rachel · 1 episodeShow
1992Eek! The CatDana Scully (voice) · 1 episodeShow
1992The TurningApril CavanaughMovie
1988A Matter of ChoiceWomanMovie
1986Three at OnceWoman 1Movie
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