Personal Info
Known Credits
53
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1968-08-09 (57 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known For
Gillian Leigh AndersonДжілліан АндерсонΤζίλιαν Άντερσον질리언 앤더슨ジリアン・アンダーソン吉蓮·安德森جیلیان اندرسون
Gillian Anderson
Biography
Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE (/ˈdʒɪliən/ JIL-ee-ən; 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 ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
TRON: Ares
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2024 --
The Salt Path
| Raynor Winn
2024 --
Woolf Works
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2024 --
Scoop
| Emily Maitlis
2023 --
White Bird
| Vivienne Beaumier
2022 --
The Pale Blue Eye
| Julia Marquis
2021 --
Robin Robin
| Cat (voice)
2021 --
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
| Self
2020 --
The Sunlit Night
| Olyana
2019 --
This Changes Everything
| Self
2019 --
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
| Margo Channing
2018 --
UFO
| Dr. Hendricks
2018 --
The Spy Who Dumped Me
| Wendy
2017 --
Crooked House
| Magda Leonides
2017 --
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
| Narrator
2017 --
Heroes Manufactured
| Self (archive footage)
2017 --
Viceroy's House
| Edwina Mountbatten
2017 --
Woolf Works
| Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
2016 --
Sold
| Sophia
2015 --
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
| Self
2015 --
The Widowmaker
| Narrator
2014 --
Robot Overlords
| Kate
2014 --
The Departure
| Blanche DuBois
2014 --
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
| Blanche DuBois
2013 --
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
| Karen Morgan
2013 --
I'll Follow You Down
| Marika Whyte
2012 --
Room on the Broom
| Witch (voice)
2012 --
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
| Self
2012 --
Sister
| Kristin Jansen
2012 --
Shadow Dancer
| Kate Fletcher
2011 --
Johnny English Reborn
| Pamela
2010 --
No Pressure
| Self
2009 --
Boogie Woogie
| Jean Maclestone
2008 --
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
| Eleanor Johnson
2008 --
The X Files: I Want to Believe
| Dana Scully
2007 --
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
| Queen Vorkana (voice)
2007 --
Straightheads
| Alice
2006 --
The Last King of Scotland
| Sarah Merrit
2005 --
A Cock and Bull Story
| Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
2005 --
The Mighty Celt
| Kate
2002 --
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
| Self - Performer
2000 --
The House of Mirth
| Lily Bart
1998 --
Playing by Heart
| Meredith
1998 --
Chicago Cab
| Southside Girl
1998 --
The X-Files
| Agent Dana Scully
1998 --
The Mighty
| Loretta Lee
1998 --
Inside The X-Files
| Self
1998 --
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
| Dana Scully / Self
1992 --
The Turning
| April Cavanaugh
1988 --
A Matter of Choice
| Woman
1986 --
Three at Once
| Woman 1