Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/9/1968
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Gillian Leigh AndersonДжілліан АндерсонΤζίλιαν Άντερσον
Gillian Anderson
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...
Known For
TRON: Ares
as Elisabeth Dillinger
Johnny English Reborn
as Pamela
Animals
Unknown Role
Shadow Dancer
as Kate Fletcher
Boogie Woogie
as Jean Maclestone
Chicago Cab
as Southside Girl
Heroes Manufactured
as Self (archive footage)
The X-Files
as Agent Dana Scully
The X Files: I Want to Believe
as Dana Scully
Crooked House
as Magda Leonides
Scoop
as Emily Maitlis
The Turning
as April Cavanaugh
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
as Blanche DuBois
The Pale Blue Eye
as Julia Marquis
UFO
as Dr. Hendricks
The Mighty
as Loretta Lee
Sister
as Kristin Jansen
The Salt Path
as Raynor Winn
The Departure
as Blanche DuBois
Robin Robin
as Cat (voice)
Career Timeline
2025
2021
2019
2017
Crooked House
as Magda Leonides
American Gods
as Media
American Gods
as Goddess Media
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
as Narrator
Heroes Manufactured
as Self (archive footage)
Viceroy's House
as Edwina Mountbatten
Woolf Works
as Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)