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Gillian Anderson

Born Aug 9, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Filmography

Shows & movies
Scoop
The Pale Blue Eye
The First Lady (2022)
Robin Robin
National Theatre at Home
Sex Education
This Changes Everything
UFO
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Crooked House
Heroes Manufactured
The Crown
War & Peace (2016)
Sold
The Widowmaker
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Robot Overlords
Crisis
The Fall
Hannibal
I'll Follow You Down
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Room on the Broom
Sister
Shadow Dancer
The Crimson Petal and The White
Great Expectations
Moby Dick
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
Johnny English Reborn
Any Human Heart
No Pressure
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
National Theatre Live
Boogie Woogie
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Concert for Diana
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Straightheads
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Bleak House (2005)
The Mighty Celt
The Mighty
The X-Files: Fight the Future
Chicago Cab
Future Fantastic
The X-Files
Animals
Trespasses
The Abandons