
Gillian Anderson
Born
1968-08-09
Place of birth
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 Gui...
Known for

The Simpsons
Dana Scully (voice)

Sex Education
Jean Milburn

Johnny English Reborn
Pamela

The X-Files
Dana Scully

Hannibal
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier

The Spy Who Dumped Me
Wendy

The Last King of Scotland
Sarah Merrit

The Crown
Margaret Thatcher

The Pale Blue Eye
Julia Marquis

The X-Files
Agent Dana Scully

American Gods
Media

The X Files: I Want to Believe
Dana Scully

TRON: Ares
Elisabeth Dillinger

Crooked House
Magda Leonides

The Fall
Stella Gibson