Gillian Anderson
American actress · United States · Actors · Born 1968 · age 58 · also United Kingdom
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Animals, a new film, came out on 9 October. The Hollywood Reporter, TMDB
5.4 times the usual readers on 11 October. 62,827 readers on 11 October, against about 11,656 a day before the rise.
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Adriana Paz(as Cecilia Trujillo)
Kerry Washington(as Abigail Kimball)
Steven Yeun(as Sam Allison)
Ben Affleck(as Mark Kimball, Director and 2 more)
Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress and writer. She received international fame for starring as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the Fox science fiction mystery series The X-Files, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for the role.
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A life in dates
AnimalsFilm9 October 2026, 5.4 times the usual readers on 11 October 2026Dayle BurtonSee the moment2024
ScoopFilm, Emily Maitlis2022
The Pale Blue EyeFilm, Julia Marquis2021
Last MealsSeries
Robin RobinFilm, 2021Cat (voice)2019
National Theatre Live: All About EveFilm, Margo Channing2018Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward2017
American GodsSeries, Media
Crooked HouseFilm, 2017Magda Leonides2016“I'm damaged in many ways. And yet a lot of what my fight is about is pushing through that to live a meaningful, sane existence and make a difference and play to my strengths.”In their words29 April 2016WSJ "Gillian Anderson: Reviving Blanche DuBois in Brooklyn" (April 29, 2016)“Mikel knew better than to question her. Not because she was always right, but because there was no changing her mind once it was set.”In their wordsChapter 2 (p. 20)“The intrigue is not even what makes this work intriguing,” he quipped.”In their wordsChapter 7 (p. 87)“That is irreligious.”“As your comment is ill-informed,” Caitlin replied.”In their wordsChapter 8 (p. 91)“Divination has always embraced strange, ultimately disproved customs,” she said.”In their wordsChapter 10 (p. 129)“Either everything matters or nothing does.”In their wordsChapter 24 (p. 260)Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward2015
The Late Late Show with James CordenSeries
Robot OverlordsFilm, 2015Kate2014
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named DesireFilm, Blanche DuBois2013
HannibalSeries, Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier2012
Room on the BroomFilm, Witch (voice)2010
Boogie WoogieFilm, Jean Maclestone2007
The Graham Norton ShowSeries
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd KindFilm, 2007Queen Vorkana (voice)2006
The Last King of ScotlandFilm, Sarah Merrit2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series2001
Richard & JudySeries2000British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent FilmAward
The House of MirthFilm, 2000Lily Bart1997Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesAwardSaturn Award for Best Actress on TelevisionAwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama SeriesAward, 19971996Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series DramaAwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama SeriesAward, 19961993
FrasierSeries, Jenny (voice)1992
The TurningFilm, April Cavanaugh1991Theatre World AwardAward1989
The SimpsonsSeries, Dana Scully (voice)1968Born9 August 1968Also in Deutsch
Photos 8
Anderson at the stage door for the play The Sweetest Swing in Baseball at the Royal Court Theatre, 2004
Anderson at the 2008 WonderCon
Anderson at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International
Anderson at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival
Anderson pregnant with her son Felix at the premiere of The X-Files: I Want to Believe, July 25, 2008
Anderson and Bill Nighy during Jo Cox's birthday memorial at Trafalgar Square in London, June 22, 2016
Anderson during Buskaid charity event at St Mary's, Bryanston Square in London, July 10, 2004In their own words 10
, I'm damaged in many ways. And yet a lot of what my fight is about is pushing through that to live a meaningful, sane existence and make a difference and play to my strengths.
Young women have more choices to make today about what to be. One of those choices is activist.
Mikel knew better than to question her. Not because she was always right, but because there was no changing her mind once it was set.
Filmography 40
ANAnimals
TMTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
TATRON: Ares
TPThe Salt PathSCScoop
WBWhite BirdTEThe Pale Blue EyeRRRobin Robin
TNThe Sunlit Night
TEThis Changes EverythingNENational Theatre Live: All About Eve
TMThe Spy Who Dumped Me
UFUFOCHCrooked House
VHViceroy's House
SOSoldRORobot Overlords
TWThe WidowmakerNDNational Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
MLMr. Morgan's Last Love
IDI'll Follow You Down
SDShadow DancerRBRoom on the Broom
SISister
JRJohnny English RebornBWBoogie Woogie
TBThe X-Files: I Want to Believe
HPHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People
STStraightheadsRKRobbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd KindTSThe Last King of Scotland
ASA Cock and Bull Story
TCThe Mighty CeltTMThe House of Mirth
TFThe X-Files
TMThe Mighty
PHPlaying by Heart
IFInside The X-Files
CCChicago CabTTThe Turning119 credits on file
Television 24
LMLast Meals
SESex EducationAGAmerican Gods
TCThe Crown
WPWar and Peace
TCThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertTCThe Late Late Show with James Corden
LMLate Night with Seth Meyers
VAVariety Studio: Actors on ActorsHAHannibal
WCWatch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTSThe Graham Norton ShowJLJimmy Kimmel Live!
TGTop Gear
AIAmerican IdolRJRichard & Judy
PAParkinson
TFThe X-FilesFRFrasier
TLThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
ECEek! The CatTSThe Simpsons
TSThe South Bank Show
GAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress and writer. She received international fame for starring as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the Fox science fiction mystery series The X-Files, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for the role. Her other credits include 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 (2013-2016), sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education (2019-2023), and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown (2020), for which she earned her second Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Awards.
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In common with Gillian
Harry Gregson-WilliamsAround the same time: Animals releasedKerry WashingtonAround the same time: Animals releasedBen AffleckAround the same time: Animals releasedSteven YeunAround the same time: Animals releasedAdriana PazAround the same time: Animals released
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