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Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Acting·1968·58 films

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…

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As Actor

Johnny English Reborn
Johnny English Reborn (2011)Pamela
The Last King of Scotland
The Last King of Scotland (2006)Sarah Merrit
The Spy Who Dumped Me
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)Wendy
The Pale Blue Eye
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)Julia Marquis
The X-Files
The X-Files (1998)Agent Dana Scully
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)Dana Scully
TRON: Ares
TRON: Ares (2025)Elisabeth Dillinger
Crooked House
Crooked House (2017)Magda Leonides
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)Eleanor Johnson
UFO
UFO (2018)Dr. Hendricks
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)Karen Morgan
The Mighty
The Mighty (1998)Loretta Lee
Viceroy's House
Viceroy's House (2017)Edwina Mountbatten
Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer (2012)Kate Fletcher
Robot Overlords
Robot Overlords (2015)Kate
Playing by Heart
Playing by Heart (1998)Meredith
Scoop
Scoop (2024)Emily Maitlis
White Bird
White Bird (2023)Vivienne Beaumier
Robin Robin
Robin Robin (2021)Cat (voice)
I'll Follow You Down
I'll Follow You Down (2013)Marika Whyte
Sister
Sister (2012)Kristin Jansen
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
Straightheads
Straightheads (2007)Alice
Room on the Broom
Room on the Broom (2012)Witch (voice)
Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie (2010)Jean Maclestone
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth (2000)Lily Bart
The Salt Path
The Salt Path (2025)Raynor Winn
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything (2019)Self
The Sunlit Night
The Sunlit Night (2020)Olyana
Sold
Sold (2016)Sophia
Inside The X-Files
Inside The X-Files (1998)Self
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire (2014)Blanche DuBois
Chicago Cab
Chicago Cab (1998)Southside Girl
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019)Margo Channing
The Mighty Celt
The Mighty Celt (2005)Kate
The Turning
The Turning (1992)April Cavanaugh
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind (2007)Queen Vorkana (voice)
The Widowmaker
The Widowmaker (2015)Narrator
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
FOX 25th Anniversary Special (2012)Self
The Departure
The Departure (2014)Blanche DuBois
Three at Once
Three at Once (1986)Woman 1
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future' (1998)Self
Heroes Manufactured
Heroes Manufactured (2017)Self (archive footage)
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day (2021)Self
No Pressure
No Pressure (2010)Self
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism (2017)Narrator
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon (2015)Self
The Salt Path Scandal
The Salt Path Scandal (2025)Self (archive footage)
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (2002)Self - Performer
Woolf Works
Woolf Works (2017)Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
Secrets of the X-Files
Secrets of the X-Files (1995)Self
A Matter of Choice
A Matter of Choice (1988)Woman
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)Billy
Animals
Animals
The Julia Set
The Julia Set
More Secrets of the X-Files
More Secrets of the X-Files (1996)Self
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten (1998)Dana Scully / Self
Woolf Works
Woolf Works (2024)

As Director

The Departure
The Departure (2014)