Gillian Anderson
Known for: Acting
Born: August 9, 1968
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 Crow…
Known for
Playing by Heart
1998
Scoop
2024
The House of Mirth
2000
Straightheads
2007
Boogie Woogie
2010
The Salt Path
2025
Room on the Broom
2012
Sold
2016
I'll Follow You Down
2013
Three at Once
1986
A Matter of Choice
1988
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
2014
No Pressure
2010
The Departure
2014
The Widowmaker
2015
Woolf Works
2024
Woolf Works
2017
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
2017
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
Secrets of the X-Files
1995
More Secrets of the X-Files
1996
Why Planes Go Down
1996
Spies Above
1996
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
2025
The X-Files
1998
The Mighty Celt
2005
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
Johnny English Reborn
2011
Robot Overlords
2015
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
1998
UFO
2018
Viceroy's House
2017
Animals
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
2026
Shadow Dancer
2012
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
2013
Inside The X-Files
1998
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
2007
Robin Robin
2021
The Julia Set
The Last King of Scotland
2006
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
Sister
2012
White Bird
2023
TRON: Ares
2025
The Sunlit Night
2020
The Turning Door
The Salt Path Scandal
2025
The Turning
1992
Chicago Cab
1998
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
1998
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
Crooked House
2017
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
2021
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018
The Mighty
1998
This Changes Everything
2019
Heroes Manufactured
2017
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
The Simpsons
1989
ReBoot
1994
Harsh Realm
1999
Bleak House
2005
Richard & Judy
2001
American Idol
2002
The X-Files
1993
The Crown
2016
Future Fantastic
1996
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Class of '96
1993
The First Lady
2022
V Graham Norton
2002
Great Expectations
2011
The Fall
2013
Any Human Heart
2010
Moby Dick
2011
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011
Hannibal
2013
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Crisis
2014
War and Peace
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Abandons
2025
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
2014
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Frasier
1993
Eek! The Cat
1992
The Savoy
2020
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Sex Education
2019
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Parkinson
2004
American Gods
2017
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Magic Hour
1998
Trespasses
2025
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Parkinson
1998
Top Gear
2002
This Morning
1988
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Boys from Brazil
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
2026