Gillian Anderson
Acting
Born: 1968-08-09 · 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 Crow
🎬 Movies (20)
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
2026
Billy
The Salt Path Scandal
2025
Self (archive footage)
TRON: Ares
2025
Elisabeth Dillinger
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
2025
Elisabeth Dillinger
The Salt Path
2025
Raynor Winn
Woolf Works
2024
Scoop
2024
Emily Maitlis
White Bird
2023
Vivienne Beaumier
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
Julia Marquis
Robin Robin
2021
Cat (voice)
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
2021
Self
The Sunlit Night
2020
Olyana
This Changes Everything
2019
Self
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
Margo Channing
UFO
2018
Dr. Hendricks
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018
Wendy
Crooked House
2017
Magda Leonides
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
2017
Narrator
Heroes Manufactured
2017
Self (archive footage)
Viceroy's House
2017
Edwina Mountbatten
📺 TV Shows (20)
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
2026
Narrator
The Abandons
2025
Constance Van Ness
Trespasses
2025
Gina
The First Lady
2022
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Savoy
2020
Self
Sex Education
2019
Jean Milburn
American Gods
2017
Media
The Crown
2016
Margaret Thatcher
War and Peace
2016
Anna Pavlovna Scherer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Self
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
2014
Narrator
Crisis
2014
Meg Fitch
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
The Fall
2013
Stella Gibson
Hannibal
2013
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
Great Expectations
2011
Miss Havisham
Moby Dick
2011
Elizabeth
The Crimson Petal and the White
2011
Mrs. Castaway