Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson
Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE (/ˈdʒɪliən/ JIL-ee-ən; 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 Guild Awards. Born in Chicago, Anderson was raised first in London and then in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She later started her career onstage in New York City before achieving international recognition for her work on The X-Files. Her film work includes the dramas The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shadow Dancer (2012), and Viceroy's House (2017), as well as the X-Filesfilms Fight the Future (1998) and I Want to Believe (2008). Her television credits include Lady Dedlock in Bleak House (2005), Wallis Simpson in Any Human Heart (2010), Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2011), Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal (2013–2015), Media in the first season of American Gods (2017), and Eleanor Roosevelt on The First Lady (2022). Anderson has also received awards and acclaim for her stage work, which includes Absent Friends (1991), for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer; A Doll's House (2009), for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress; Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (2014 and 2016), for which she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress and received a second Laurence Olivier Award nomination; and All About Eve (2019), for which she received a third Laurence Olivier Award nomination. Anderson has supported numerous charities and humanitarian organizations, being an honorary spokesperson for the Neurofibromatosis Network and a co-founder of South African Youth Education for Sustainability (SAYes). She has lived in London since 2002 and was appointed an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2016 for her services to drama. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gillian Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted Movies
Director: Philip Martin
Writers: Peter Moffat,
Cast: Amanda Redman, Billie Piper, Charity Wakefield, Connor Swindells, Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Lia Williams, Richard Goulding, Romola Garai, Rufus Sewell,
Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Mark Bomback,
Cast: Ariella Glaser, Bryce Gheisar, Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren, Ishai Golan, Jo Stone-Fewings, Olivia Ross, Orlando Schwerdt, Patsy Ferran, Stuart McQuarrie,
Director: Scott Cooper
Writers: Scott Cooper,
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson, Harry Lawtey, Harry Melling, Lucy Boynton, Robert Duvall, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall, Toby Jones,
Director: Ryan Eslinger
Writers: Ryan Eslinger,
Cast: Alex Sharp, Benjamin Beatty, Brian 'Wolfman Black' Bowman, David Strathairn, Derek Polen, Ella Purnell, Gillian Anderson, John E. Brownlee, Katie Eichler, Ming Wang,
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Writers: Gurinder Chadha,
Cast: David Hayman, Gillian Anderson, Hugh Bonneville, Huma Qureshi, Lily Travers, Manish Dayal, Michael Gambon, Om Puri, Simon Callow, Simon Williams,
Director: Ursula Meier
Writers: Antoine Jaccoud,
Cast: Antonio Troilo, Gabin Lefebvre, Gillian Anderson, Jean-François Stévenin, Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Luca May, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Martin Compston, Yann Trégouët,
Director: James Marsh
Writers: Tom Bradby,
Cast: Aidan Gillen, Andrea Riseborough, Brid Brennan, Clive Owen, David Wilmot, Domhnall Gleeson, Gillian Anderson, Maria Laird, Martin McCann, Stuart Graham,
Director: Oliver Parker
Writers: Hamish McColl,
Cast: Burn Gorman, Daniel Kaluuya, Dominic West, Eric Carte, Gillian Anderson, Richard Schiff, Roger Barclay, Rosamund Pike, Rowan Atkinson, Tim McInnerny,
Director: Terence Davies
Writers: Terence Davies,
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Elizabeth McGovern, Eric Stoltz, Gillian Anderson, Jodhi May, Laura Linney, Penny Downie, Terry Kinney,
Director: Rob Bowman
Writers: Chris Carter,
Cast: Blythe Danner, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jeffrey DeMunn, John Neville, Martin Landau, Mitch Pileggi, Terry O'Quinn, Tom Braidwood, William B. Davis,