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Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson is an award-winning film, television, and theatre actress whose credits include the roles of Special Agent Dana Scully in FOX Television's long-running and critically-acclaimed drama series, The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' masterpiece The House of Mirth (2000), and the Agatha Christie adaptation Crooked House (2017).

In 2003, she won the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Best Actress Award for her West End debut in Michael Weller's two-hander What the Night Is For. The following year, she starred in Rebecca Gilman's play The Sweetest Swing in Baseball which ran at London's Royal Court Theatre from March 25 through May 15, 2004. From May 14 through July 18, 2009, she played Nora in a new version of Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse in London. She received a Laurence Olivier Nomination for her performance. In the summer of 2014, she was Blanche DuBois in the Young Vic's critically-acclaimed production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

Known For

Credits

Cast Credits

The First Lady (2022)
Starring as Eleanor Roosevelt (9 episodes)
The Great (2020)
Starring as Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (2 episodes)
Sex Education (2019)
Starring as Dr. Jean Milburn (32 episodes)
American Gods (2017)
Guest starring as Media (4 episodes)
The Crown (2016)
Starring as Margaret Thatcher (6 episodes)
  • Episode 4x10: War (Nov 15, 2020)
  • Episode 4x08: 48:1 (Nov 15, 2020)
  • Episode 4x05: Fagan (Nov 15, 2020)
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War & Peace (2016)
Starring as Anna Pavlovna (4 episodes)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson (2 episodes)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson (3 episodes)
Crisis (2014)
Starring as Meg Fitch (11 episodes)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson
The Fall (2013)
Starring as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson (17 episodes)
Hannibal (2013)
Starring as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier (10 episodes)
Guest starring as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier (9 episodes)
  • Episode 2x13: Mizumono (May 23, 2014) [Uncredited]
  • Episode 2x12: Tome-Wan (May 16, 2014)
  • Episode 2x02: Sakizuki (Mar 7, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
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America in Primetime (2012)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson
Great Expectations (2011)
Starring as Miss Havisham (2 episodes)
Moby Dick (2011)
Starring as Elizabeth (2 episodes)
The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)
Starring as Mrs Castaway (2 episodes)
Any Human Heart (2010)
Guest starring as Wallis Simpson (3 episodes)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson
Morning Joe (2006)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson
Bleak House (2005)
Starring as Lady Dedlock (2 episodes)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson (3 episodes)
Top Gear (2002)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson
ReBoot (1994)
Guest starring as Data Nully
Frasier (1993)
Guest starring as Jenny
The X-Files (1993)
Starring as Special Agent Dana Scully (212 episodes)
The Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson (3 episodes)
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Dana Scully
This Morning (1988)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson
The South Bank Show (1978)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
Guest starring as Gillian Anderson

Crew Credits

The X-Files (1993)
Episode crew as Director
Episode crew as Writer
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