Personal Info
Gillian Leigh Anderson
Gillian Anderson
Acting
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 Crown (2020). She has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Gui…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
as Billie
TRON: Ares
as Elisabeth Dillinger
The Salt Path
as Raynor Winn
The Salt Path Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
as Elisabeth Dillinger
Scoop
as Emily Maitlis
Woolf Works
White Bird
as Vivienne Beaumier
The Pale Blue Eye
as Julia Marquis
Robin Robin
as Cat (voice)
TV Shows
The Abandons
as Constance Van Ness · 7 ep.
Trespasses
as Gina · 4 ep.
The First Lady
as Eleanor Roosevelt · 10 ep.
The Savoy
as Self · 1 ep.
Sex Education
as Jean Milburn · 32 ep.
American Gods
as Media · 2 ep.
The Crown
as Margaret Thatcher · 10 ep.
War and Peace
as Anna Pavlovna Scherer · 6 ep.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
