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Gillian Leigh Anderson, is an American–British actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth (2000), and DSU Stella Gibson on the BBC crime drama television series The Fall. Among other honours, Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.
Birth Name
Gillian Leigh Anderson
Born
Friday, 09 August 1968
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Tron: Ares | 2025 | |
| Scoop | Emily Maitlis | 2024 |
| White Bird | Vivienne / Vivienne Beaumier | 2023 |
| The Pale Blue Eye | Julia Marquis / Mrs. Julia Marquis | 2022 |
| The First Lady | Eleanor Roosevelt | 2022 |
| Robin Robin | Cat (voice) / Cat | 2021 |
| The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Winner | 2021 |
| The Savoy | Self | 2020 |
| The Sunlit Night | Olyana | 2020 |
| Sunlit Night, The | Olyana | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Tron: Ares | 2025 | |
| Scoop | Emily Maitlis | 2024 |
| White Bird | Vivienne / Vivienne Beaumier | 2023 |
| The Pale Blue Eye | Julia Marquis / Mrs. Julia Marquis | 2022 |
| The First Lady | Eleanor Roosevelt | 2022 |
| Robin Robin | Cat (voice) / Cat | 2021 |
| The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Winner | 2021 |
| The Savoy | Self | 2020 |
| The Sunlit Night | Olyana | 2020 |
| Sunlit Night, The | Olyana | 2020 |
| The Great | Joanna | 2020 |
| This Changes Everything | Self | 2019 |
| Untouchable | Self | 2019 |
| All About Eve | Margo Channing | 2019 |
| Sex Education | Jean Milburn | 2019 |
| UFO | Professor Hendricks / Dr. Hendricks | 2018 |
| The Spy Who Dumped Me | Wendy | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Crooked House | Magda Leonides | 2017 |
| Exhibition on Screen: The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism | Narrator | 2017 |
| Viceroy's House | Lady Edwina Mountbatten / Edwina Mountbatten | 2017 |
| American Gods | Media | 2017 |
| The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Self - Audience Member | 2017 |
| Heroes Manufactured | Self | 2016 |
| The Crown | Margaret Thatcher | 2016 |
| 43:45 - The Makings of a Struggle | Self / Dana Scully | 2016 |
| Season X | Self | 2016 |
| War & Peace | Anna Pavlovna Scherer | 2016 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest / Self | 2015 |
| The Widowmaker | Self - Narrator / Narrator | 2015 |
| Robot Overlords | Kate | 2015 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014 |
| Ronja, the Robber's Daughter | Narrator | 2014 |
| National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | 2014 |
| Crisis | Meg Fitch | 2014 |
| Sold | Sophia | 2014 |
| Last Love | Karen Morgan | 2013 |
| Continuum | Marika | 2013 |
| The Fall | Stella Gibson / DSI Stella Gibson / DSU Stella Gibson | 2013 |
| Hannibal | Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier | 2013 |
| Room on the Broom | Witch (voice) / Witch | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Sister | Kristin Jansen | 2012 |
| Shadow Dancer | Kate Fletcher | 2012 |
| Great Expectations | Miss Havisham | 2011 |
| America in Primetime | Dana Scully, The X-Files / Self | 2011 |
| Johnny English Reborn | Pamela / Pamela Thornton ("Pegasus") | 2011 |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| From Up on Poppy Hill | Miki Hokuto | 2011 |
| Moby Dick | Elizabeth | 2011 |
| The Crimson Petal and the White | Mrs. Castaway | 2011 |
| Any Human Heart | Duchess of Windsor / Wallis Simpson / Duchess Of Windsor | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| No Pressure | Herself | 2010 |
| Talk Stoop | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Boogie Woogie | Jean Maclestone | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Herself - Guest | 2009 |
| The Story of the Costume Drama | Lady Dedlock (archive footage) | 2008 |
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Eleanor Johnson | 2008 |
| The X Files: I Want to Believe | Dana Scully | 2008 |
| The X-Files: I Want to Believe - Gag Reel | Dana Scully | 2008 |
| Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind | Queen Vorkana / Queen Vorkana (voice) | 2007 |
| Concert for Diana | Self - Presenter | 2007 |
| Closure | Alice | 2007 |
| Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton | Self | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2007 |
| The Last King of Scotland | Sarah Merrit | 2006 |
| Bleak House | Lady Dedlock | 2005 |
| Tristram Shandy | Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson | 2005 |
| The Mighty Celt | Kate | 2005 |
| Celebrities Uncensored | Self | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Herself - Guest / Herself | 2003 |
| MythBusters | Dana Scully | 2003 |
| Top Gear | Self - Special Guest | 2002 |
| V Graham Norton | Self - Guest | 2002 |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | Herself - Guest | 2002 |
| Robot Chicken | Fairy Godmother / Fiona / Baroness | 2001 |
| The House of Mirth | Lily Bart | 2000 |
| Harsh Realm | Video Narrator | 1999 |
| The Martin Short Show | Self - Guest | 1999 |
| Playing by Heart | Meredith | 1998 |
| The Making of 'the X Files: Fight the Future' | Self | 1998 |
| The Mighty | Loretta Lee | 1998 |
| The X Files: Fight the Future | Agent Dana Scully | 1998 |
| The Magic Hour | Self | 1998 |
| Inside the X Files | Herself / Self | 1998 |
| The View | Herself - Author, We | 1997 |
| Princess Mononoke | Moro | 1997 |
| Chicago Cab | Southside Girl | 1997 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Future Fantastic | Self - Hostess | 1996 |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Cartelera | Herself (archive footage) | 1994 |
| ReBoot | Data Nully | 1994 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Frasier | Jenny | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
| The X-Files | Dana Scully / OSS Agent | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
| Class of '96 | Rachel | 1993 |
| Eek! The Cat | Agent Scully | 1992 |
| The Turning | April Cavanaugh | 1992 |
| The Simpsons | Dana Scully | 1989 |
| The South Bank Show | Self - Guest | 1978 |
| Film '72 | Self - Interviewee | 1971 |
| Masterpiece | Self - Host | 1971 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The X-Files | 1993 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Fall | 2013 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role | Won |
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Won |
| 2007 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2006 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 1999 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Nominated |
| 1999 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1998 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Nominated |
| 1998 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1997 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Won |
| 1997 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Won |
| 1996 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama | Nominated |
| 1996 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
