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Gillian Anderson, an American actress born in 1968, is renowned for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files. Her diverse career includes starring roles such as DSU Stella Gibson in The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in Netflix’s Sex Education, and Margaret Thatcher in The Crown. Anderson’s filmography includes The House of Mirth and two X-Files films. Later based in London, she has earned multiple awards, including Emmys and Golden Globes. Anderson was appointed an honorary OBE in 2016 for her contributions to drama.

Early life

Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Rosemary "Posie" Alyce (née Lane),345 a computer analyst, and later vice president of Neurofibromatosis Inc., the NF support group of West Michigan, and Homer Edward "Ed" Anderson III, who owned a film post-production company.67 She is of English, German, and Irish ancestry.8 Soon after her birth, her parents moved to Puerto Rico for 15 months, then to London. The family relocated so that her father could attend the London Film School.9 With her parents, she lived in north London's Crouch End and Haringey.10 She was a pupil of Coleridge Primary School.11 When Anderson was 11 years old, her family returned to the United States, settling in Grand Rapids, Michigan.12 They continued to keep a flat in London and spent their summers there.13 Anderson later said that she had always intended to return to England.14 In Grand Rapids, she attended Fountain Elementary and City High-Middle School, a program for gifted students with a strong emphasis on the humanities.15

Following the move to Grand Rapids, Anderson went through a rebellious stage; taking drugs, dating a much older boyfriend, and cultivating a punk appearance (dyeing her hair various colors, shaving the sides of her head, sporting a nose piercing and an all-black wardrobe).161718 She was put in therapy at the age of 14.19 Anderson listened to bands such as Dead Kennedys and Skinny Puppy. She was voted by her classmates as "class clown", "most bizarre girl" and "most likely to be arrested". She was arrested on graduation night for breaking and entering into her high school in an attempt to glue the locks of the doors.20 She later managed to reduce the charges to trespassing.21

At an early age, Anderson was interested in marine biology, but after becoming interested in theatre during her teenage years, she began acting in high school productions during her first year and later in community theatre.22 She also served as a student intern at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School of Theatre Arts.23 After graduating from high school in 1986, she attended The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990.24 Anderson also participated in the National Theatre of Great Britain's summer program at Cornell University.25 To support herself financially during her student years, she worked at the Goose Island Brewpub in Chicago. After Anderson became famous, the brewery named one of their beers after her – a Belgian-style farmhouse ale called "Gillian".26

Anderson is the eldest of three siblings. Her brother Aaron – who was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis – died in 2011 of a brain tumor, at the age of 30. Aaron was a DJ, a mentor, and a practicing Buddhist. He was in his second year of a PhD program in developmental psychology at Stanford University when he was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2008.2728 Her sister Zoe is a ceramicist, whom Anderson called "an exceptional artist".29 Anderson is bidialectal.30 With her English accent and background, she was mocked and felt out of place in the American Midwest and soon adopted a Midwestern accent. To this day, she easily shifts between her American and English accents.3132 In May 2013, during an interview with BlogTalkRadio, Anderson addressed the matter of her national identity: "I've been asked whether I feel more like a Brit than an American and I don't know what the answer to that question is. I know that I feel that London is home and I'm very happy with that as my home. I love London as a city and I feel very comfortable there. In terms of identity, I'm still a bit baffled."33

Career

1990s

Anderson moved to New York when she was 22 years old, and worked as a waitress to support herself.34 She began her career in Alan Ayckbourn's play Absent Friends at the Manhattan Theatre Club alongside Brenda Blethyn;35 for her role she won the 1990–91 Theatre World Award for "Best Newcomer".36 Her next theatrical role was in Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.37

Anderson moved to Los Angeles in 1992 and spent a year auditioning. The same year, she appeared in her first feature-length film, The Turning, starring Karen Allen and Tess Harper. The film drama is an adaptation of the play Home Fires Burning.38

Although she had once vowed she would never do television work, being out of work for a year changed her mind. Anderson recalled: "First of all, I swore I'd never move to Los Angeles, and once I did, I swore I'd never do television. It was only after being out of work for almost a year that I began going in [to auditions] on some stuff that I would pray that I wouldn't get because I didn't want to be involved in it."39 She broke into mainstream television in 1993 with a guest appearance on the collegiate drama, Class of '96, on the fledgling Fox Network.40

As a result of this guest appearance, Anderson was sent the script for The X-Files. She was 24 when she decided to audition because, "for the first time in a long time, the script involved a strong, independent, intelligent woman as a lead character."41 Producer Chris Carter wanted to hire her, but Fox wanted someone with previous television exposure and greater sex appeal.42 Fox sent in more actresses, but Carter stood by Anderson, and she was eventually cast as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully. Filmed for the first five seasons in Vancouver, British Columbia, before moving to Los Angeles, the series ran for nine seasons. Two related films were also produced, released in 1998 and 2008. During her time on The X-Files, Anderson won numerous awards for her portrayal of Special Agent Scully, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series,43 a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series Drama, two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. Anderson is the first actress to win an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a SAG Award in the same year.44 For the role, she received a total of four Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations and nine SAG nominations.45

Anderson was the first woman to write and direct an episode of The X-Files ("all things"). During its run – between the fifth and sixth seasons – Anderson co-starred in The X-Files: Fight the Future, a 1998 film that continued The X-Files storyline. Anderson also provided the voice for a parody of her Scully character in "The Springfield Files", an episode of the animated comedy television series The Simpsons. While filming The X-Files, she met assistant art director Clyde Klotz, who became her first husband.46 Anderson's character on The X-Files initiated a phenomenon referred to as "The Scully Effect"; as the medical doctor and the FBI Special Agent inspired many young women to pursue careers in science, medicine, and law enforcement. It contributed to the increase in the number of women in those fields.4748 "The Scully Effect" remains a subject of academic inquiry.49

In 1996, Anderson narrated the television documentaries Spies Above and Why Planes Go Down. While hosting the BBC documentary series Future Fantastic, she became impressed by the theme music of the show, by the electronic duo Hal and initiated a collaboration with them. In 1997, Anderson provided spoken word vocals and starred in the music video for their single "Extremis", which was frequently aired on MTV. She also helped to assemble an album of electronic music, Future: A Journey Through The Electronic Underground, for Virgin Records, which won praise from European music critics.5051

In 1997, Anderson appeared in the independent film Chicago Cab. In 1998, she starred in the film Playing by Heart.52 Anderson also had a supporting role in the film The Mighty.53 In 1999, Anderson had a supporting role in the English-language release of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, where she voiced the character of Moro. Anderson is a fan of Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki's work.54 She also took part in Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.55

2000s

In 2000, Anderson starred in the film The House of Mirth with Eric StoltzTerence Davies' adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel of the same name – for which she won critical acclaim and awards such as the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, Village Voice Film Poll Best Lead Performance, and a nomination for the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress.

When The X-Files ended in 2002, she moved back to London for a change of pace and the opportunity to return to the stage.5657 In 2002, Anderson made her West End debut in Michael Weller's play What The Night Is For at the Comedy Theatre.58 In 2004, Anderson starred in the Royal Court Theatre's production of Rebecca Gilman's play The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, as artist Dana Fielding who assumes the personality of the troubled baseball player Darryl Strawberry – a role for which she earned rave reviews.5960

In 2005, she appeared as Lady Dedlock in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House. She had a starring role in the Irish film The Mighty Celt, for which she won an IFTA award for Best International Actress.61 The same year she also appeared in A Cock and Bull Story with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon – a film version of the novel Tristram Shandy. In 2006, Anderson won the Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Award for Best Actress for her role in Bleak House.62 She was nominated for a British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for Best Actress, she also received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, a nomination for a Golden Globe, a Satellite Award nomination, and came in second place in the Best Actress category of the 2005 BBC Drama website poll for her portrayal of Lady Dedlock in the adaptation.63

During 2006 and 2007, Anderson appeared in two British films: The Last King of Scotland64 (2006) and Straightheads (2007). In 2008, Anderson hosted Masterpiece Theatre during the Jane Austen series;65 she was the first woman to host the series since it began in 1971.66 The same year, Anderson starred in the second The X-Files film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe and appeared alongside Simon Pegg in the British comedy film How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. In 2009, she starred in the British comedy film Boogie Woogie with Alan Cumming, Danny Huston and Stellan Skarsgård.

She portrayed Nora in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End during a limited engagement which ran from May 14, 2009, until July 18, 2009.67 Anderson received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, for productions which opened in the 2009 calendar year, for her portrayal of Nora.68

2010s

In November 2010, Anderson portrayed Wallis, Duchess of Windsor in Any Human Heart – a television adaptation of William Boyd's novel of the same name, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress on Television. In April 2011, she starred in the BBC adaptation The Crimson Petal and the White as Mrs. Castaway, for which she was nominated for the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress. In August 2011, she appeared in the television miniseries Moby Dick based on Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick (1851), as Elisabeth, Ahab's wife. The same year, Anderson appeared as the head of MI7, Pamela Thornton, in the British comedy Johnny English Reborn. She starred as Miss Havisham in a three-part BBC adaptation of Great Expectations that aired in late December 2011.69 For her portrayal in the adaptation she won the Artistic Excellence Award,70 was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries and for the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress.71

In 2012, Anderson appeared in a Swiss drama film, Sister, and in Shadow Dancer – a British-Irish drama film based on the novel of the same name, about the Irish republican movement. Anderson voiced the character of Dr. Miki Hokuto in the English-language version of Studio Ghibli's From Up on Poppy Hill, which was released in March 2013. The same year, she starred in the Canadian techno-thriller I'll Follow You Down and appeared in Mr. Morgan's Last Love with Michael Caine.

In May 2013, Anderson began starring as DSI Stella Gibson in The Fall, a critically acclaimed crime drama series for BBC Two and RTÉ One.727374 Anderson was praised for her portrayal of the cool, self-assured Gibson,75 and was nominated for several awards.767778 She also became an executive producer for the programme from its second series.7980 Between 2013 and 2015, Anderson played Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier, Hannibal Lecter's psychiatrist, on the NBC series Hannibal. In 2014, Anderson was promoted from a recurring character during the first two seasons, to a series regular for the third season.81 In 2014, Anderson starred in the British independent science fiction film Robot Overlords alongside Sir Ben Kingsley. That year, she also appeared in Jeffrey D. Brown's drama Sold, portraying Sophia, a character based on the humanitarian photographer Lisa Kristine. The film presents the issues of child trafficking and sexual slavery in India, and is based on Patricia McCormick's novel of the same name.82

In July 2014, Anderson gained critical acclaim for her stage performance as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at the Young Vic Theatre in London.83 She won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress. The production became the fastest-selling show in the theatre's history, and the run was extended by two weeks due to the demand for tickets.84 In the first collaboration between the Young Vic Theatre and National Theatre Live, the show was broadcast live to over 1100 venues on September 16, 2014.85 Thus far, it has been screened in more than 2000 venues.86 In February 2015, Anderson directed and starred in a short film prequel to A Streetcar Named Desire, titled The Departure, written by novelist Andrew O'Hagan. This is part of the Young Vic's short film series, which is produced in collaboration with The Guardian.87

In October 2014, Anderson published her first book, A Vision of Fire, co-authored with Jeff Rovin. The book is the first novel of what has developed as The Earthend Saga trilogy. The publisher describes it as "a science fiction thriller of epic proportions".8889 In December 2015, Anderson and Rovin published their second novel of the trilogy, A Dream of Ice.90 In January 2016, Anderson portrayed Anna Pavlovna Scherer in BBC One's television adaptation War & Peace.91 The same month, she returned to portray FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the six-episode tenth season of The X-Files.92 Anderson has fought and succeeded in securing equal pay with her male co-star on The X-Files in the '90s and again in 2015, when negotiating her salary with the network. She has always been outspoken about her struggle for equal pay in the role.93

From April 23, 2016, through June 4, 2016, Anderson reprised her role of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire on stage at the new St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York City.94 On September 13, 2016, Anderson and Rovin published The Sound of Seas; their third and final novel of The EarthEnd Saga trilogy.95 The same month, she returned to portraying DSU Stella Gibson in the third series of The Fall.96 Anderson is the narrator of the English dub of Ronja, the Robber's Daughter – Studio Ghibli's anime, which began streaming on Amazon Prime in January 2017.97 In February 2017, Anderson portrayed Edwina Mountbatten in Gurinder Chadha's Partition drama film Viceroy's House (2017).98

On March 7, 2017, Anderson and the journalist-activist Jennifer Nadel published their self-help guide book for women, titled WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere.99 Anderson stated that the book is a "call-out to all women around the world – and by women I include girls, transgender, anyone who identifies themselves as being intrinsically female."100 In April 2017, she played goddess Media in the first season of American Gods – a television series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's science fiction novel of the same name.101 Following the departure as showrunners of the show's creators, Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, Anderson stated she would not return to the show.102 In October 2017, Anderson appeared alongside Glenn Close and Christina Hendricks in Crooked House – a film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel of the same name.103 In January 2018, she was back playing FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the eleventh season of The X-Files.104 In January 2018, she confirmed that she would be leaving The X-Files after the end of the season.105 Anderson is set to portray the role of Captain MacLaren in Star Citizen's single-player component Squadron 42.106 In January 2019, she began playing Jean Milburn in the Netflix dramedy Sex Education.107

From February 2, 2019, through May 11, 2019, Anderson portrayed Margo Channing in a stage production of All About Eve at the Noël Coward Theatre for which she received her third Laurence Olivier Award nomination.108109 On September 7, 2019, it was announced that she will portray former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of the Netflix historical drama series The Crown.110 Anderson is the second American actress (after Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady) to portray Thatcher in a major production. In a statement Anderson said: "I am so excited to be joining the cast and crew of The Crown and to have the opportunity to portray such a complicated and controversial woman, Thatcher was undoubtedly formidable but I am relishing exploring beneath the surface and, dare I say, falling in love with the icon who, whether loved or despised, defined an era."111

Personal life

Anderson is an art collector. She used her first paycheck from the X-Files to purchase a David Blackburn lithograph.112 Her collection includes work by artists such as Diane Arbus, Helen Levitt, Cindy Sherman, Francesco Clemente, Alexis Rockman and Kiki Smith.113114115 Anderson enjoys architecture and interior design; she periodically works on floor and house planning projects.116 She has also expressed a desire to pursue mixed media ventures in the future.117

Anderson is a committed feminist.118119 In an August 2014 interview with Glamour magazine, Anderson said: "I have feminist bones and when I hear things or see people react to women in certain ways I have very little tolerance."120 Anderson has several tattoos; all of them, as she described, are in some way about "peace of mind, right mind, right action".121 She practices meditation daily.122

Anderson is bidialectal and is comfortable switching between both American and British (Received Pronunciation) accents.123

Relationships and children

Anderson married her first husband, Clyde Klotz, an X-Files assistant art director, on New Year's Day 1994, in Hawaii in a Buddhist ceremony. Their daughter, Piper Maru, was born on September 25, 1994.124125 Show-runner Chris Carter, Piper's godfather, named an X-Files episode after her. Anderson and Klotz divorced in 1997.126 On December 29, 2004, Anderson married Julian Ozanne, a documentarian, on Lamu Island, off the coast of Kenya. Anderson announced their separation on April 21, 2006.127 Anderson and former partner, businessman Mark Griffiths, have two children.128129 She ended their relationship in 2012.130

In March 2012, Anderson told Out magazine about her long-term relationship with a girl in high school.131 She then told CBS News that she had dated other women, though most of her relationships had been with men.132 In an interview with the London Evening Standard in December 2014, she stated: "I am an actively heterosexual woman who celebrates however people want to express their sexuality."133 Anderson also identified as heterosexual in a January 2015 interview.134135 In an interview with The Daily Telegraph in March 2015, Anderson said she was not closed to the idea of entering another same-sex relationship, adding: "To me a relationship is about loving another human being; their gender is irrelevant."136 She reiterated this to The Times in 2018, saying "I could be with a woman next year." She accepted the label bisexual: “It's just who I am. I have absolutely no issue with it whatsoever, and I don't really care if other people have an issue with it."137138

Anderson resides with her three children in London, where she has lived since 2002.139 She has been in a relationship with British screenwriter Peter Morgan since 2016 apart from a short break in 2020.140141142143

Activism and charity work

Anderson has been active in supporting numerous charity organizations, global and social causes, as well as running her own humanitarian ventures. She supports The Trevor Project organization, focused on suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth and attended three of the Trevor Project's "Cracked X-Mas" events to benefit the organization.144145 In 2013, Anderson was made a patron of the Charles Dickens Statue Fund, and was instrumental in securing the funding for UK's first Dickens statue, located in Portsmouth, Hampshire.146 In June 2016 she became a patron of the Temple Legal Centre, a London-based organization that assists people through the legal process by providing them free family law advice and support.147 In June 2016, Anderson expressed her support for the United Kingdom to remain a member of the European Union in the run-up to June's referendum on that issue.148149 In January 2018, Anderson was given a City Lit Lifetime Fellowship Award by the adult education college City Literary Institute.150

Neurofibromatosis

Anderson is an honorary spokesperson for the Neurofibromatosis Network. She often holds auctions with the profits benefiting the NF Network.151 Her brother Aaron died from Neurofibromatosis type I in 2011.152153154 In May 1996, Anderson addressed the United States Congress urging for more education and funding for NF research projects.155 She partners with Doodle 4 NF – an annual fundraiser for the NF Network.156 She also supported the Children with Tumours organization and the Global Genes movement, which is devoted to helping children with NF.157

Africa and SAYes

In 2008, Anderson co-founded South African Youth Education for Sustainability (SAYes), which helps in empowering marginalised young people in South Africa through youth mentoring. The nonprofit organization provides youth leaving children's homes with guidance that enables them to develop their skills, further their education, and source suitable housing in order to participate in society as independent adults.158

While filming The Last King of Scotland in 2005, Anderson started a crowdfunding venture that benefited the Alinyiikira Junior School in Kampala, Uganda. She ran the philanthropic project until 2011.159 Anderson is a member of the board of directors for Artists for a New South Africa160161 and a campaigner for ACTSA: Action for Southern Africa.162163 She was a patron of the Friends of Treatment Action Campaign (FoTAC) which worked with the Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa to ensure greater access to treatment to reduce the effects of HIV and prevent new infections.164 Anderson also supported Buskaid – a charitable trust aiming to help young black musicians in South Africa.165166

Women's rights

Anderson is a supporter of various women's organizations and social movements. She has been a long-time supporter of the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF). In 1996, Anderson became FMF's spokesperson and participated as a team leader in the FMF's Million4Roe campaign. In March 1999, she attended an FMF event to stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan and in April 2002, she appeared on Hollywood Squares to benefit the FMF's campaign to aid Afghan women and girls.167 Anderson participated in Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues, including a stage performance on February 14, 1999.168 Anderson is a supporter of Ensler's V-Day movement aiming to end violence against women and girls.169

Anderson is an advocate for reproductive rights. In 2001, she emceed the Rock for Choice concert fundraiser, featuring musicians Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, and Melissa Etheridge as well as actresses Helen Hunt, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, and Kathy Najimy. The concert supported reproductive options for unplanned pregnancies, including the morning-after pill.170 For International Women's Day 2014, Anderson was one of the artist signatories of Amnesty International's letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron campaigning for women's rights in Afghanistan.171 In March 2015, Anderson backed the Women at the Well drop-in centre for vulnerable women in London, which is supported financially by Comic Relief.172 Anderson supports the Refuge, a United Kingdom charity providing specialist support for women and children experiencing domestic violence.173 For International Women's Day 2016, Anderson was one of the high-profile women that signed Burma Campaign UK's pledge to end and investigate crimes of sexual violence against girls and women in Myanmar.174 Anderson is a speaker for Thomson Reuters Foundation's Trust Women Conference.175

Children's rights

Anderson is a patron of Childreach International, a London-based charity that works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to secure children's basic rights; she addressed the problem of child trafficking during the press for the Sold film that presents the issue. Anderson also supports their Taught Not Trafficked campaign that was launched in July 2014.176177 In 2015, Anderson became a patron of the International Literacy Centre (ILC) – European home of Reading Recovery.178 In January 2016 she helped launch ILC's Reading Recovery Read Aloud campaign.179 During February and March 2016, Anderson held an internet charity auction benefiting Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) children's hospital in the Bloomsbury area of London.180 In March 2016, it was reported that Anderson is one of the artists sponsoring an unaccompanied refugee minor in the "Jungle" camp in Calais.181 In July 2017, Anderson was awarded a UCL Honorary Fellowship for her support of the International Literacy Centre's Reading Recovery program.182

Indigenous rights

In late 2010, Anderson and other artists joined a campaign to boycott Botswana diamonds over the government's treatment of the Kalahari San.183 Anderson supports tribal rights charity Survival International, an organization that champions tribal peoples around the world and in early 2010 she participated in a performance in a London stage fundraiser for its cause.184 In February 2011, Anderson narrated a short film about recent footage of an uncontacted tribe, in which the Amazon Indians were spotted from the air on the Brazil-Peru border. Anderson has said: "What comes across powerfully from this amazing footage is how healthy and confident these people appear. I hope they can be left alone – but that will only happen if the loggers are stopped."185 In June 2011, Anderson became an ambassador for Survival International.186 In September 2015, Anderson was among the artists who signed a letter calling for a new approach to conservation that would respect tribal peoples' rights.187

Animals rights and environmental advocacy

In 2012, Anderson joined Greenpeace in standing with the people of Brazil for a zero-deforestation law to save the Amazon.188 In 2013, she backed the Cheetah Conservation Fund by creating a short film together with the fund, advocating CCF's action to prevent the extinction of the cheetah.189 In 2013, she joined the Fishlove campaign, supporting the fight against unsustainable fishing practices that harm the marine ecosystem.190 In November 2015, Anderson was named a friend and supporter of Positive Luxury, a company that informs consumers on brands' commitment to quality, craftsmanship, service and sustainability.191192

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986Three at OnceWoman 1Short film
1988A Matter of ChoiceYoung pregnant womanShort film
1992The TurningApril Cavanaugh
1997Chicago CabSouthside Girl or Brenda
1998The X-FilesFBI Special Agent Dana Scully
The MightyLoretta Lee
Playing by HeartMeredith
1999Princess MononokeMoro (voice)English dubbing
2000The House of MirthLily Bart
2005The Mighty CeltKate Morrison
A Cock and Bull StoryHerself/Widow Wadman
2006The Last King of ScotlandSarah Merrit
2007StraightheadsAlice Comfort
2008The X-Files: I Want to BelieveDana Scully
How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleEleanor Johnson
2009Boogie WoogieJean Maclestone
2010No PressureHerselfShort film
2011Johnny English RebornPamela "Pegasus" Thornton
2012SisterKristin Jansen
Shadow DancerKate Fletcher
Room on the BroomWitch (voice)Short film
2013Mr. Morgan's Last LoveKaren Morgan
From Up on Poppy HillDr. Miki Hokuto (voice)English dubbing
I'll Follow You DownMarika Whyte
2014SoldSophia
Robot OverlordsKate Flynn
The DepartureBlanche DuboisShort film; also director
2017Viceroy's HouseEdwina Mountbatten
The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism193Narrator (voice)Documentary
Crooked HouseMagda West
2018The Spy Who Dumped MeWendy
UFOProfessor Rebecca Hendricks
This Changes EverythingHerselfDocumentary
2019The Sunlit NightOlyana Gregoriov
2022White Bird: A Wonder StoryVivienne Beaumier

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Class of '96RachelEpisode: "The Accused"
1993–2002;2016–2018The X-FilesFBI Special Agent Dana Scully213 episodesAlso writer and director of "all things"
1995Eek! the CatAgent Scully (voice)Episode: "Eek Space 9"
1996ReBootData Nully (voice)Episode: "Trust No One"
Why Planes Go DownNarrator (voice)Documentary
Spies AboveNarrator (voice)Documentary
Future FantasticNarrator (voice)9 episodes
1996–2002Hollywood SquaresHerself5 episodes
1997The SimpsonsAgent Scully (voice)Episode: "The Springfield Files"
1999FrasierJenny (voice)Episode: "Dr. Nora"
Harsh RealmNarrator (voice)UncreditedEpisode: "Pilot"
2005Bleak HouseLady Honoria Dedlock14 episodes
2007Robbie the ReindeerQueen Vorkana (voice)Episode: "Close Encounters of the Herd Kind"
2008MasterpieceHerselfEpisode: "Sense and Sensibility"
2010Any Human HeartWallis, Duchess of Windsor3 episodes
2011The Crimson Petal and the WhiteMrs. Castaway2 episodes
Moby DickElizabeth2 episodes
Great ExpectationsMiss Havisham3 episodes
2013–2016The FallDSU Stella Gibson17 episodes; also executive producer
2013–2015HannibalDr. Bedelia Du Maurier15 episodes
2014CrisisMeg Fitch10 episodes
Robot ChickenFairy Godmother/Fiona (voice)Episode: "Up, Up, and Buffet"
National Theatre LiveBlanche DuBoisEpisode: "A Streetcar Named Desire"
2015The WidowmakerNarratorVoiceDocumentary
2016War & PeaceAnna Pavlovna Scherer4 episodes
2017Ronja, the Robber's DaughterNarrator (voice)26 episodes
American GodsMedia4 episodes
2019–presentSex EducationJean MilburnMain Role, 24 episodes
2020The CrownMargaret Thatcher6 episodes
2021The GreatJohanna194
2022The First LadyEleanor Roosevelt195

Video games

YearTitleRole
1996HellbenderE.V.E. (Enhanced Virtual Entity)
1998The X-Files GameDana Scully
2004The X-Files: Resist or ServeDana Scully
2020Squadron 42Captain Rachel MacLaren

Music videos

YearSong titleArtistDirector
1997"Extremis"Hal featuring Gillian AndersonDavid McNabb196

Stage

YearTitleRoleDirectorPlaywrightVenue
1983Arsenic and Old LaceOfficer BrophyJoseph KesselringCity High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan197
1990A Flea in Her EarEugenieGeorges FeydeauThe Theatre School, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois198
1991Absent FriendsEvelynLynne MeadowAlan AyckbournManhattan Theatre Club, New York199
1992The PhilanthropistCeliaGordon EdelsteinChristopher HamptonLong Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut200
1999–2000The Vagina MonologuesEve EnslerEve EnslerLos Angeles & London201
2002–2003What The Night Is ForMelinda MetzJohn CairdMichael WellerComedy Theatre, London202
2004The Sweetest Swing in BaseballDana FieldingIan RicksonRebecca GilmanRoyal Court Theatre, London203
2009 A Doll's HouseNora VaughanKfir YefetHenrik IbsenDonmar Warehouse, London204
2010We Are One: A celebration of tribal peoplesMark RylanceJoanna Eede (author)Apollo Theatre, London205
2013Letters LiveThe Tabernacle, Notting Hill, London206
2014A Streetcar Named DesireBlanche DuBoisBenedict AndrewsTennessee WilliamsYoung Vic, London207
2016Letters LiveFreemasons' Hall, London208
A Streetcar Named DesireBlanche DuBoisBenedict AndrewsTennessee WilliamsSt. Ann's Warehouse, New York City209
Letters LiveFreemasons' Hall, London210
2019All About EveMargo ChanningIvo van HoveMary Orr / Joseph L. MankiewiczNoël Coward Theatre211

Radio

YearTitleRoleChannel
200784, Charing Cross RoadHelene HanffBBC Radio 4212

Voice work

Bibliography

  • Anderson, Gillian & Nadel, Jennifer (2017). WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-5011-2627-7. (US) / HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-814793-8. (UK)
  • Anderson, Gillian & Rovin, Jeff (2014). A Vision of Fire. The Earthend Saga No. 1. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-7652-1.
  • Anderson, Gillian & Rovin, Jeff (2015). A Dream of Ice. The EarthEnd Saga No. 2. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-7655-2.
  • Anderson, Gillian & Rovin, Jeff (2016). The Sound of Seas. The EarthEnd Saga No. 3. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-7659-0.
  • Anderson, Gillian & Field, Barbara (2021). Joyfulness. ISBN 978-1-4767-7969-0.

Discography

Awards and honors

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Gillian Anderson

In 2009, Anderson was named as one of 20 most powerful women in British theatre and was dubbed "The Honorary Brit" by Harper's Bazaar and Tiffany & Co.'s list.229 In 2010, Anderson was named Honorary Associate of The London Film School (LFS).230

In 2016, Anderson was appointed an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to drama.231 In 2018, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.232

Further reading

References

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  2. "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1271. August 9, 2013. p. 22. /wiki/Entertainment_Weekly

  3. "Louise Lane (March 2, 2008) Obituary". Greenwich Time (newspaper). legacy.com. March 16, 2008. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126190006/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenwichtime/obituary.aspx?n=louise-b-lane&pid=105732294

  4. "Explorer Program Helps" (PDF). Boy Scouts of America. September–October 1966. p. 13. Explorer Post 29, American Cyanamid Company. Stamford, Conn. Leslie C. Lane, Jr., Institutional Representative. 19 Explorers. http://www.seniorscoutinghistory.org/archive/EPH/EPH-66SepOct.pdf

  5. Lane, Leslie C., Jr. "patent: Method Of Coded Data Storage By Means Of Coded Inks In Which The Code Components Have Particular Absorption Bands In The Infrared". USPTO.report. Retrieved January 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) https://uspto.report/patent/grant/3566120

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  70. "Gillian Anderson and Matthew Macfadyen at BBC Worldwide Day – Roma Fiction Fest 2012". Living in Rome. October 2, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2015. http://www.livinginrome.net/2012/10/gillian-anderson-and-matthew-macfadyen.html

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  88. Gillian Anderson, Jeff Rovin. "A Vision of Fire (The EarthEnd Saga #1)". waterstones. Retrieved July 20, 2015. https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-vision-of-fire/gillian-anderson/9781471137709

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  90. Gillian Anderson, Jeff Rovin. "A Dream of Ice (The EarthEnd Saga #2)". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved July 28, 2015. http://books.simonandschuster.com/A-Dream-of-Ice/Gillian-Anderson/9781476776552

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  108. "All About Eve". Retrieved February 21, 2020. http://allabouteveplay.com/

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  110. Tucker, Grant (January 20, 2019). "Gillian Anderson to play Margaret Thatcher in Netflix's The Crown". The Times (subscription required). Retrieved January 21, 2019. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gillian-anderson-to-play-margaret-thatcher-in-the-crown-6kp5cltb2

  111. Schwartz, Ryan (September 7, 2019). "The Crown: Gillian Anderson Confirmed to Play Margaret Thatcher in Season 4". TVLine. Retrieved September 7, 2019. https://tvline.com/2019/09/07/the-crown-season-4-gillian-anderson-cast-margaret-thatcher/

  112. Codik, Emily (May 15, 2015). "Gillian Anderson Is in DC, and the Reason for Her Visit Might Surprise You". Washingtonian. Retrieved August 19, 2015. http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/afterhours/museums/gillian-anderson-darren-waterston-filthy-lucre-sackler.php

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  114. Carnevale, Rob (April 23, 2007). "Gillian Anderson – Straightheads 2007 Interview". BBC. Retrieved August 20, 2015. https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2007/04/23/gillian_anderson_straightheads_2007_interview.shtml

  115. Mottram, James (April 10, 2010). "X-Files to YBAs: Gillian Anderson takes on the art world". The Independent. Retrieved October 30, 2015. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/xfiles-to-ybas-gillian-anderson-takes-on-the-art-world-1938231.html

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  119. Gillian Anderson Q&A Fan Expo 2015. Chuck Kahn. September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015 – via YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtTGOjz_wn4

  120. Walden, Celia (August 1, 2014). "I have a healthy appreciation of Ryan Gosling". Glamour. Retrieved September 14, 2015. http://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/10_15/14glamour.shtml

  121. Mejia, Paula (May 14, 2015). "'X-Files' Behind Her, Gillian Anderson Is a Believer". Newsweek. Retrieved August 23, 2015. http://www.newsweek.com/2015/02/27/x-files-behind-her-gillian-anderson-believer-306820.html

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