Biography
Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress and writer. She received international fame for starring as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the Fox science fiction mystery series The X-Files, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for the role. Her other credits include socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall (2013–2016), sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education (2019–2023), and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown (2020), for which she earned her second Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 2018
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
- British Independent Film Award — Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film · 2000
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series · 1997
- Saturn Award — Best Actress on Television · 1997
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- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series · 1997
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Television Series Drama · 1996
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series · 1996
- Theatre World Award · 1991
- Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress
- Satellite Award — Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film · 2012 · nominated
- British Academy Television Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2011 · nominated
- Laurence Olivier Award — Best Actress · 2010 · nominated
- British Academy Television Award — Best Actress · 2006 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2006 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film · 2006 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Actress – Television Series Drama · 2001 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Actress – Motion Picture · 2001 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series · 2001 · nominated
- British Independent Film Award — Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film · 2000 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Actress · 2000 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series · 2000 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series · 1999 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Actress – Television Series Drama · 1999 · nominated
- Saturn Award — Best Actress · 1999 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series · 1999 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 1999 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Television Series Drama · 1998 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series · 1998 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Actress – Television Series Drama · 1998 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 1998 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series · 1998 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Television Series Drama · 1997 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series · 1997 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Actress – Television Series Drama · 1997 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 1997 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series · 1997 · nominated
- TCA Award — Individual Achievement in Drama · 1997 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Television Series Drama · 1996 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series · 1996 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series · 1996 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Television Series Drama · 1995 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Heroes Manufactured
The X-Files
Hannibal
Sex Education
The Crown
Bleak House
The Simpsons
The Savoy
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
White Bird
The Fall
Frasier
Top Gear
War & Peace
The Last King of Scotland
ReBoot
Great Expectations
The Graham Norton Show
The Mighty
American Gods
Animals
Robin Robin
The Crimson Petal and the White
UFO
The X Files
The Pale Blue Eye
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
The Salt Path
Sister
Viceroy's House
Last Love
Room on the Broom
Playing by Heart
Trespasses
Tron: Ares
Scoop
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Crooked House
Sold
Crisis
Any Human Heart
Last Meals
Johnny English Reborn
This Changes Everything
Tristram Shandy
The House of Mirth
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
I'll Follow You Down
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People