Gillian Leigh Anderson\u00a0OBE (born August 9, 1968)\u00a0is an American actress, writer, and activist. She is best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent\u00a0Dana Scully\u00a0in the sci-fi series\u00a0The X-Files\u00a0(1993\u20132002; 2016\u20132018), Lily Bart in the drama film\u00a0The House of Mirth (2000), DSI\u00a0Stella Gibson\u00a0in the\u00a0BBC\/RT\u00c9\u00a0crime drama series\u00a0The Fall\u00a0(2013\u20132016), Jean Milburn in the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0comedy-drama series\u00a0Sex Education\u00a0(2019\u20132023), and\u00a0Margaret Thatcher in the\u00a0fourth season\u00a0of the Netflix drama series\u00a0The Crown\u00a0(2020). She has won two\u00a0Primetime Emmy Awards, two\u00a0Golden Globe Awards, and four\u00a0Screen Actors Guild Awards.<\/p>\n
Born in\u00a0Chicago, Anderson was raised first in\u00a0London\u00a0and then\u00a0in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She later started her career onstage in\u00a0New York City before achieving international recognition for her work on\u00a0The X-Files. Her film work includes the dramas\u00a0The Mighty Celt\u00a0(2005),\u00a0The Last King of Scotland\u00a0(2006),\u00a0Shadow Dancer\u00a0(2012), and\u00a0Viceroy’s House\u00a0(2017), as well as the\u00a0X-Files films\u00a0Fight the Future\u00a0(1998) and\u00a0I Want to Believe\u00a0(2008). Her television credits include Lady Dedlock in\u00a0Bleak House\u00a0(2005),\u00a0Wallis Simpson\u00a0in\u00a0Any Human Heart\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Miss Havisham\u00a0in\u00a0Great Expectations\u00a0(2011), Dr.\u00a0Bedelia Du Maurier\u00a0on\u00a0Hannibal\u00a0(2013\u20132015), Media in the\u00a0first season\u00a0of\u00a0American Gods (2017), and\u00a0Eleanor Roosevelt\u00a0on\u00a0The First Lady (2022).<\/p>\n
Anderson has also received awards and acclaim for her stage work, which includes\u00a0Absent Friends\u00a0(1991), for which she won a\u00a0Theatre World Award\u00a0for Best Newcomer;\u00a0A Doll’s House\u00a0(2009), for which she was nominated for a\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress;\u00a0Blanche DuBois\u00a0in\u00a0A Streetcar Named Desire\u00a0(2014 and 2016), for which she won the\u00a0Evening Standard\u00a0Theatre Award for Best Actress\u00a0and received a second Laurence Olivier Award nomination; and\u00a0All About Eve\u00a0(2019), for which she received a third Laurence Olivier Award nomination.<\/p>\n
Anderson has supported numerous charities and humanitarian organizations, being an honorary spokesperson for the\u00a0Neurofibromatosis\u00a0Network and a co-founder of South African Youth Education for Sustainability (SAYes). She has lived in London since 2002 and was appointed an honorary\u00a0Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\u00a0(OBE) in 2016 for her services to drama.<\/p>\n
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Gillian Leigh Anderson\u00a0OBE (born August 9, 1968)\u00a0is an American actress, writer, and activist. She is best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent\u00a0Dana Scully\u00a0in the sci-fi series\u00a0The X-Files\u00a0(1993\u20132002; 2016\u20132018), Lily Bart in the drama film\u00a0The House of Mirth (2000), DSI\u00a0Stella Gibson\u00a0in the\u00a0BBC\/RT\u00c9\u00a0crime drama series\u00a0The Fall\u00a0(2013\u20132016), Jean Milburn in the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0comedy-drama series\u00a0Sex Education\u00a0(2019\u20132023), and\u00a0Margaret Thatcher in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-27565","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n