
Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal (2013–2015), Media on American Gods (2017), and Eleanor Roosevelt on The First Lady (2022).Īside from film and television, Anderson has taken to the stage and received both awards and critical acclaim. Other notable television credits include: Lady Dedlock in Bleak House (2005), Wallis Simpson in Any Human Heart (2010), Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2011), Dr. Her film work includes the dramas The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shadow Dancer (2012), Viceroy's House (2017) and two X-Files films: The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008).


After beginning her career on stage, she achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi drama series The X-Files. She graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, then moved to New York City to further her acting career. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.īorn in Chicago, Anderson grew up in London, England, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, ill-fated 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, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE ( / ˈ dʒ ɪ l i ə n/ JIL-ee-ən born Aug) is an American actress.
