Biography
Gillian Anderson is an American actress. She was born in Chicago in 1968 and raised partly in London and Grand Rapids, Michigan. She began her career on stage in New York before gaining international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files (1993–2002; 2016–2018).
She has appeared in films including The House of Mirth (2000), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shadow Dancer (2012) and The Crown (2016) as Margaret Thatcher. Her television work includes Jean Milburn in Sex Education (2019–2023), Dr Bedelia Du Maurier in Hannibal (2013–2015) and Stella Gibson in The Fall (2013–2016). Anderson received an OBE in 2016. In 2025 she played Elisabeth Dillinger in the film TRON: Ares and Gina Lavery in the series Trespasses.
