Gillian Anderson

Actor

Born: August 9, 1968 (age 57)
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE (born August 9, 1968) is an American actress, writer, and activist. She is best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the sci-fi series The X-Files (1993–2002; 2016–2018), Lily Bart in the drama film The House of Mirth (2000), DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama series The Fall (2013–2016), Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex…

Filmography (62)

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
Billy
The Salt Path Scandal (2025)
Self (archive footage)
TRON: Ares (2025)
Elisabeth Dillinger
Tron: Ares - A Special Look
Tron: Ares - A Special Look (2025)
Elisabeth Dillinger
The Salt Path (2025)
Raynor Winn
Woolf Works (2024)
Scoop (2024)
Emily Maitlis
White Bird (2023)
Vivienne Beaumier
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
Julia Marquis
Robin Robin (2021)
Cat (voice)
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day (2021)
Self
The Sunlit Night (2020)
Olyana
This Changes Everything (2019)
Self
National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019)
Margo Channing
UFO (2018)
Dr. Hendricks
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
Wendy
Crooked House (2017)
Magda Leonides
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism (2017)
Narrator
Heroes Manufactured (2017)
Self (archive footage)
Viceroy's House (2017)
Edwina Mountbatten
Woolf Works (2017)
Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
Sold (2016)
Sophia
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon (2015)
Self
The Widowmaker (2015)
Narrator
Robot Overlords (2015)
Kate
The Departure (2014)
Director
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire (2014)
Blanche DuBois
Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)
Karen Morgan
I'll Follow You Down (2013)
Marika Whyte
Room on the Broom (2012)
Witch (voice)