Gillian Anderson
Acting
Born August 9, 1968
From Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Gillian Leigh Anderson
Biography
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...
Filmography
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Billy
2026
The Salt Path Scandal
Self (archive footage)
20252.0
TRON: Ares
Elisabeth Dillinger
20256.5
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Tron: Ares - A Special Look
Elisabeth Dillinger
2025
The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
20256.7
Woolf Works
2024
Scoop
Emily Maitlis
20246.3
White Bird
Vivienne Beaumier
20237.8
The Pale Blue Eye
Julia Marquis
20226.8
Robin Robin
Cat (voice)
20217.0
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Self
20218.0
The Sunlit Night
Olyana
20205.4
This Changes Everything
Self
20196.2
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Margo Channing
20198.5
UFO
Dr. Hendricks
20186.9
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Wendy
20186.4
Crooked House
Magda Leonides
20176.4
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
Narrator
20178.5
Heroes Manufactured
Self (archive footage)
20176.7
Viceroy's House
Edwina Mountbatten
20176.7
Woolf Works
Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
20172.0
Sold
Sophia
20166.4
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
201510.0
The Widowmaker
Narrator
20156.8
Robot Overlords
Kate
20154.8
The Departure
Blanche DuBois
20148.4
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche DuBois
20147.9
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Karen Morgan
20136.6
I'll Follow You Down
Marika Whyte
20136.0
Room on the Broom
Witch (voice)
20126.6
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
20127.8
Sister
Kristin Jansen
20126.7
Shadow Dancer
Kate Fletcher
20126.0
Johnny English Reborn
Pamela
20116.2
No Pressure
Self
20107.0
Boogie Woogie
Jean Maclestone
20105.1
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Eleanor Johnson
20086.0
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Dana Scully
20085.9
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Queen Vorkana (voice)
20075.1
Straightheads
Alice
20075.3
The Last King of Scotland
Sarah Merrit
20067.4
A Cock and Bull Story
Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
20056.1
The Mighty Celt
Kate
20056.3
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Self - Performer
20027.0
The House of Mirth
Lily Bart
20006.3
Playing by Heart
Meredith
19986.6
Chicago Cab
Southside Girl
19985.8
The X-Files
Agent Dana Scully
19986.9
The Mighty
Loretta Lee
19987.3
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Dana Scully / Self
1998
Inside The X-Files
Self
19987.0
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Self
19987.0
More Secrets of the X-Files
Self
1996
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Why Planes Go Down
Narrator
1996
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Spies Above
narrator
1996
Secrets of the X-Files
Self
199510.0
The Turning
April Cavanaugh
19923.2
A Matter of Choice
Woman
19889.0
Three at Once
Woman 1
19863.8
Animals
N/A
The Julia Set
N/A
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The Turning Door
(voice)
N/A