Gillian Anderson

Born 1968 · American actress

Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress and writer. She received international fame for starring as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the Fox science fiction mystery series The X-Files, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for the role. Her other credits include 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 (2013–2016), sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education (2019–2023), and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown (2020), for which she earned her second Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Awards.

Gillian Anderson, in order

1. 1992 The Turning: acted · directed by L.A. Puopolo
2. 1993–2018 The X-Files (TV series): directed, wrote, acted
3. 1997 Chicago Cab: acted · directed by John Tintori and Mary Cybulski · critics 56%, audiences 66% · streaming on Pluto TV, Plex, Tubi
4. 1998 Playing by Heart: acted · directed by Willard Carroll
5. 1998 The Mighty: acted · directed by Peter Chelsom
6. 1998 The X-Files: acted · directed by Rob Bowman · critics 66%, audiences 73% · streaming on Prime Video
7. 2000 The House of Mirth: acted · directed by Terence Davies
8. 2005 Bleak House (TV series): acted · directed by Justin Chadwick
9. 2005 The Mighty Celt: acted · directed by Pearse Elliott
10. 2006 A Cock and Bull Story: acted · directed by Michael Winterbottom
11. 2006 The Last King of Scotland: acted · directed by Kevin Macdonald
12. 2007 Straightheads: acted · directed by Dan Reed
13. 2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People: acted · directed by Robert B. Weide
14. 2008 The X-Files: I Want to Believe: acted · directed by Chris Carter
15. 2009 Boogie Woogie: acted · directed by Duncan Ward · critics 32%, audiences 22% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Pluto TV
16. 2010 No Pressure (short film): acted · directed by Dougal Wilson
17. 2011 Johnny English Reborn: acted · directed by Oliver Parker · critics 41%, audiences 45%
18. 2011 Moby Dick (TV movie): acted · directed by Mike Barker
19. 2012 Shadow Dancer: acted · directed by James Marsh
20. 2012 Sister: acted · directed by Ursula Meier
21. 2013 Hannibal (TV series): acted
22. 2013 Mr. Morgan's Last Love: acted · directed by Sandra Nettelbeck
23. 2013 The Fall (TV series): acted · directed by Allan Cubitt and Jakob Verbruggen
24. 2014 Crisis (TV series): acted
25. 2014 I'll Follow You Down: acted · directed by Richie Mehta
26. 2014 Robot Overlords: acted · directed by Jon Wright
27. 2014 Sold: acted · directed by Jeffrey D. Brown
28. 2014 The Widowmaker: acted · directed by Patrick Forbes
29. 2016 The Crown (TV series): acted · directed by Julian Jarrold and Philip Martin · critics 81%, audiences 92% · streaming on Netflix
30. 2016 War and Peace (TV series): acted · directed by Tom Harper
31. 2017 Crooked House: acted · directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner · critics 57%, audiences 54% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
32. 2017 Viceroy's House: acted · directed by Gurinder Chadha
33. 2018 The Spy Who Dumped Me: acted · directed by Susanna Fogel · critics 49%, audiences 57%
34. 2018 UFO: acted · directed by Ryan Eslinger
35. 2019 Sex Education (TV series): acted
36. 2019 The Sunlit Night: acted · directed by David Wnendt
37. 2020 The Great (TV series): acted
38. 2022 The First Lady (TV series): acted · directed by Susanne Bier · critics 41%, audiences 59% · streaming on Plex
39. 2022 The Pale Blue Eye: acted · directed by Scott Cooper
40. 2023 White Bird: A Wonder Story: acted · directed by Marc Forster
41. 2024 Scoop: acted · directed by Philip Martin
42. 2024 The Salt Path: acted · directed by Marianne Elliott
43. 2025 Trespasses (TV series): acted · directed by Dawn Shadforth
44. 2025 Tron: Ares: acted · directed by Joachim Rønning
45. 2026 Animals: acted · directed by Ben Affleck
46. 2026 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: acted · directed by Jane Schoenbrun
47. The Julia Set: acted