Gillian Anderson
Acting • AGE 57
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 (1993–2...
Acting
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Billy Presley
2026
Sara Price: Chasing Dakar
Narrator
2026
The Salt Path Scandal
Self (archive footage)
2025
The Abandons
Constance Van Ness
2025
Trespasses
Gina
2025
TRON: Ares
Elisabeth Dillinger
2025
The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
2025
Woolf Works
2024
Scoop
Emily Maitlis
2024
White Bird
Vivienne Beaumier
2023
The Pale Blue Eye
Julia Marquis
2022
The First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt
2022
Robin Robin
Cat (voice)
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Self
2021
The Savoy
Self
2020
The Sunlit Night
Olyana
2020
This Changes Everything
Self
2019
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
Margo Channing
2019
Sex Education
Jean Milburn
2019
UFO
Dr. Hendricks
2018
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Wendy
2018
Crooked House
Magda Leonides
2017
American Gods
Media
2017
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
Narrator
2017
Heroes Manufactured
Self (archive footage)
2017
Viceroy's House
Edwina Mountbatten
2017
Woolf Works
Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice)
2017
The Crown
Margaret Thatcher
2016
Sold
Sophia
2016
War and Peace
Anna Pavlovna Scherer
2016
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
The Widowmaker
Narrator
2015
Robot Overlords
Kate
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
Narrator
2014
The Departure
Blanche DuBois
2014
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche DuBois
2014
Crisis
Meg Fitch
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Karen Morgan
2013
I'll Follow You Down
Marika Whyte
2013
The Fall
Stella Gibson
2013
Hannibal
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
2013
Room on the Broom
Witch (voice)
2012
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
2012
Sister
Kristin Jansen
2012
Shadow Dancer
Kate Fletcher
2012
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham
2011
Johnny English Reborn
Pamela
2011
Moby Dick
Elizabeth
2011
The Crimson Petal and the White
Mrs. Castaway
2011
Any Human Heart
Duchess Of Windsor
2010
No Pressure
Self
2010
Boogie Woogie
Jean Maclestone
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Eleanor Johnson
2008
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Dana Scully
2008
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Queen Vorkana (voice)
2007
Straightheads
Alice
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Last King of Scotland
Sarah Merrit
2006
Bleak House
Lady Dedlock
2005
A Cock and Bull Story
Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
2005
The Mighty Celt
Kate
2005
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Top Gear
Self
2002
American Idol
Self
2002
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Self - Performer
2002
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
The House of Mirth
Lily Bart
2000
Harsh Realm
Video Narrator (uncredited)
1999
Playing by Heart
Meredith
1998
Chicago Cab
Southside Girl
1998
The X-Files
Agent Dana Scully
1998
The Magic Hour
Self
1998
The Mighty
Loretta Lee
1998
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten
Dana Scully / Self
1998
Inside The X-Files
Self
1998
Parkinson
Self
1998
The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future'
Self
1998
Future Fantastic
Self - Host
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
More Secrets of the X-Files
Self
1996
Secrets of the X-Files
Self
1995
ReBoot
Data Nully (voice)
1994
Frasier
Jenny (voice)
1993
The X-Files
Dana Scully
1993
Class of '96
Rachel
1993
Eek! The Cat
Dana Scully (voice)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
The Turning
April Cavanaugh
1992
The Simpsons
Dana Scully (voice)
1989
This Morning
Self - Guest
1988
A Matter of Choice
Woman
1988
Three at Once
Woman 1
1986
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Animals
The Julia Set