Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson Movies and TV Shows

Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on the American television series The X-Files. Her film work includes The House of Mirth (2000), The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), and two X-Files films, The X-Files (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Rosemary Anderson (née Lane), a computer analyst, and Edward Anderson, who owned a film post-production company.Her father was of English descent, while her mother was of Irish and German ancestry. Soon after her birth, her family moved to Puerto Rico for 15 months; her family then moved to the United Kingdom where she lived until she was 11 years old. She lived for five years in Rosebery Gardens, Crouch End, London, and for 15 months in Albany Road, Stroud Green, London, so that her father could attend the London Film School. She was a pupil of Coleridge Primary School. When Anderson was 11 years old, her family moved again, this time to Grand Rapids, Michigan. She attended Fountain Elementary and then City High-Middle School, a program for gifted students with a strong emphasis on the humanities; she graduated in 1986. Along with other actors (notably Linda Thorson and John Barrowman) Anderson is bidialectal. With her English accent and background, Anderson was mocked and felt out of place in the American Midwest and soon adopted a Midwest accent. To this day, her accent depends on her location — for instance, in an interview with Jay Leno she spoke in an American accent, but shifted it for an interview with Michael Parkinson. Anderson was interested in marine biology, but began acting her freshman year in high school productions, and later in community theater, and served as a student intern at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School of Theatre Arts. She attended The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago (formerly the Goodman School of Drama), where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990. She also participated in the National Theatre of Great Britain's summer program at Cornell University. Anderson's brother died in 2011 of a brain tumor, at the age of 30. Anderson married her first husband, Clyde Klotz, The X-Files series assistant art director, on New Year's Day, 1994, in Hawaii in a Buddhist ceremony. They had a daughter, Piper Maru (born September 1994), for whom Chris Carter named the X-Files episode of the same name, and divorced in 1997.] In December 2004, Anderson married Julian Ozanne, a documentary filmmaker, on Lamu Island, off the coast of Kenya. Anderson announced their separation on April 21, 2006. Anderson and former boyfriend, Mark Griffiths, have two sons: Oscar, born November 2006 and Felix, born October 2008. She ended their relationship in 2012. In March 2012, Anderson told Out magazine about her past relationship with a girl while in high school. In 1997, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. Askmen listed her at No. 6 on their Top 7: '90s Sex Symbols. In 2008, she was listed 21st in FHM's All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame.

Personal info

  • Gender: Female
  • Date of birth: 8/9/1968 (55 years old)
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.6 m
  • Net worth: $40,000,000
  • twitter: GillianA
  • instagram: gilliana
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Scoop
TMDB 66%
role:
Emily Maitlis
2024

Drama

66%
White Bird
TMDB 83%
role:
Vivienne Beaumier
Not available
2024

Drama

Family

History

Romance

83%
Not available
The Pale Blue Eye
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 70%
role:
Julia Marquis
2022

Mystery

Thriller

6.6
70%
The First Lady
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 73%
role:
Eleanor Roosevelt
Not available
2022

Drama

7.2
73%
Not available
Robin Robin
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 71%
role:
Cat (voice)
2021

Adventure

Animation

Family

7.0
71%
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2020

Drama

Romance

6.1
52%
2019

Documentary

7.7
65%
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 86%
role:
Margo Channing
Not available
2019

Drama

8.1
86%
Not available
Sex Education
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 83%
role:
Jean Milburn
Not available
2019

Comedy

Drama

8.3
83%
Not available
UFO
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Dr. Hendricks
2018

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
70%
2018

Action

Comedy

6.0
64%
Crooked House
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 64%
role:
Magda Leonides
2017

Crime

Drama

Mystery

TV Movie

6.3
64%
Viceroy's House
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Edwina Mountbatten
2017

Drama

History

6.7
66%
The Crown
IMDB 8.6
TMDB 82%
role:
Margaret Thatcher
Not available
2016

Drama

8.6
82%
Not available
Sold
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 67%
role:
Sophia
2016

Drama

6.8
67%
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War and Peace
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 79%
role:
Anna Pavlovna Scherer
2016

Drama

Romance

8.1
79%
2015

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.6
48%
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 76%
role:
Blanche DuBois
Not available
2014

Drama

8.3
76%
Not available
Crisis
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 64%
role:
Meg Fitch
2014

Action

Adventure

Mystery

7.1
64%
Mr. Morgan's Last Love
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 67%
role:
Karen Morgan
2013

Comedy

Drama

6.7
67%
2013

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1
60%
The Fall
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 77%
role:
Stella Gibson
2013

Crime

Drama

8.1
77%
Hannibal
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 82%
role:
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
2013

Drama

8.5
82%
Room on the Broom
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 65%
role:
Witch (voice)
2012

Animation

Family

7.5
65%
Sister
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 68%
role:
Kristin Jansen
2012

Drama

7.0
68%
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Shadow Dancer
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 59%
role:
Kate Fletcher
2012

Thriller

6.2
59%
Johnny English Reborn
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 62%
role:
Pamela Thornton ("Pegasus")
2011

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

6.3
62%
Moby Dick
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 55%
role:
Elizabeth
2011

Drama

6.2
55%
Any Human Heart
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 62%
role:
Duchess Of Windsor
Not available
2010
7.8
62%
Not available
Boogie Woogie
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 52%
role:
Jean Maclestone
2009

Comedy

Drama

5.1
52%
2008

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.4
60%
2008

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.9
57%
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 55%
role:
Queen Vorkana (voice)
Not available
2007

Animation

Family

5.8
55%
Not available
2007

Thriller

5.5
50%
2006

Drama

7.6
75%
A Cock and Bull Story
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 63%
role:
Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson
2005

Comedy

6.7
63%
The House of Mirth
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 65%
role:
Lily Bart
2000

Drama

Romance

7.0
65%
Playing by Heart
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 67%
role:
Meredith
1998

Drama

7.0
67%
The X Files
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 68%
role:
Agent Dana Scully
1998

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
68%
The Mighty
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 73%
role:
Loretta Lee
1998

Drama

7.2
73%
The X-Files
IMDB 8.6
TMDB 84%
role:
Dana Scully
Not available
1993

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.6
84%
Not available

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Gillian Anderson are, for example, Scoop, The Pale Blue Eye and Robin Robin.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Amazon, iTunes and Google Play.
The best Anystream ratings are Hannibal (8.4), War and Peace (8.0) and The Fall (7.9).
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