Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.īorn in Chicago, Anderson grew up in London, England, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, ill-fated 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, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown.
Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE ( / ˈ dʒ ɪ l i ə n/ JIL-ee-ən born Aug) is an American actress.
