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Gillian Anderson
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Born
| Gillian Leigh Anderson
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1968-08-09
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August 9, 1968
(age 55)
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Citizenship
| United States
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Education
| DePaul University
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BFA
)
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Occupation(s)
| Actress, writer, producer, director
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Years active
| 1983?present
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Spouses
| Julian Ozanne
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m.
2004;
div.
2006)
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Partners
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Children
| 3
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Awards
| Full list
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Website
| gilliananderson
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Gillian Leigh Anderson
,
OBE
(born August 9, 1968)
[1]
[2]
is an
American
-
British
film, television and theatre actress,
activist
and
writer
. Her credits include the roles of
FBI Special Agent Dana Scully
in the long-running and widely popular series
The X-Files
, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film
The House of Mirth
(2000), and DSI Stella Gibson on the
BBC
crime drama television series
The Fall
. Among other honours, Anderson has won a
Primetime Emmy Award
, a
Golden Globe Award
and two
Screen Actors Guild Awards
.
After beginning her career on stage, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi drama series
The X-Files
for all ten seasons (1993?2002, 2016). Her film work includes the dramas
The Mighty Celt
(2005),
The Last King of Scotland
(2006),
Shadow Dancer
(2012) and two
X-Files
films:
The X-Files: Fight the Future
(1998) and
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
(2008). Her other notable television credits include: portraying Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of
Charles Dickens
'
Bleak House
,
Wallis Simpson
in
Any Human Heart
, portraying Miss Havisham in
Great Expectations
(2011) and Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on
Hannibal
. In 2013, Anderson began starring as DSI Stella Gibson on the critically acclaimed BBC crime drama television series
The Fall
. She has been serving as an executive producer from its second series. She will be appearing as goddess Media in the upcoming TV series
American Gods
. Anderson is the co-writer of
The EarthEnd Saga
novel trilogy and the self-help guide book
WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere
.
Aside from film and TV, Anderson has taken on the stage and has received both awards and critical acclaim. Her stage work includes
Absent Friends
(1991) ? for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer,
A Doll's House
(2009) ? that earned her a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and a portrayal of Blanche DuBois in
A Streetcar Named Desire
(2014, 2016) ? for which she won the
Evening Standard
Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress.
Anderson has been active in supporting numerous
charities
and
humanitarian
organizations. She is an honorary spokesperson for the Neurofibromatosis (NF) Network and the co-founder of
South African
Youth Education for Sustainability (SAYes). Anderson was appointed an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2016 for her services to drama.