page_title: Gillian Anderson
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Gillian Anderson / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Gillian Anderson (born 9 August 1968) is an American actress, best known for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series and feature film The X-Files. Nowadays she is starring in the BBC Two hit series "The Fall". Español: Gillian Anderson (n. 9 de agosto de 1968) es una actriz estadounidense, conocida por su papel de Dana Scully en la serie de televisión The X-Files.
context_page_description: Gillian Leigh Anderson, OBE is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth, DSU Stella Gibson on the BBC crime drama television series The Fall, and sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education. Among other honors, Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.
  Born in Chicago, Anderson grew up in London and Grand Rapids, Michigan. She graduated from theater school at DePaul University in Chicago, and then moved to New York City to further her acting career. 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. Her film work includes the dramas The Mighty Celt, The Last King of Scotland, Shadow Dancer, Viceroy's House and two X-Files films: The X-Files: Fight the Future and The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
caption: Anderson at the stage door for the play The Sweetest Swing in Baseball at the Royal Court Theatre, 2004
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