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| image = Gillian Anderson 2013 (cropped).jpg |
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| caption = Anderson at the 2013 [[San Diego Comic Con International]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|8|9}} |
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| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[U.S.]] |
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| residence = [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] |
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| alma_mater = [[DePaul University]] |
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| occupation = Actress, activist, writer, producer, director |
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| years_active = 1986–present |
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Clyde Klotz]]|1994|1997}}<br>{{marriage|Julian Ozanne|2004|2006}} |
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| partner = Mark Griffiths (2006–12) |
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| children = 3<!-- Please do not add names to infobox, see WP:PRIVACY --> |
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| website = {{url|http://www.gilliananderson.ws/|GillianAnderson.ws}} |
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'''Gillian Leigh Anderson''' (born August 9, 1968)<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | surname = ANDERSON | othernames = Gillian Leigh | id = U259257 | volume = 2015 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=Aug 9, 2013|issue=1271|pages=22}}</ref> is an American-English film, television and theatre actress and activist. Her credits include the roles of 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 film)|The House of Mirth]]'' (2000), and Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens' ''[[Bleak House (2005 TV serial)|Bleak House]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gilliananderson.ws/|title=The Official Gillian Anderson Website|work=gilliananderson.ws|accessdate=May 28, 2015}}</ref> |
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After beginning her career on stage, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent [[Dana Scully]] on the American sci-fi horror drama series ''The X-Files'' for all nine seasons (1993–2002). Her film work includes the dramas ''[[The Mighty Celt]]'' (2005), ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'' (2006), ''[[Shadow Dancer (film)|Shadow Dancer]]'' (2012) and two ''X-Files'' films: ''[[The X-Files (film)|The X-Files: Fight the Future]]'' (1998) and ''[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]'' (2008). Her other notable television credits are ''[[Any Human Heart (TV series)|Any Human Heart]]'', ''[[The Crimson Petal and the White (miniseries)|The Crimson Petal and the White]]'', portraying ''[[Miss Havisham]] '' in ''[[Great Expectations (2011 TV serial)|Great Expectations]]'' (2011) and [[Bedelia Du Maurier|Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier]] on ''[[Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]''. In 2013, Anderson began starring as [[Stella Gibson|DSI Stella Gibson]] on the critically acclaimed [[BBC]]/[[Netflix]] crime television series ''[[The Fall (TV series)|The Fall]]''. |
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Anderson has won a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] (with five nominations), a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] (with five nominations) and two [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s (with nine nominations). |
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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 (play)|Absent Friends]]'' – for which she won a [[Theatre World Award]] for Best Newcomer, ''[[A Doll's House]]'' – that earned her a [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]] nomination and ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' – for which she won the [[Evening Standard Award#Best Actress|Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress]] and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress#2010s|Best Actress]]. |
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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 (SA-YES). |
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==Early life== |
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Anderson was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], the daughter of Rosemary Anderson (née Lane), a computer analyst, and Homer Edward "Ed" Anderson III, who owned a film [[post-production]] company.<ref name="filmreference" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Merrell|first=Sue|title=Charity, celebrity blend well, actress says| publisher= gilliananderson.ws| work=The Grand Rapids Press| date=May 18, 2007| url= http://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/07_09/07grandrapids.shtml|accessdate=September 13, 2010}}</ref> She has [[English people|English]], [[Germans|German]], and [[Irish people|Irish]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ancestry of Anderson's family|url= http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/u/Don-Bauer/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0475.html|accessdate=September 14, 2013}}</ref> Soon after her birth, her family moved to [[Puerto Rico]] for 15 months, then to [[England]], where she lived until she was 11 years old. She lived for five years in [[London]]'s [[Crouch End]] and 15 months in London's [[Stroud Green]],<ref name="Gillian"/> so that her father could attend the [[London Film School]]. She was a pupil of Coleridge Primary School. |
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When Anderson was 11 years old, her family moved again, this time to [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Thompson |first=Jonathan|title=Gillian Anderson: Just don't ask her about aliens|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/gillian-anderson-just-dont-ask-her-about-aliens-604701.html| accessdate=October 6, 2010|newspaper=The Independent|date=November 17, 2002}}</ref> She attended Fountain Elementary and then [[City High-Middle School]], a program for gifted students with a strong emphasis on the [[humanities]].<ref name="Gillian"/> |
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Following the move to Grand Rapids, Anderson went through a rebellious stage; experimenting with drugs, dating a much older boyfriend and having a punk appearance (dyeing her hair various colors, shaving the sides or her head, sporting a nose piercing and an all-black wardrobe).<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.npr.org/2013/12/07/249240231/gillian-anderson-on-the-fall-and-getting-arrested-in-high-school|title= Gillian Anderson On 'The Fall' And Getting Arrested In High School|date= December 7, 2013|publisher= NPR |accessdate=September 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Biography: Gillian Anderson - Lifetime|url= http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-gillian-anderson |accessdate=September 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last= Hicklin |first= Aaron |title=The Double Life of Gillian Anderson |url= http://www.out.com/entertainment/television/2012/03/13/gillian-anderson-lesbian-love-xfiles-Miss-Havisham |accessdate= September 21, 2015|newspaper= Out|date=March 13, 2012}}</ref> |
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Anderson recalled: "We were in a small Republican town. There were only six punks there. We were weird. It’s not like London".<ref>{{Cite news|last= Hattenstone |first= Simon|title= Gillian Anderson on therapy, rebellion and 'being weird' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/08/gillian-anderson-on-therapy-rebellion-and-being-weird |accessdate=August 23, 2015|newspaper= The Guardian |date=February 8, 2015}}</ref> She listened to bands such as the [[Dead Kennedys]] and the [[Skinny Puppy]]. Anderson was voted by her classmates: "class clown", "most bizarre girl" and "most likely to be arrested". She was arrested on graduation night for [[breaking and entering]] into her high school in an attempt to glue the locks of the doors. Charges were later reduced to [[trespassing]].<ref>{{Cite news|last= Mejia |first= Paula |title= 'X-Files' Behind Her, Gillian Anderson Is a Believer |url= http://www.newsweek.com/2015/02/27/x-files-behind-her-gillian-anderson-believer-306820.html |accessdate=August 23, 2015|newspaper= Newsweek |date=May 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last= Rochlin |first= Margy |title= US Magazine - 1997 Interview |url= http://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/96_97/9710us.shtml |accessdate=August 26, 2015|newspaper= US Magazine |date=October 1, 1997}}</ref> |
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At a young age Anderson was interested in marine biology,<ref name="Gillian">{{cite web| title = Gillian Anderson Biography| publisher = [[Bio (TV channel)|Bio]] |url = http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/gillian-anderson.html }}</ref> but after becoming interested in theatre during her teenage years, she began acting in high school productions during her freshman year and later in community theatre, as well as serving as a student intern at the [[Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School of Theatre Arts]]. After graduating high school in 1986, she attended [[The Theatre School at DePaul University]] in Chicago, where she earned a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theatre.depaul.edu/ALUMNI/Pages/default.aspx|title=The Theatre School at DePaul University – Alumni|publisher=theatre.depaul.edu|accessdate=October 5, 2015}}</ref> She also participated in the [[National Theatre of Great Britain]]'s summer program at [[Cornell University]].<ref name="Gillian"/> |
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Anderson is [[wikt:bidialectal|bidialectal]]. With her English accent and background, she was mocked and felt out of place in the [[Midwestern United States|American Midwest]] and soon adopted a [[Inland Northern American English|Midwestern accent]]. To this day, her accent depends on her location, as she easily shifts between her American and British accents.<ref>{{cite web|last=Farndale |first=Nigel |url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/5256285/Gillian-Anderson-bares-all.html |title=Gillian Anderson bares all |work=the Daily Telegraph |date=May 1, 2009 |accessdate=March 24, 2010}}</ref> |
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In May 2013, during an interview with ''[[BlogTalkRadio]]'', Anderson addressed the matter of her [[national identity]]: "I've been asked whether I feel more like a Brit than an American and I don't know what the answer to that questions is. I know that I feel that London is home and I'm very happy with that as my home. I love London as a city and I feel very comfortable there. In terms of identity I'm still a bit baffled."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.blogtalkradio.com/robin-milling/2013/05/24/milling-about-with-gillian-anderson|title= Milling About with Gillian Anderson|date= May 24, 2013|publisher= BlogTalkRadio |accessdate=September 9, 2015}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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[[File:Gillian anderson lk.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Anderson at the stage door for the play ''The Sweetest Swing In Baseball'' in 2004.]] |
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===1990s=== |
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Anderson moved to New York when she was 22 years old.<ref>[http://www.gilliananderson.ws/about/bio1.shtml About Gillian "Biography"]. [http://www.gilliananderson.ws/index.shtml The Official Gillian Anderson Website]. See the last sentence of the tenth paragraph.</ref> To support herself when she started her career, Anderson worked as a waitress. She began her career in Alan Ayckbourn's play, ''[[Absent Friends (play)|Absent Friends]]'' at the Manhattan Theatre Club alongside [[Brenda Blethyn]]; for her role she won the 1990–91 [[Theatre World Award]] for "Best Newcomer".<ref name="Gillian"/> Her next theatrical role was in [[Christopher Hampton]]'s ''[[The Philanthropist (play)|The Philanthropist]]'' at the [[Long Wharf Theatre]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Klein|first=Alvin|title=THEATER; 'The Philanthropist'|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/02/nyregion/theater-the-philanthropist.html|accessdate=September 24, 2012|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=February 2, 1992}}</ref> |
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Anderson moved to Los Angeles in 1992, spending a year auditioning. Although she had once vowed she would never do TV, being out of work for a year changed her mind.<ref name="Anderson">{{Cite news|title=About Gillian Anderson|url=http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/gillian-anderson/biography.html|accessdate=September 24, 2012|newspaper=[[Yahoo! Movies]]}}</ref> Anderson did ''Home Fires Burning'' for a cable station, as well as the [[audiobook]] version of ''[[Exit to Eden]]''. She broke into mainstream television in 1993, with a guest appearance on the collegiate drama, ''[[Class of '96]]'', on the fledgling [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Network]].<ref name="Anderson"/> |
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As a result of her guest appearance in ''Class of 96'', Anderson was sent the script for ''[[The X-Files]]'' at the age of 24. She decided to audition because, "for the first time in a long time, the script involved a strong, independent, intelligent woman as a lead character."<ref>{{Cite news|last= Walker|first= Alix|title= People should know that I laugh|url= http://www.stylist.co.uk/from-the-app/gillian-anderson-people-should-know-that-i-laugh|accessdate=September 21, 2015|newspaper= Stylist Magazine|date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> Producer [[Chris Carter (screenwriter)|Chris Carter]] wanted to hire her, but Fox wanted someone with previous TV exposure and greater sex appeal.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/about/bio1.shtml | title=The Official Gillian Anderson Website — About Gillian — Biography | work=gilliananderson.ws | accessdate=October 4, 2006}}</ref> Fox sent in more actresses, but Carter stood by Anderson, and she was eventually cast as Special Agent Dana Scully. Anderson got the part assuming it would run for 13 episodes, the standard minimum order for American TV networks. Filmed for the first five seasons in Vancouver before moving to Los Angeles, the series would run for nine seasons, and included two films, released in 1998 and 2008. During her time on ''The X-Files'', Anderson won numerous awards for her portrayal of Special Agent Scully, including an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series#1990s|Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/gillian-anderson |title=Gillian Anderson Emmy Nominated |publisher=Emmys.com |date= |accessdate=June 8, 2013}}</ref> a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama#1990s|Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series Drama]], two [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series#1990s|Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series]] and a [[Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television]]. Anderson is the first actress to win an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a SAG Award in the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/tv-radio/still-nursing-bad-habits-1.1862939#.VdagRrKqpBc |title=Still nursing bad habits |date=May 25, 2015|author= Debashine Thangevelo |work= Independent Online |accessdate=August 21, 2015}}</ref> Anderson was the first woman to write and direct an episode of the ''X-Files'' (“[[All Things]]”). Anderson also provided the voice for a parody of her Scully character in "[[The Springfield Files]]", an episode of the animated comedy TV series ''[[The Simpsons]]''. While filming the ''X-Files'', Anderson met assistant art director Clyde Klotz, whom she would later marry.<ref name="Gillian"/> |
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In 1997, Anderson worked on the independent film ''[[Chicago Cab]]''. In 1998, she starred in the film ''[[Playing by Heart]]'' with [[Sean Connery]], [[Angelina Jolie]],<ref name="Anderson"/> [[Ellen Burstyn]] and [[Anthony Edwards]]. Anderson also had a supporting role in the film, ''[[The Mighty]]'' with [[Gena Rowlands]], [[Harry Dean Stanton]], [[James Gandolfini]] and [[Sharon Stone]].<ref name="Gillian"/> In 1999, Anderson had a supporting role in the English-language release of [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'', where she voiced the character of Moro. Anderson is a fan of [[Studio Ghibli]] and Miyazaki's work.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://5x5media.com/eye/inte/ganderson-2.php|title=The Critical Eye – Gillian Anderson|date=November 11, 1999|publisher= The Critical Eye|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref> She also took part in [[Eve Ensler]]'s ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gillian Anderson terrified of theatre|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/33654-gillian-anderson-terrified-of-theatre/|date=April 2, 2011|accessdate=September 25, 2012}}</ref> |
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===2000s=== |
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[[File:GillianAnderson2008-cropped.jpg|upright|thumb|left|Anderson pregnant with her son Felix at the premiere of ''[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]'', July 25, 2008]] |
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In 2000, Anderson starred in the film ''[[The House of Mirth (2000 film)|The House of Mirth]]'' with [[Eric Stoltz]], an adaptation of the [[Edith Wharton]] novel of the [[The House of Mirth|same name]], for which she won critical acclaim and awards such as the [[BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film|British Independent Film Award for Best Actress]], [[Village Voice Film Poll#Best Lead Performance|Village Voice Film Poll Best Lead Performance]] and a nomination for the [[2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards#Best Actress|National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress]].<ref name="Anderson"/> When ''The X-Files'' ended in 2002, she moved to London for a complete change of pace and the opportunity to return to the stage.<ref name=Biography>[http://www.gilliananderson.ws/about/bio2.shtml The Official Gillian Anderson Website: ''Biography, page 2'] Linked 2014-11-13</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10044402/Lifes-been-complicated-lately-Gillian-Anderson-interview.html The Daily Telegraph, 14 May 2013: '' 'Life's been complicated lately': Gillian Anderson interview''] Linked 2014-11-13</ref> She performed in several stage productions and worked on various film projects. |
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In 2005, she appeared as Lady Dedlock in the [[BBC]] [[Bleak House (2005 TV serial)|adaptation]] of [[Charles Dickens]]{{'}} novel ''[[Bleak House]]'',<ref name="Anderson"/> had a starring role in the Irish film ''[[The Mighty Celt]]'', for which she won an [[Irish Film and Television Awards|IFTA]] award for Best International Actress. The same year she also appeared in ''[[A Cock and Bull Story]]'', a film version of the novel ''[[Tristram Shandy]]''.<ref name="Anderson"/> In 2006, Anderson won the Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Award for Best Actress for her role in ''Bleak House''.<ref name="Anderson"/> She was nominated for a [[British Academy Television Award]] (BAFTA) for [[British Academy Television Awards 2006|Best Actress]], she also received an Emmy nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie#2000s|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie]], a nomination for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film#2000s|Golden Globe]], a [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film#2000s|Satellite Award]] nomination and came in second place in the Best Actress category of the 2005 BBC Drama website poll for her portrayal of Lady Dedlock in the adaptation.<ref name="Anderson"/> |
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During 2006 and 2007, Anderson appeared in two British films: ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'' with [[James McAvoy]]<ref name="Anderson"/><ref>{{Cite news|title="The Last King of Scotland" News|url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/news/lastking.shtml|accessdate=September 24, 2012|newspaper=www.gilliananderson.ws|date=February 26, 2007}}</ref> (2006) and ''[[Straightheads]]'' with [[Danny Dyer]] (2007).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Gillian Anderson in Straightheads|url=http://www.empiremovies.com/2005/09/19/gillian-anderson-in-straightheads/|accessdate=September 24, 2012|newspaper=[[Empire (film magazine)|empiremovies.com]]|date=September 19, 2005}}</ref> |
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Anderson hosted ''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'' during the Jane Austen series;<ref>{{cite web|title=Gillian Anderson|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/series/newlook.html|work=pbs.org|accessdate=September 24, 2012}}</ref> she was the first woman to host the series since it began in 1971.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.eonline.com/news/56958/gillian-anderson-s-masterpiece-de-resistance |title= Gillian Anderson's Masterpiece de Résistance |date= December 11, 2007|publisher= Eonline |accessdate=September 30, 2015}}</ref> Anderson starred in the second ''X-Files'' film, ''[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]'', which premiered on July 23, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Murray|first=Rebecca|title=Gillian Anderson Interview - X-Files Movie 2008 Wonder Con|url=http://video.about.com/movies/Gillian-Anderson-Interview.htm|work=[[About.com]]|accessdate=September 24, 2012}}</ref> The same year, Anderson appeared in the British comedy film [[How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)|How to Lose Friends & Alienate People]]. Anderson portrayed Nora in [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]]'s ''[[A Doll's House]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]] in London's West End during a limited engagement which ran from May 14, 2009, until July 18, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Review – A Doll’s House starring Gillian Anderson, Donmar Warehouse|url=http://westendwhingers.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/review-a-dolls-house-starring-gillian-anderson-donmar-warehouse/|date= May 20, 2009|accessdate=September 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Farndale|first=Nigel|title=Gillian Anderson interview for 'A Doll's House'|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/5256285/Gillian-Anderson-bares-all.html|work=[[The Daily telegraph]]|date=May 1, 2009|accessdate=September 24, 2012}}</ref> Anderson has received a nomination for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress#2010s|Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress]], for productions which opened in the 2009 calendar year for her portrayal of Nora.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bamigboye|first=Baz|title=Keira Knightley wins Laurence Olivier Award nomination for debut West End performance |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1249193/Keira-Knightley-nominated-Laurence-Olivier-Award-debut-West-End-performance.html|accessdate=October 4, 2010|newspaper=Mail Online|date=February 8, 2010}}</ref> |
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===2010s=== |
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[[File:Gillian Anderson (9347352920).jpg|thumb|right|Anderson at the 2013 [[San Diego Comic Con International]]]] |
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In November 2010, Anderson portrayed [[Wallis Simpson|Wallis, Duchess of Windsor]] in ''[[Any Human Heart (TV series)|Any Human Heart]]'', a TV adaptation of [[William Boyd (writer)|William Boyd]]’s novel of [[Any Human Heart|the same name]], for which she was nominated for a [[BAFTA]] for [[British Academy Television Awards 2011|Best Supporting Actress on Television]]. In April 2011, she starred in the BBC adaptation ''[[The Crimson Petal and the White (miniseries)|The Crimson Petal and the White]]'' as Mrs. Castaway, for which she was nominated for the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress. In August 2011, she appeared in a television miniseries ''[[Moby Dick (2011 miniseries)|Moby Dick]]'' based on [[Herman Melville]]'s [[Moby-Dick|1851 novel of the same name]], as Elisabeth, Ahab’s wife. Anderson appears as the head of MI7, Pamela Thornton, in ''[[Johnny English Reborn]]'', which opened internationally in Australia on September 15, 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1634122/releaseinfo | title=Release Info for Johnny English Reborn (2011)|date=September 22, 2011|publisher=IMdB|accessdate=September 2011}}</ref> She starred as [[Miss Havisham]] in a [[Great Expectations (2011 TV serial)|three-part BBC adaptation]] of ''[[Great Expectations]]'' that aired in late December 2011.<ref name=telegraphhavisham>{{cite news |author=[[Bryony Gordon]]|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8971145/Gillian-Anderson-When-he-was-just-30-my-brother-was-prepared-to-die.html |title=Gillian Anderson: 'When he was just 30, my brother was prepared to die’|work=The Daily Telegraph |date=December 26, 2011 |accessdate=December 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Osborn|first=Michael|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16047263 |title=BBC News – Great Expectations: Miss Havisham given 'youthful' air|publisher=BBC|date=December 24, 2011|accessdate=December 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/27/great-expectations-review-sam-wollaston "TV review: Great Expectations; Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me"] December 27, 2011, The Guardian</ref> For her portrayal in the adaptation she won the Artistic Excellence Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livinginrome.net/2012/10/gillian-anderson-and-matthew-macfadyen.html |title=Gillian Anderson and Matthew Macfadyen at BBC Worldwide Day - Roma Fiction Fest 2012 |publisher=Living in Rome |date=October 2, 2012 |accessdate=August 20, 2015}}</ref> was nominated for the [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries]] and for the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/2012/02/23/shortlists-announced-for-broadcasting-press-guild-tv-awards/|title=Shortlists announced for Broadcasting Press Guild TV Awards|last=Douglas|first=Torin|date=23 February 2012|publisher=[[Broadcasting Press Guild]]|accessdate=22 August 2015}}</ref> |
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In 2012, Anderson appeared in a Swiss [[drama film]], ''[[Sister (2012 film)|Sister]]'' and in ''[[Shadow Dancer (film)|Shadow Dancer]]'', a British-Irish drama film based on the novel of the same name, about the Irish republican movement. Anderson voiced the character of Hana Matsuzaki in the English-language version of Studio Ghibli’s ''[[From Up On Poppy Hill]]'', which was released In March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Voice of Hana Matsuzaki |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/From-Up-On-Poppy-Hill/Hana-Matsuzaki |work=Behind The Voice Actors |accessdate=August 26, 2015}}</ref> In May 2013, Anderson began starring as the lead [[Stella Gibson|DSI Stella Gibson]] in ''[[The Fall (TV series)|The Fall]]'', a critically acclaimed crime drama series for [[BBC Two]] and [[RTÉ ONE]].<ref name="thefall">{{cite web|title=BBC Two Orders New Drama Series Starring Gillian Anderson|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2012/02/bbc-two-orders-new-drama-series-starring-gillian-anderson/|work=TVWise|date=February 3, 2012 |accessdate=February 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Rotten Tomatoes TV|id=the-fall |title=The Fall}}</ref> Anderson was praised for her portray of the cool, self-assured Gibson and was nominated for several awards,<ref>{{Cite news|last= Saner |first= Emine |title= Gillian Anderson: The Fall girl who never bowed to Hollywood demands|url= http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jun/09/gillian-anderson-profile-fall-bbc |accessdate=August 31, 2015|newspaper= The Guardian |date=June 9, 2013}}</ref> including the [[Golden Nymph Award]], a [[Satellite Awards|Satellite Award]] and the Broadcasting Press Guild Award nominations for Best Actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvfestival.com/pdfz/2015NomineesGNA.pdf|title=Golden Nymph Award 2015|accessdate=31 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/2014/02/20/broadcasting-press-guild-40th-tv-radio-awards/|title=Broadcasting Press Guild: 40th TV & Radio Awards|accessdate=31 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/bpgawards/bpg-awards-2015/best-actress/|title=BPG 2015 Best Actress Nomination|accessdate=31 August 2015}}</ref> She also became an executive producer for the programme, from its second series.<ref>{{cite web|title=It's Official: BBC Two Renews ‘The Fall’ For Season 2|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/05/its-official-bbc-two-renews-the-fall-for-season-2/|first=Patrick|last=Munn|work=TVWise|date=27 May 2013|accessdate=31 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.theknowledgeonline.com/the-knowledge-bulletin/post/2015/10/01/third-series-of-the-fall-gears-up |title= Third series of The Fall gears up|date=October 1, 2015|author= Nia Daniels|work=The Knowledge Online|accessdate=October 7, 2015}}</ref> From 2013 till 2015, she played [[Bedelia Du Maurier]], [[Hannibal Lecter]]'s psychiatrist, in the [[NBC]] series ''[[Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]''. In 2014, Anderson was promoted from a recurring character during the first two seasons, to a series regular for the third season.<ref>Ausiello, Michael. [http://tvline.com/2014/09/11/gillian-anderson-hannibal-series-regular-season-3/ "Hannibal Season 3: Gillian Anderson Is a Full-Fledged Series Regular"] ''TV Line''. September 11, 2014.</ref> |
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In July 2014, Anderson gained critical acclaim for her performance as [[Blanche DuBois]] in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' by [[Tennessee Williams]] at the [[Young Vic Theatre]] in London,<ref>{{cite web|title=Production Page|url=http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/a-streetcar-named-desire|website=Young Vic Theatre|accessdate=20 August 2014}}</ref> for which she won the [[Evening Standard Award#Best Actress|Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress]] and received her second nomination for the [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]. The production became the fastest-selling show in the theatre's history and the run was extended by two weeks due to the demand for tickets.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Streetcar Named Desire extends run to 19 September 2014 |url=http://www.youngvic.org/sites/default/files/documents/Press/Press_releases/Young_Vic_A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_extends_run_to_19_September_2014.pdf|website=Young Vic Theatre|accessdate=20 August 2014}}</ref> In the first collaboration between the [[Young Vic Theatre]] and [[National Theatre Live]], the show was broadcast live to over 1100 venues on 16 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=NT live broadcast of A Streetcar Named Desire at Young Vic|url=http://www.youngvic.org/sites/default/files/documents/Press/Press_releases/NT_Live_broadcast_of_A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_at_Young_Vic.pdf|website=Young Vic Theatre|accessdate=20 August 2014}}</ref> In February 2015, Anderson directed and starred in a short film [[prequel]] to ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', titled ''The Departure''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2015/feb/06/the-departure-gillian-anderson-streetcar-named-desire-video |title=The Departure: a short film starring Gillian Anderson – video |publisher=The Guardian |date=February 6, 2015 |accessdate=August 20, 2015}}</ref> Anderson will reprise the role of Blanche DuBois on stage at [[St. Ann's Warehouse]] in [[New York City]] in the spring of 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Ann’s Warehouse - A YOUNG VIC & JOSHUA ANDREWS CO-PRODUCTION|url=http://stannswarehouse.org/show/streetcar-named-desire/|website=St. Ann’s Warehouse|accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref> |
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Anderson will portray Anna Pavlovna Scherer in the upcoming [[BBC One]] television adaptation ''[[War and Peace (2015 TV series)|War and Peace]]'', scheduled to air in early 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|last= Li |first= Shirley |title= First Look at Lily James, Gillian Anderson, Paul Dano in War and Peace miniseries |url= http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/14/war-peace-miniseries-paul-dano-lily-james-gillian-anderson |accessdate=August 25, 2015|newspaper= Entertainment Weekly |date= August 14, 2015}}</ref> In March 2015, it was announced that Anderson would once again portray Agent Dana Scully in a [[The X-Files (miniseries)|six-episode miniseries]] [[Revival (television)|revival]] of ''[[The X-Files]]'', scheduled to premiere on January 24, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title= ‘The X Files’ Event Series Gets Post NFC Championship Game Launch, Monday Slot |url= http://deadline.com/2015/05/the-x-files-event-series-gets-post-nfc-championship-game-launch-monday-slot-1201424281/ |first= Nellie |last= Andreeva |work=Deadline|date=11 May 2015|accessdate=7 October 2015}}</ref> |
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Anderson will portray [[Edwina Mountbatten]] in [[Gurinder Chadha]]’s upcoming partition drama, ''[[Viceroy's House (film)|Viceroy's House]]''. Filming began in [[Jodhpur]] on August 30, 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|last= Wiseman |first= Andreas |title= Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson topline partition drama 'Viceroy’s House' |url= http://www.screendaily.com/news/bonneville-anderson-topline-partition-drama-viceroys-house/5087176.article |accessdate=August 25, 2015|newspaper= Screen Daily |date=April 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last= Mitchell |first= Robert |title= Gurinder Chadha’s ‘Viceroy’s House’ Starts Shoot in India|url= http://variety.com/2015/film/production/gurinder-chadhas-viceroys-house-starts-shoot-in-india-1201582649/ |accessdate=September 3, 2015|newspaper= Variety |date= September 1, 2015}}</ref> |
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In March, 2015, it was announced that ''[[The Fall (TV series)|The Fall]]'' will return for a third series with Anderson in the lead as DSI Stella Gibson. Shooting of the third series begins in late 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/10/gillian-anderson-jamie-dornan-bbc-the-fall-series-three-fifty-shades|title=Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan to return in BBC's The Fall|author=John Plunkett|work=the Guardian}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Anderson is an avid art collector. She spent her first paycheck from the ''X-Files'' to purchase an art piece – a [[David Blackburn (artist)|David Blackburn]] [[lithography]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/afterhours/museums/gillian-anderson-darren-waterston-filthy-lucre-sackler.php|title=Gillian Anderson Is in DC, and the Reason for Her Visit Might Surprise You|date=May 15, 2015|author=Emily Codik|work=Washingtonian|accessdate=August 19, 2015}}</ref> Her collection includes work from artists such as [[Diane Arbus]], [[Helen Levitt]], [[Cindy Sherman]], [[Francesco Clemente]], [[Alexis Rockman]] and [[Kiki Smith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/98/98movieline.shtml|title=Gillian of the Spirits|date=January 1, 1999|author=Virginia Campbell|work=Movieline|accessdate=August 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2007/04/23/gillian_anderson_straightheads_2007_interview.shtml|title=Gillian Anderson - Straightheads 2007 Interview|date=April 23, 2007|author=Rob Carnevale|work=BBC UK|accessdate=August 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/xfiles-to-ybas-gillian-anderson-takes-on-the-art-world-1938231.html|title=X-Files to YBAs: Gillian Anderson takes on the art world|date=April 10, 2010|author=James Mottram|work=The Independent|accessdate=August 19, 2015}}</ref> |
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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. Their daughter, Piper Maru born September 1994, for whom [[Chris Carter (screenwriter)|Chris Carter]] – Piper's godfather – named the ''X-Files'' [[Piper Maru|episode of the same name]]. Anderson and Klotz divorced in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/may/07/tvbaftas2006.television|title=The magnificent Anderson|date=May 7, 2006|author=Harriet Lane|work=The Observer |accessdate=February 5, 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=383845&in_page_id=1773 | title= X Files star now to become X-wife | date=April 22, 2006 |work=Daily Mail | accessdate=October 4, 2006}}</ref> Anderson and former boyfriend, Mark Griffiths, have two sons: Oscar, born November 2006<ref>{{Cite news| url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2460323,00.html | title=Boy for Scully and Mr X | date=November 19, 2006 |work=The Times | accessdate=November 18, 2006 | location=London}}</ref> and Felix, born October 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20234661,00.html|title=Gillian Anderson Welcomes a Son|date=October 20, 2008|work=People|accessdate=February 5, 2012}}</ref> She ended their relationship in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gillian-anderson-partner-mark-griffiths-split--201278|title=Exclusive: Gillian Anderson, Partner Mark Griffiths Split|publisher=[[Us Weekly]]|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> In March 2012, Anderson told [[Out (magazine)|''Out'']] magazine about her past relationship with women.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/television/2012/03/13/gillian-anderson-lesbian-love-xfiles-Miss-Havisham?page=0,0 |title=The Double Life of Gillian Anderson |publisher=''Out'' |date=March 13, 2012}}</ref> Anderson identifies as heterosexual<ref>{{Cite news|last= Turchiano|first= Danielle|title= 'The Fall's' Gillian Anderson on Season 2 "Surprises," 'Hannibal's' Darkness|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/falls-gillian-anderson-season-2-762644 |accessdate=September 18, 2015|newspaper= Hollywood Reporter|date= January 16, 2015}}</ref> and in December 2014, in an interview with the ''[[Evening Standard]] '' she stated: “I am an actively heterosexual woman who celebrates however people want to express their sexuality.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/gillian-anderson-self-destruction-is-my-default-mode-9897489.html|title=Gillian Anderson: Self destruction is my default mode|date=December 2, 2014|author=Nick Curtis|work= Evening Standard|accessdate=August 26, 2015}}</ref> In an interview with the [[The Daily Telegraph|''Telegraph'']] in March 2015, Anderson said that she was not closed to the idea of entering another same-sex relationship, adding: "To me a relationship is about loving another human being; their gender is irrelevant."<ref>{{Cite news|last= Woods |first= Judith |title= Gillian Anderson: It’s time somebody was brave enough to ask me out|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11489711/Gillian-Anderson-Its-time-somebody-was-brave-enough-to-ask-me-out.html|accessdate=September 15, 2015|newspaper= Telegraph |date= March 24, 2015}}</ref> |
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Anderson Identifies herself as a [[feminist]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://interviewly.com/i/gillian-anderson-mar-2014-reddit|title= Gillian Anderson reddit AMA - March 2014|date=March 13, 2015|publisher= Interviewly|accessdate=September 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtTGOjz_wn4|title= Gillian Anderson Q&A Fan Expo Canada 2015|date= September 9, 2015|publisher= Youtube|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref> In August 2014, in an interview with [[Glamour (magazine)|''Glamour'']] magazine, Anderson said: “I have feminist bones and when I hear things or see people react to women in certain ways I have very little tolerance.”<ref>{{Cite news|last= Walden|first= Celia|title= I have a healthy appreciation of Ryan Gosling|url= http://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/10_15/14glamour.shtml|accessdate=September 14, 2015|newspaper= Glamour Magazine UK|date=August 1, 2014}}</ref> When asked in May 2015, during the [[Dallas Comic Con]] if she considered herself to be a feminist icon - given the many strong female characters she portrayed - Anderson replied: “I don’t necessarily consider myself to be an icon, but I do consider myself to be a feminist.”<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlIctMT6JpU |title=Dallas Comic Con - May 2015 - The X Files - Gillian Anderson|date=May 31, 2015|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=September 9, 2015}}</ref> |
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In 2011, Gillian's brother died of a brain tumor, at the age of 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/grandrapids/obituary.aspx?pid=153833165 |title=Aaron Anderson Obituary |publisher=Obits.mlive.com |date=November 5, 2011 |accessdate=June 8, 2013}}</ref> |
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==Activism and charity work== |
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Anderson has been active in supporting numerous charity organizations, as well as global and social causes. Anderson is known to support the [[LGBT community]], particularly youth. She supports [[The Trevor Project]] organization, focused on suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth and attended three of the Trevor Project's "Cracked X-Mas" events to benefit the organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/99_00/99cxmas.shtml|title=Gillian Anderson Headlines Trevor Project Fundraiser to Help Gay Teens}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/charities/other.shtml#trevorl|title=The Trevor Project organization}}</ref> |
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Anderson supports [[Childreach International]], a London-based charity that works in partnership with local communities in the [[developing world]], to secure children’s basic rights; she addressed the problem of [[child trafficking]] during the press for the ''[[Sold (2014 film)|Sold]]'' film, that presents the issue. She also supports their ''Taught Not Trafficked'' campaign, that was launched in July, 2014.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.childreach.org.uk/news/gillian-anderson-child-trafficking-and-her-film-sold|title= Gillian Anderson on Child Trafficking and her Film 'Sold'|date= January 19, 2015 |publisher= childreach.org.uk |accessdate=October 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.taughtnottrafficked.com/news/taught-not-trafficked-launches-at-solds-european-premiere |title= #TaughtNotTrafficked launches at Sold's European premiere |date= July 14, 2014 |publisher= taughtnottrafficked.com |accessdate=October 7, 2015}}</ref> In 2015, Anderson became a patron of the International Literacy Centre (European home of Reading Recovery).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://ilc.ioe.ac.uk/rr/33.html|title= International Literacy Centre – Champions |work= International Literacy Centre |accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ioe.ac.uk/research/112126.html |title= Reading Recovery – University College London – Institute of Education |work= UCL Institute of Education |accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref> |
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===Neurofibromatosis=== |
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Anderson is an honorary spokesperson for the [[Neurofibromatosis]] (NF) Network.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nfnetwork.org/donate-now/other-ways-to-give|title= Neurofibromatosis Network - Other Ways to Give |work= nfnetwork.org|accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref> Her brother Aaron died from the disease and was diagnosed when Gillian was just a teenager. In May 1996, Anderson addressed the [[United States Congress]] urging for more education and funding for NF research projects.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r104:S20MY6-667: |title= Neurofibromatosis Inc., the NF support group of West Michigan and Rosemary and Gillian Anderson |date= May 20, 1996|publisher= The Library of Congress|accessdate=October 5, 2015}}</ref> She supports the Children with Tumours organisation,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.greatstorieswithheart.com/gillian-anderson-launches-national-schools-competition |title= Gillian Anderson launches national schools competition |date= March 15, 2013|publisher= Great Stories with Heart |accessdate=October 5, 2015}}</ref> the [[Global Genes - Allies in Rare Disease|Global Genes]] movement, that's also devoted to helping children with NF<ref>{{cite web|url= https://globalgenes.org/gillian-anderson-for-the-global-genes-projc|title= Gillian Anderson for The Global Genes Project|work= globalgenes.org|accessdate=2015-10-05}}</ref> and she partners with ''Doodle 4 NF'' - an annual fundraiser for the NF Network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doodle4nf.org/why-doodle/|title=Doodle 4 NF Website}}</ref> |
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===Africa and SA-YES=== |
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[[File:Gillian-Anderson-Buskaid-London-2004.jpg|upright|thumb|right|Anderson during Buskaid charity event at [[St Mary's, Bryanston Square]] in London, July 10, 2004]] |
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Anderson is the co-founder of the South African Youth Education for Sustainability (SA-YES), aiding the empowerment of marginalised young people in [[South Africa]] through youth mentoring, that provides youth leaving children's homes with guidance that enables them to develop their skills, further their education and source suitable housing in order for them to participate in society as independent adults.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sa-yes.com|title=SA YES - Youth Mentoring|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref> |
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From 2005 till 2011, Anderson ran a philanthropic project that benefited the Alinyiikira Junior School in [[Kampala]], [[Uganda]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gilliananderson.ws/ajschool |title= Alinyiikira Junior School|accessdate=October 7, 2015}}</ref> Anderson is a member of the board of directors for Artists for a New South Africa<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.looktothestars.org/charity/artists-for-a-new-south-africa|title= Artists for a New South Africa Celebrity Supporters & Events|accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gilliananderson.ws/charities/other.shtml#ansa|title= Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA)}}</ref> and a campaigner for [[ACTSA: Action for Southern Africa]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/3276893.stm|title= Talking Point: Ask the head of UNAids|date= November 17, 2003|publisher= BBC |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gilliananderson.ws/charities/other.shtml#actsa|title= ACTSA: Action for Southern Africa}}</ref> Anderson supported Buskaid - charitable trust aiming to help young black musicians in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.gilliananderson.ws/charities/buskaid.shtml|title= The Official Gillian Anderson Website - Charities - Buskaid|accessdate=September 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.buskaid.org.za/photos.htm|title= Buskaid - Helping Young Black Musicians in South Africa Townships |work= buskaid.org |accessdate=2015-09-13}}</ref> She's also a patron of FoTAC that works with the [[Treatment Action Campaign]] in South Africa, to ensure people’s access to treatment to reduce the effects of [[HIV]] and prevent infection with HIV.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fotac.org/patron/Gillian-Anderson|title= FOTAC Patrons - Gillian Anderson|work= fotac.org |accessdate=2015-09-13}}</ref> |
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===Women's rights=== |
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Anderson is known to support various women’s organizations and social movements. She has been a long-time supporter of the [[Feminist Majority Foundation]]; in 1996 she became its spokesperson and participated as a team leader in the FMF's ''Million4Roe'' campaign, emceed their ''Rock 4 Choice'' benefit concert, attended an FMF event to stop gender apartheid in [[Afghanistan]] in March 1999 and also appeared on [[Hollywood Squares]] in April 2002 to benefit the FMF's campaign to help Afghan women and girls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/charities/other.shtml#fmf|title=The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF)}}</ref> |
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Anderson participated in [[Eve Ensler]]'s ''[[Vagina Monologues]]'', including a stage performance on February 14, 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|last= Kellaway |first= Kate |title= Talking 'bout our genitalia|url= http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/apr/22/features.review27|accessdate=October 7, 2015|newspaper= The Guardian |date=April 22, 2001}}</ref> Anderson is a supporter of Ensler's [[V-Day (movement)|V-Day]] movement aiming to end violence against women and girls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powertodogood.com/TheOfficialGillianAndersonWebsite_BedeliaDuMaurierStore_s/1873.htm|title=Power To Do Good - Benefit V-Day: A Global Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls Worldwide|accessdate=July 28, 2015 }}</ref> |
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Anderson is an advocate for [[reproductive rights]]. In 2001, she emceed the "Rock for Choice" concert fundraiser in which participated singers [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Paula Cole]], [[Melissa Etheridge]] as well as actresses [[Helen Hunt]], [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Portia de Rossi]], and [[Kathy Najimy]]. The concert supported reproductive options for unplanned pregnancies, including the [[morning after pill]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5426 |title= Sold Out Rock for Choice Concert Sends a Powerful Message: We Won't Go Back!|date=April 9, 2001|publisher=feminist.org |accessdate=September 9, 2015}}</ref> |
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For [[International Women's Day]] 2014, Anderson was one of the artist signatories of [[Amnesty International]]'s letter to UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] campaigning for [[women's rights in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/stars-write-cameron-about-afghan-women-international-womens-day|title= Stars write to Cameron about Afghan women for International Women's Day |date= March 7, 2014|publisher=amnesty.org.uk|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref> |
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In March 2015, Anderson backed the Women at the Well drop-in centre for vulnerable women in London, which is supported financially by [[Comic Relief]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-31824884|title=Gillian Anderson backs Comic Relief charity Women at the Well|date=March 11, 2015|publisher=BBC|accessdate=September 9, 2015}}</ref> |
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Anderson supports the [[Refuge (United Kingdom charity)|Refuge]], a United Kingdom charity providing specialist support for women and children experiencing [[domestic violence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powertodogood.com/TheOfficialGillianAndersonWebsite_StellaGibsonStore_s/1872.htm|title=Power To Do Good - Benefit REFUGE|accessdate=July 28, 2015}}</ref> |
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===Indigenous rights=== |
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In late 2010, Anderson and other celebrities joined a campaign to boycott [[Botswana]] diamonds over the government's treatment of the Kalahari [[San people|San]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.afran.info/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5656 |title= Celebrities boycott Botswana over Bushmen|date= November 8, 2010|publisher= AFRAN Study and Research Institute |accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> Anderson supports tribal rights charity [[Survival International]], an organization that champions tribal peoples around the world and in early 2010 she participated in a performance in a London stage fundraiser for its cause.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/5623|title= Stars line up in West End to celebrate tribal peoples|date= March 9, 2010|publisher= Survival International|accessdate=October 5, 2015}}</ref> In February 2011, Anderson narrated a [http://www.survivalinternational.org/films/uncontactedtribes short film] about recent footage of an [[uncontacted tribe]], in which the Amazon Indians were spotted from the air on the [[Brazil]]-[[Peru]] border. Anderson has said, "What comes across powerfully from this amazing footage is how healthy and confident these people appear. I hope they can be left alone – but that will only happen if the loggers are stopped."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncontactedtribes.org/brazilfootage|title=First ever aerial footage of uncontacted Amazon tribe released|accessdate=February 4, 2011 |publisher=uncontactedtribes.org}}</ref> In June 2011, Anderson became an ambassador for Survival International.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/7364|title= Gillian Anderson becomes Survival ambassador|date= June 13, 2011|publisher= Survival International|accessdate=October 5, 2015}}</ref> In September 2015, Anderson was among the celebrities who signed a letter calling for a new approach to conservation that would respect tribal peoples’ rights.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/10900?utm_content=buffer601eb|title= Celebrities call for a new conservation that respects tribal peoples’ rights|date= September 9, 2015|publisher= Survival International|accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> |
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===Animals rights and environmental advocacy=== |
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In October 2010, Anderson participated in [[10:10]]’s controversial short film, ''[[No Pressure (film)|No Pressure]]'', as part of the [[global warming mitigation]] campaign’s aim to encourage the reduction of [[Carbon dioxide|CO<sub>2</sub>]] emissions. In 2012, she joined [[Greenpeace]] in the stand with the people of Brazil for a zero [[deforestation]] law to save the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jyx3GpjhUQ |title= Message from Gillian Anderson: Save the Amazon |date= March 7, 2014|publisher=Greenpeace|accessdate=September 14, 2015}}</ref> |
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Anderson is an active member of [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA) and supports animal rights.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://peta.org/feat/gillian/|title=Turkey Passes Its First Comprehensive Animal-Protection Law|work= PETA|accessdate=October 4, 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041123235203/http://www.peta.org/feat/gillian/|archivedate=November 23, 2004}}</ref> She also backed [[Cheetah Conservation Fund]] in 2013, by creating a short film together with the fund, advocating CCF's action to prevent the extinction of the cheetah.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://cheetah.org/video/gillian-anderson-for-cheetah-conservation-fund|title= Gillian Anderson for Cheetah Conservation Fund |date= December 30, 2013|publisher= cheetah.org |accessdate=September 9, 2015}}</ref> In 2013, Anderson joined the ''Fishlove'' campaign, supporting the fight against unsustainable fishing practices that harm the marine ecosystem.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fishlove.co.uk/|title=Fish love}}</ref> |
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==Filmography== |
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===Film=== |
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| 1986 |
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| ''Three at Once'' |
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| Woman 1 |
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| Short film |
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| 1988 |
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| ''{{sortname|A|Matter of Choice|nolink=1}}'' |
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| Unknown |
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| Short film |
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| 1992 |
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| ''{{sortname|The|Turning|The Turning (1992 film)}}'' |
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| April Cavanaugh |
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| 1997 |
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| ''[[Chicago Cab]]'' |
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| Southside Girl or Brenda |
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| also known as ''Hellcab'' |
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| 1998 |
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| ''[[The X-Files (film)|The X-Files]]'' |
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| [[Dana Scully|FBI Special Agent Dana Scully]] |
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| 1998 |
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| ''{{sortname|The|Mighty}}'' |
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| Loretta Lee |
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| 1998 |
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| ''[[Playing by Heart]]'' |
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| Meredith |
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| 1999 |
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| ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' |
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| Moro |
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| Voice |
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| 2000 |
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| ''{{sortname|The|House of Mirth|The House of Mirth (2000 film)}}'' |
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| Lily Bart |
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| 2005 |
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| ''{{sortname|The|Mighty Celt}}'' |
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| Kate Morrison |
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| 2005 |
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| ''{{sortname|A|Cock and Bull Story}}'' |
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| Herself/Widow Wadman |
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| 2006 |
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| ''{{sortname|The|Last King of Scotland|The Last King of Scotland (film)}}'' |
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| Sarah Merrit |
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| 2007 |
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| ''[[Straightheads]]'' |
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| Alice Comfort |
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| also known as ''Closure'' |
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| 2008 |
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| ''{{sortname|The|X-Files: I Want to Believe}}'' |
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| Dana Scully |
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| 2008 |
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| ''[[How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)|How to Lose Friends & Alienate People]]'' |
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| Eleanor Johnson |
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| |
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|- |
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| 2009 |
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| ''[[Boogie Woogie (film)|Boogie Woogie]]'' |
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| Jean Maclestone |
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| 2010 |
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| ''[[No Pressure (film)|No Pressure]]'' |
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| Herself |
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| Short film |
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|- |
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| 2011 |
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| ''[[Johnny English Reborn]]'' |
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| Pamela Thornton ("Pegasus") |
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| |
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| 2012 |
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| ''[[Sister (2012 film)|Sister]]'' |
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| Kristin Jansen |
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| |
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|- |
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| 2012 |
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| ''[[Shadow Dancer (film)|Shadow Dancer]]'' |
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| Kate Fletcher |
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| |
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|- |
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| 2012 |
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| ''[[Room on the Broom (film)|Room on the Broom]]'' |
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| Witch |
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|Voice |
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| 2013 |
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| ''[[Mr. Morgan's Last Love]]'' |
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| Karen Morgan |
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| |
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|- |
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| 2013 |
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| ''[[From Up On Poppy Hill]]'' |
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| Hana Matsuzaki |
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| Voice |
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|- |
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| 2013 |
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| ''[[I'll Follow You Down]]'' |
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| Marika |
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| |
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|- |
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| 2014 |
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| ''[[Sold (2014 film)|Sold]]'' |
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| Sophia |
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| |
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|- |
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| 2014 |
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| ''[[Robot Overlords]]'' |
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| Kate |
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| |
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|- |
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| 2015 |
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| ''The Departure'' |
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| [[Blanche Dubois]] |
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| Short film<br/>Also director |
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|- |
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| 2015 |
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| style="background:#add8e6" |''The Widowmaker'' {{double-dagger|alt=Documentary release}} |
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| Narrator |
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| Documentary |
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|- |
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| 2016 |
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| ''[[Viceroy's House (film)|Viceroy's House]]'' {{dagger|alt=Film has yet to be released}} |
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| [[Edwina Mountbatten]] |
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|''Filming'' |
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===Television=== |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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| 1993 |
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| ''[[Class of '96]]'' |
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| Rachel |
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| Episode: "The Accused" |
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|- |
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| 1993–2002 |
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| ''{{sortname|The|X-Files|The X-Files}}'' |
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| [[Dana Scully|FBI Special Agent Dana Scully]] |
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| 202 episodes<br/>Also writer and director of "[[All Things]]" |
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|- |
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| 1995 |
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| ''[[Eek! the Cat]]'' |
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| Agent Scully (voice) |
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| Episode: "Eek Space 9" |
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|- |
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| 1996 |
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| ''[[ReBoot]]'' |
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| Data Nully (voice) |
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| Episode: "Trust No One" |
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|- |
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| 1996 |
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| ''[[Future Fantastic]]'' |
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| Herself |
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| 9 episodes |
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|- |
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| 1996–2002 |
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| ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' |
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| Herself |
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| 5 episodes |
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|- |
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| 1997 |
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| ''[[The Simpsons]]'' |
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| Agent Scully (voice) |
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| Episode: "[[The Springfield Files]]" |
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|- |
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| 1999 |
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| ''[[Frasier]]'' |
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| Jenny (voice) |
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| Episode: "Dr. Nora" |
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|- |
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| 1999 |
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| ''[[Harsh Realm]]'' |
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| Video Narrator |
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| Voice (uncredited) |
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|- |
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| 2005 |
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| ''[[Bleak House (2005 TV serial)|Bleak House]]'' |
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| Lady Dedlock |
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| 14 episodes |
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|- |
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| 2007 |
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| ''[[Robbie the Reindeer]]'' |
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| Queen Vorkana (voice) |
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| Episode: "Close Encounters of the Herd Kind" |
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|- |
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| 2008 |
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| ''[[Masterpiece (TV series)|Masterpiece]]'' |
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| Herself |
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| Episode: "Sense and Sensibility" |
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|- |
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| 2010 |
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| ''[[Any Human Heart (TV series)|Any Human Heart]]'' |
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| [[Wallis Simpson|Duchess of Windsor]] |
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| 3 episodes |
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|- |
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| 2011 |
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| ''[[The Crimson Petal and the White (miniseries)|The Crimson Petal and the White]]'' |
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| Mrs. Castaway |
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| 2 episodes |
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|- |
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| 2011 |
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| ''[[Moby Dick (2011 miniseries)|Moby Dick]]'' |
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| Elizabeth |
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| 2 episodes |
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|- |
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| 2011 |
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| ''[[Great Expectations (2011 TV serial)|Great Expectations]]'' |
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| [[Miss Havisham]] |
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| 3 episodes |
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|- |
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| 2013–present |
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| ''[[The Fall (TV series)|The Fall]]'' |
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| [[Stella Gibson|DSI Stella Gibson]] |
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| 11 episodes<br/>Also executive producer |
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|- |
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| 2013–15 |
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| ''[[Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]'' |
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| [[Bedelia Du Maurier|Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier]] |
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| 22 episodes |
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|- |
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| 2014 |
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| ''[[Crisis (TV series)|Crisis]]'' |
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| Meg Fitch |
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| 13 episodes |
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|- |
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| 2014 |
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| ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' |
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| Fairy Godmother/Fiona (voice) |
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| Episode: "Up, Up, and Buffet" |
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|- |
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| 2014 |
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| ''[[National Theatre Live]]'' |
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| [[Blanche DuBois]] |
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| Episode: "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
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|- |
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| 2015 |
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| ''[[Top Gear (2002 series)|Top Gear]]'' |
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| Herself |
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| Episode: "#22.6" |
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|- |
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| 2016 |
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| ''[[War and Peace (2015 TV series)|War and Peace]]'' |
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| Anna Pavlovna Scherer |
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| ''Post-production''; miniseries |
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|- |
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| 2016 |
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| ''[[The X-Files (miniseries)|The X-Files]]'' |
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| Dana Scully |
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| ''Post-production''; miniseries |
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|} |
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===Video games=== |
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{| class = "wikitable sortable" |
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|- |
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| 1996 || [[Microsoft Hellbender|''Hellbender'']] || E.V.E. (Enhanced Virtual Entity) || |
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|- |
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| 1998 || ''[[The X-Files Game]]'' || [[Dana Scully]] || |
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|- |
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| 2004 || ''[[The X-Files: Resist or Serve]]'' || Dana Scully || |
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|} |
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===Writing=== |
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* Wrote ''X-Files'' episode "[[All Things]]", which aired in 2000. |
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===Directing=== |
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* Directed ''X-Files'' episode "All Things", which aired in 2000. |
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* Directed ''[http://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2015/feb/06/the-departure-gillian-anderson-streetcar-named-desire-video The Departure]'', a short film prequel to ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''. It is part of the [[Young Vic]]'s short film series, which is produced in collaboration with ''The Guardian''. The piece was written by novelist [[Andrew O'Hagan]]. |
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===Producing=== |
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* Executive producer of the second season of ''[[The Fall (TV series)|The Fall]]''. |
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===Voice work=== |
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* Narrator of [[Anne Rice]]'s novel ''[[Exit to Eden]]'' (2000). |
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* Narrated ''[[The X-Files literature#Novels|The X-Files: Ground Zero]]''. |
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* Narrated the audiobook for her novel ''A Vision of Fire'' (2014). |
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* Narrator of [[BBC Radio 4]]'s on-going series [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3vVjcY47k2p5Wsnj3ZFHV5W/a-history-of-ideas ''A History of Ideas''] (2015). |
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* Provided a voice recording of reading [[Virginia Woolf]]'s suicide note for [[The Royal Ballet]] production, ''Woolf Works'' (2015).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/may/27/virginia-woolf-live-death-suicide-fiction | title=Virginia Woolf should live on, but not because of her death| accessdate=June 29, 2015 }}</ref> |
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==Stage== |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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| 1983 |
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| ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' |
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| Officer Brophy |
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| City High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan<ref>{{cite web| url=http://gfiles.toddverbeek.com | title=The G-Files: the search for Gillian Anderson's roots | accessdate=October 4, 2006 }}</ref> |
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|- |
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| 1990 |
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| ''[[A Flea in Her Ear]]'' |
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| Eugenie |
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| The Theatre School, De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mjq.net/xfiles/gillian.htm | title=Gillian Anderson CBC Interview | accessdate=September 3, 2015 }}</ref> |
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|- |
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| 1991 |
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| ''[[Absent Friends (play)|Absent Friends]] |
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| Evelyn |
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| [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], New York |
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|- |
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| 1992 |
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| ''[[The Philanthropist]]'' |
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| Celia |
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| [[Long Wharf Theatre]], New Haven, Connecticut |
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|- |
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| 1999–2000 |
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| ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' |
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| |
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| Los Angeles & London |
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|- |
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| 2002–03 |
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| ''What The Night Is For'' |
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| Melinda Metz |
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| [[Comedy Theatre]], London |
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|- |
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| 2004 |
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| ''The Sweetest Swing in Baseball'' |
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| Dana |
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| [[Royal Court Theatre]], London |
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|- |
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| 2009 |
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| '' [[A Doll's House]]'' |
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| Nora Helmer |
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| [[Donmar Warehouse]], London |
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|- |
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| 2010 |
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| '' [http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/5623 We Are One: A celebration of tribal peoples]'' |
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| |
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| [[Apollo Theatre]], London |
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|- |
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|2013 |
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|''Letters Live'' |
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| |
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| The Tabernacle, Notting Hill<ref>{{cite web|title=Letters Live: Epistolary Joy At Freemasons’ Hall|url=http://londonist.com/2015/04/letters-live-epistolary-joy-at-freemasons-hall.php|website=Londonist}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Sherlock star, X Files actor and a host of other celebrities perform at charity event for the Reading Agency|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/11/benedict-cumberbatch-gillian-anderson-letters-live|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Letters Live at Hay Fetival|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/10866362/Benedict-Cumberbatch-brings-romantic-letters-to-life.html|website=The Telegraph}}</ref> |
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|- |
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| 2014 |
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| ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' |
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| [[Blanche DuBois]] |
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| [[Young Vic]], London |
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|- |
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| 2016 |
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| ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' |
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| [[Blanche DuBois]] |
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| [[St. Ann's Warehouse]], New York City |
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|- |
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==Awards and nominations== |
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{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Gillian Anderson}} |
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In 1996, Anderson was voted the "Sexiest Woman in the World" for ''[[FHM]]''{{'s}} ''100 Sexiest Women'' poll.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/96_97/96fhmsup.shtml |title=FHM No. 81 |author= Gillian Anderson Official Site }}</ref> In 1997, she was chosen by [[People (American magazine)|''People'']] magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122101,00.html|title=Gillian Anderson - Most Beautiful, Gillian Anderson: People.com|date=May 12, 1997|accessdate=February 26, 2012}}</ref> ''Askmen'' listed her at No. 6 on their Top 7: '90s [[Sex Symbol]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-7-90s-sex-symbols_6.html|title=Top 7: '90s Sex Symbols – AskMen|accessdate=February 26, 2012}}</ref> In 2008, she was listed 21st in ''FHM'''s ''All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fhm.com/girls/100-sexiest/gillian-anderson-20081210 |title=The All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame |publisher=''FHM''}}</ref> |
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In 2010, Anderson was named Honorary Associates of The [[London Film School]] (LFS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.lfs.org.uk/2010/12/gillian-anderson-jack-gold-and-chrissy.html|title=Gillian Anderson, Jack Gold and Chrissy Bright become Honorary Associates at LFS Annual Show}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
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* Anderson's first book ''A Vision of Fire'', co-authored by [[Jeff Rovin]], was published in October 2014. It's the first book from the ''Earthend Saga'' series. It is described as "a science fiction thriller of epic proportions". [[Simon & Schuster]]. ISBN 978-1471137709.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-vision-of-fire/gillian-anderson/9781471137709|title=A Vision of Fire (Earthend Saga #1)|author=Gillian Anderson|work=waterstones|accessdate=July 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21412146-a-vision-of-fire|title=A Vision of Fire (Earthend Saga #1)|author=Gillian Anderson|work=Goodreads|accessdate=May 28, 2015}}</ref> |
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* ''A Dream of Ice'' is Anderson and [[Jeff Rovin]]'s second book of the ''Earthend Saga'' series. It will be published on December 8, 2015. [[Simon & Schuster]]. ISBN 978-1476776552.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.simonandschuster.com/A-Dream-of-Ice/Gillian-Anderson/9781476776552|title=A Dream of Ice (Earthend Saga #2)|author=Gillian Anderson|work=Simon & Schuster|accessdate=July 28, 2015}}</ref> |
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* Anderson and journalist/activist [[Jennifer Nadel]] will publish their [[self-help book|self-help guide book]] for women, titled ''WE: A Manifesto for Modern Women''. The book is described as an "urgent and timely book for women, which offers a dramatically new path to fulfillment". Anderson stated that the book is a "call-out to all women around the world – and by women I include girls, transgender, anyone who identifies themselves as being intrinsically female." The book will be published on March 8, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|last= Lewis|first= Andy|title= Gillian Anderson to Write "Revolutionary Self-Help Guide" for Women (Exclusive)|url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gillian-anderson-help-guide-women-788602|accessdate=September 18, 2015|newspaper= Hollywood Reporter|date= April 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last= shaffi|first= Sarah|title= Anderson and Nadel pen self-help guide for women|url= http://www.thebookseller.com/news/anderson-and-nadel-pen-self-help-guide-women|accessdate=September 18, 2015|newspaper= The Book Seller|date= April 14, 2015}}</ref> Atira Books. ISBN 978-1501126277. (US)/[[HarperCollins]]. ISBN 978-0008147938. (UK)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://books.simonandschuster.com/WE/Gillian-Anderson/9781501126277|title=WE: A Manifesto for Modern Women|author=Gillian Anderson|work= Simon & Schuster|accessdate=September 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.waterstones.com/book/we/gillian-anderson/jennifer-nadal/9780008147938|title=WE: A Manifesto for Modern Women|author=Gillian Anderson|work= Waterstones |accessdate=September 18, 2015}}</ref> |
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==Discography== |
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*''Hal Featuring Gillian Anderson – Extremis'' (Virgin Records America – 1997)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.discogs.com/Hal-2-Featuring-Gillian-Anderson-Extremis/release/43334 |title= Hal Featuring Gillian Anderson – Extremis |work= discogs.com |accessdate=2015-10-05}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist |
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{{cite web |
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| title = Gillian Anderson Biography (1968–) |
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| publisher = Filmreference.com |
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| accessdate =July 29, 2010 |
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}}</ref>}} |
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==External links== |
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{{Commons category|Gillian Anderson}} |
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{{Wikiquote|Gillian Anderson}} |
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Born | |
Alma mater | DePaul University |
Occupation(s) | Actress, activist, writer, producer, director |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse(s) |
Julian Ozanne (m. 2004–2006) |
Partner | Mark Griffiths (2006–12) |
Children | 3 |
Website | GillianAnderson.ws |
Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968)[1][2] is an American-English film, television and theatre actress and activist. Her credits include the roles of 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 Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens' Bleak House.[3]
After beginning her career on stage, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi horror drama series The X-Files for all nine seasons (1993–2002). 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 are Any Human Heart, The Crimson Petal and the White, 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/Netflix crime television series The Fall.
Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award (with five nominations), a Golden Globe Award (with five nominations) and two Screen Actors Guild Awards (with nine nominations).
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 – for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer, A Doll's House – that earned her a Laurence Olivier Award nomination and A Streetcar Named Desire – 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 (SA-YES).
Early life
Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Rosemary Anderson (née Lane), a computer analyst, and Homer Edward "Ed" Anderson III, who owned a film post-production company.[4][5] She has English, German, and Irish ancestry.[6] Soon after her birth, her family moved to Puerto Rico for 15 months, then to England, where she lived until she was 11 years old. She lived for five years in London's Crouch End and 15 months in London's Stroud Green,[7] 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.[8] She attended Fountain Elementary and then City High-Middle School, a program for gifted students with a strong emphasis on the humanities.[7]
Following the move to Grand Rapids, Anderson went through a rebellious stage; experimenting with drugs, dating a much older boyfriend and having a punk appearance (dyeing her hair various colors, shaving the sides or her head, sporting a nose piercing and an all-black wardrobe).[9][10][11] Anderson recalled: "We were in a small Republican town. There were only six punks there. We were weird. It’s not like London".[12] She listened to bands such as the Dead Kennedys and the Skinny Puppy. Anderson was voted by her classmates: "class clown", "most bizarre girl" and "most likely to be arrested". She was arrested on graduation night for breaking and entering into her high school in an attempt to glue the locks of the doors. Charges were later reduced to trespassing.[13][14]
At a young age Anderson was interested in marine biology,[7] but after becoming interested in theatre during her teenage years, she began acting in high school productions during her freshman year and later in community theatre, as well as serving as a student intern at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School of Theatre Arts. After graduating high school in 1986, she attended The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990.[15] She also participated in the National Theatre of Great Britain's summer program at Cornell University.[7]
Anderson is bidialectal. With her English accent and background, she was mocked and felt out of place in the American Midwest and soon adopted a Midwestern accent. To this day, her accent depends on her location, as she easily shifts between her American and British accents.[16]
In May 2013, during an interview with BlogTalkRadio, Anderson addressed the matter of her national identity: "I've been asked whether I feel more like a Brit than an American and I don't know what the answer to that questions is. I know that I feel that London is home and I'm very happy with that as my home. I love London as a city and I feel very comfortable there. In terms of identity I'm still a bit baffled."[17]
Career
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1990s
Anderson moved to New York when she was 22 years old.[18] To support herself when she started her career, Anderson worked as a waitress. She began her career in Alan Ayckbourn's play, Absent Friends at the Manhattan Theatre Club alongside Brenda Blethyn; for her role she won the 1990–91 Theatre World Award for "Best Newcomer".[7] Her next theatrical role was in Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.[19] Anderson moved to Los Angeles in 1992, spending a year auditioning. Although she had once vowed she would never do TV, being out of work for a year changed her mind.[20] Anderson did Home Fires Burning for a cable station, as well as the audiobook version of Exit to Eden. She broke into mainstream television in 1993, with a guest appearance on the collegiate drama, Class of '96, on the fledgling Fox Network.[20]
As a result of her guest appearance in Class of 96, Anderson was sent the script for The X-Files at the age of 24. She decided to audition because, "for the first time in a long time, the script involved a strong, independent, intelligent woman as a lead character."[21] Producer Chris Carter wanted to hire her, but Fox wanted someone with previous TV exposure and greater sex appeal.[22] Fox sent in more actresses, but Carter stood by Anderson, and she was eventually cast as Special Agent Dana Scully. Anderson got the part assuming it would run for 13 episodes, the standard minimum order for American TV networks. Filmed for the first five seasons in Vancouver before moving to Los Angeles, the series would run for nine seasons, and included two films, released in 1998 and 2008. During her time on The X-Files, Anderson won numerous awards for her portrayal of Special Agent Scully, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series,[23] a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series Drama, two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. Anderson is the first actress to win an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a SAG Award in the same year.[24] Anderson was the first woman to write and direct an episode of the X-Files (“All Things”). Anderson also provided the voice for a parody of her Scully character in "The Springfield Files", an episode of the animated comedy TV series The Simpsons. While filming the X-Files, Anderson met assistant art director Clyde Klotz, whom she would later marry.[7]
In 1997, Anderson worked on the independent film Chicago Cab. In 1998, she starred in the film Playing by Heart with Sean Connery, Angelina Jolie,[20] Ellen Burstyn and Anthony Edwards. Anderson also had a supporting role in the film, The Mighty with Gena Rowlands, Harry Dean Stanton, James Gandolfini and Sharon Stone.[7] In 1999, Anderson had a supporting role in the English-language release of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, where she voiced the character of Moro. Anderson is a fan of Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki's work.[25] She also took part in Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.[26]
2000s
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In 2000, Anderson starred in the film The House of Mirth with Eric Stoltz, an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel of the same name, for which she won critical acclaim and awards such as the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, Village Voice Film Poll Best Lead Performance and a nomination for the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress.[20] When The X-Files ended in 2002, she moved to London for a complete change of pace and the opportunity to return to the stage.[27][28] She performed in several stage productions and worked on various film projects.
In 2005, she appeared as Lady Dedlock in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House,[20] had a starring role in the Irish film The Mighty Celt, for which she won an IFTA award for Best International Actress. The same year she also appeared in A Cock and Bull Story, a film version of the novel Tristram Shandy.[20] In 2006, Anderson won the Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Award for Best Actress for her role in Bleak House.[20] She was nominated for a British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for Best Actress, she also received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, a nomination for a Golden Globe, a Satellite Award nomination and came in second place in the Best Actress category of the 2005 BBC Drama website poll for her portrayal of Lady Dedlock in the adaptation.[20]
During 2006 and 2007, Anderson appeared in two British films: The Last King of Scotland with James McAvoy[20][29] (2006) and Straightheads with Danny Dyer (2007).[30] Anderson hosted Masterpiece Theatre during the Jane Austen series;[31] she was the first woman to host the series since it began in 1971.[32] Anderson starred in the second X-Files film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, which premiered on July 23, 2008.[33] The same year, Anderson appeared in the British comedy film How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. Anderson portrayed Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End during a limited engagement which ran from May 14, 2009, until July 18, 2009.[34][35] Anderson has received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, for productions which opened in the 2009 calendar year for her portrayal of Nora.[36]
2010s
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In November 2010, Anderson portrayed Wallis, Duchess of Windsor in Any Human Heart, a TV adaptation of William Boyd’s novel of the same name, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress on Television. In April 2011, she starred in the BBC adaptation The Crimson Petal and the White as Mrs. Castaway, for which she was nominated for the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress. In August 2011, she appeared in a television miniseries Moby Dick based on Herman Melville's 1851 novel of the same name, as Elisabeth, Ahab’s wife. Anderson appears as the head of MI7, Pamela Thornton, in Johnny English Reborn, which opened internationally in Australia on September 15, 2011.[37] She starred as Miss Havisham in a three-part BBC adaptation of Great Expectations that aired in late December 2011.[38][39][40] For her portrayal in the adaptation she won the Artistic Excellence Award,[41] was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries and for the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress.[42]
In 2012, Anderson appeared in a Swiss drama film, Sister and in Shadow Dancer, a British-Irish drama film based on the novel of the same name, about the Irish republican movement. Anderson voiced the character of Hana Matsuzaki in the English-language version of Studio Ghibli’s From Up On Poppy Hill, which was released In March 2013.[43] In May 2013, Anderson began starring as the lead DSI Stella Gibson in The Fall, a critically acclaimed crime drama series for BBC Two and RTÉ ONE.[44][45] Anderson was praised for her portray of the cool, self-assured Gibson and was nominated for several awards,[46] including the Golden Nymph Award, a Satellite Award and the Broadcasting Press Guild Award nominations for Best Actress.[47][48][49] She also became an executive producer for the programme, from its second series.[50][51] From 2013 till 2015, she played Bedelia Du Maurier, Hannibal Lecter's psychiatrist, in the NBC series Hannibal. In 2014, Anderson was promoted from a recurring character during the first two seasons, to a series regular for the third season.[52]
In July 2014, Anderson gained critical acclaim for her performance as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at the Young Vic Theatre in London,[53] for which she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award. The production became the fastest-selling show in the theatre's history and the run was extended by two weeks due to the demand for tickets.[54] In the first collaboration between the Young Vic Theatre and National Theatre Live, the show was broadcast live to over 1100 venues on 16 September 2014.[55] In February 2015, Anderson directed and starred in a short film prequel to A Streetcar Named Desire, titled The Departure.[56] Anderson will reprise the role of Blanche DuBois on stage at St. Ann's Warehouse in New York City in the spring of 2016.[57]
Anderson will portray Anna Pavlovna Scherer in the upcoming BBC One television adaptation War and Peace, scheduled to air in early 2016.[58] In March 2015, it was announced that Anderson would once again portray Agent Dana Scully in a six-episode miniseries revival of The X-Files, scheduled to premiere on January 24, 2016.[59]
Anderson will portray Edwina Mountbatten in Gurinder Chadha’s upcoming partition drama, Viceroy's House. Filming began in Jodhpur on August 30, 2015.[60][61]
In March, 2015, it was announced that The Fall will return for a third series with Anderson in the lead as DSI Stella Gibson. Shooting of the third series begins in late 2015.[62]
Personal life
Anderson is an avid art collector. She spent her first paycheck from the X-Files to purchase an art piece – a David Blackburn lithography.[63] Her collection includes work from artists such as Diane Arbus, Helen Levitt, Cindy Sherman, Francesco Clemente, Alexis Rockman and Kiki Smith.[64][65][66]
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. Their daughter, Piper Maru born September 1994, for whom Chris Carter – Piper's godfather – named the X-Files episode of the same name. Anderson and Klotz divorced in 1997.[67] 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.[68] Anderson and former boyfriend, Mark Griffiths, have two sons: Oscar, born November 2006[69] and Felix, born October 2008.[70] She ended their relationship in 2012.[71] In March 2012, Anderson told Out magazine about her past relationship with women.[72] Anderson identifies as heterosexual[73] and in December 2014, in an interview with the Evening Standard she stated: “I am an actively heterosexual woman who celebrates however people want to express their sexuality.”[74] In an interview with the Telegraph in March 2015, Anderson said that she was not closed to the idea of entering another same-sex relationship, adding: "To me a relationship is about loving another human being; their gender is irrelevant."[75]
Anderson Identifies herself as a feminist.[76][77] In August 2014, in an interview with Glamour magazine, Anderson said: “I have feminist bones and when I hear things or see people react to women in certain ways I have very little tolerance.”[78] When asked in May 2015, during the Dallas Comic Con if she considered herself to be a feminist icon - given the many strong female characters she portrayed - Anderson replied: “I don’t necessarily consider myself to be an icon, but I do consider myself to be a feminist.”[79]
In 2011, Gillian's brother died of a brain tumor, at the age of 30.[80]
Activism and charity work
Anderson has been active in supporting numerous charity organizations, as well as global and social causes. Anderson is known to support the LGBT community, particularly youth. She supports The Trevor Project organization, focused on suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth and attended three of the Trevor Project's "Cracked X-Mas" events to benefit the organization.[81][82] Anderson supports Childreach International, a London-based charity that works in partnership with local communities in the developing world, to secure children’s basic rights; she addressed the problem of child trafficking during the press for the Sold film, that presents the issue. She also supports their Taught Not Trafficked campaign, that was launched in July, 2014.[83][84] In 2015, Anderson became a patron of the International Literacy Centre (European home of Reading Recovery).[85][86]
Neurofibromatosis
Anderson is an honorary spokesperson for the Neurofibromatosis (NF) Network.[87] Her brother Aaron died from the disease and was diagnosed when Gillian was just a teenager. In May 1996, Anderson addressed the United States Congress urging for more education and funding for NF research projects.[88] She supports the Children with Tumours organisation,[89] the Global Genes movement, that's also devoted to helping children with NF[90] and she partners with Doodle 4 NF - an annual fundraiser for the NF Network.[91]
Africa and SA-YES
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Anderson is the co-founder of the South African Youth Education for Sustainability (SA-YES), aiding the empowerment of marginalised young people in South Africa through youth mentoring, that provides youth leaving children's homes with guidance that enables them to develop their skills, further their education and source suitable housing in order for them to participate in society as independent adults.[92]
From 2005 till 2011, Anderson ran a philanthropic project that benefited the Alinyiikira Junior School in Kampala, Uganda.[93] Anderson is a member of the board of directors for Artists for a New South Africa[94][95] and a campaigner for ACTSA: Action for Southern Africa.[96][97] Anderson supported Buskaid - charitable trust aiming to help young black musicians in South Africa.[98][99] She's also a patron of FoTAC that works with the Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa, to ensure people’s access to treatment to reduce the effects of HIV and prevent infection with HIV.[100]
Women's rights
Anderson is known to support various women’s organizations and social movements. She has been a long-time supporter of the Feminist Majority Foundation; in 1996 she became its spokesperson and participated as a team leader in the FMF's Million4Roe campaign, emceed their Rock 4 Choice benefit concert, attended an FMF event to stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan in March 1999 and also appeared on Hollywood Squares in April 2002 to benefit the FMF's campaign to help Afghan women and girls.[101] Anderson participated in Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues, including a stage performance on February 14, 1999.[102] Anderson is a supporter of Ensler's V-Day movement aiming to end violence against women and girls.[103]
Anderson is an advocate for reproductive rights. In 2001, she emceed the "Rock for Choice" concert fundraiser in which participated singers Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Melissa Etheridge as well as actresses Helen Hunt, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, and Kathy Najimy. The concert supported reproductive options for unplanned pregnancies, including the morning after pill.[104] For International Women's Day 2014, Anderson was one of the artist signatories of Amnesty International's letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron campaigning for women's rights in Afghanistan.[105] In March 2015, Anderson backed the Women at the Well drop-in centre for vulnerable women in London, which is supported financially by Comic Relief.[106] Anderson supports the Refuge, a United Kingdom charity providing specialist support for women and children experiencing domestic violence.[107]
Indigenous rights
In late 2010, Anderson and other celebrities joined a campaign to boycott Botswana diamonds over the government's treatment of the Kalahari San.[108] Anderson supports tribal rights charity Survival International, an organization that champions tribal peoples around the world and in early 2010 she participated in a performance in a London stage fundraiser for its cause.[109] In February 2011, Anderson narrated a short film about recent footage of an uncontacted tribe, in which the Amazon Indians were spotted from the air on the Brazil-Peru border. Anderson has said, "What comes across powerfully from this amazing footage is how healthy and confident these people appear. I hope they can be left alone – but that will only happen if the loggers are stopped."[110] In June 2011, Anderson became an ambassador for Survival International.[111] In September 2015, Anderson was among the celebrities who signed a letter calling for a new approach to conservation that would respect tribal peoples’ rights.[112]
Animals rights and environmental advocacy
In October 2010, Anderson participated in 10:10’s controversial short film, No Pressure, as part of the global warming mitigation campaign’s aim to encourage the reduction of CO2 emissions. In 2012, she joined Greenpeace in the stand with the people of Brazil for a zero deforestation law to save the Amazon.[113] Anderson is an active member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and supports animal rights.[114] She also backed Cheetah Conservation Fund in 2013, by creating a short film together with the fund, advocating CCF's action to prevent the extinction of the cheetah.[115] In 2013, Anderson joined the Fishlove campaign, supporting the fight against unsustainable fishing practices that harm the marine ecosystem.[116]
Filmography
Film
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‡ | Indicates a documentary |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Three at Once | Woman 1 | Short film |
1988 | A Matter of Choice | Unknown | Short film |
1992 | The Turning | April Cavanaugh | |
1997 | Chicago Cab | Southside Girl or Brenda | also known as Hellcab |
1998 | The X-Files | FBI Special Agent Dana Scully | |
1998 | The Mighty | Loretta Lee | |
1998 | Playing by Heart | Meredith | |
1999 | Princess Mononoke | Moro | Voice |
2000 | The House of Mirth | Lily Bart | |
2005 | The Mighty Celt | Kate Morrison | |
2005 | A Cock and Bull Story | Herself/Widow Wadman | |
2006 | The Last King of Scotland | Sarah Merrit | |
2007 | Straightheads | Alice Comfort | also known as Closure |
2008 | The X-Files: I Want to Believe | Dana Scully | |
2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Eleanor Johnson | |
2009 | Boogie Woogie | Jean Maclestone | |
2010 | No Pressure | Herself | Short film |
2011 | Johnny English Reborn | Pamela Thornton ("Pegasus") | |
2012 | Sister | Kristin Jansen | |
2012 | Shadow Dancer | Kate Fletcher | |
2012 | Room on the Broom | Witch | Voice |
2013 | Mr. Morgan's Last Love | Karen Morgan | |
2013 | From Up On Poppy Hill | Hana Matsuzaki | Voice |
2013 | I'll Follow You Down | Marika | |
2014 | Sold | Sophia | |
2014 | Robot Overlords | Kate | |
2015 | The Departure | Blanche Dubois | Short film Also director |
2015 | The Widowmaker ‡ | Narrator | Documentary |
2016 | Viceroy's House † | Edwina Mountbatten | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Class of '96 | Rachel | Episode: "The Accused" |
1993–2002 | The X-Files | FBI Special Agent Dana Scully | 202 episodes Also writer and director of "All Things" |
1995 | Eek! the Cat | Agent Scully (voice) | Episode: "Eek Space 9" |
1996 | ReBoot | Data Nully (voice) | Episode: "Trust No One" |
1996 | Future Fantastic | Herself | 9 episodes |
1996–2002 | Hollywood Squares | Herself | 5 episodes |
1997 | The Simpsons | Agent Scully (voice) | Episode: "The Springfield Files" |
1999 | Frasier | Jenny (voice) | Episode: "Dr. Nora" |
1999 | Harsh Realm | Video Narrator | Voice (uncredited) |
2005 | Bleak House | Lady Dedlock | 14 episodes |
2007 | Robbie the Reindeer | Queen Vorkana (voice) | Episode: "Close Encounters of the Herd Kind" |
2008 | Masterpiece | Herself | Episode: "Sense and Sensibility" |
2010 | Any Human Heart | Duchess of Windsor | 3 episodes |
2011 | The Crimson Petal and the White | Mrs. Castaway | 2 episodes |
2011 | Moby Dick | Elizabeth | 2 episodes |
2011 | Great Expectations | Miss Havisham | 3 episodes |
2013–present | The Fall | DSI Stella Gibson | 11 episodes Also executive producer |
2013–15 | Hannibal | Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier | 22 episodes |
2014 | Crisis | Meg Fitch | 13 episodes |
2014 | Robot Chicken | Fairy Godmother/Fiona (voice) | Episode: "Up, Up, and Buffet" |
2014 | National Theatre Live | Blanche DuBois | Episode: "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
2015 | Top Gear | Herself | Episode: "#22.6" |
2016 | War and Peace | Anna Pavlovna Scherer | Post-production; miniseries |
2016 | The X-Files | Dana Scully | Post-production; miniseries |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Hellbender | E.V.E. (Enhanced Virtual Entity) | |
1998 | The X-Files Game | Dana Scully | |
2004 | The X-Files: Resist or Serve | Dana Scully |
Writing
- Wrote X-Files episode "All Things", which aired in 2000.
Directing
- Directed X-Files episode "All Things", which aired in 2000.
- Directed The Departure, a short film prequel to A Streetcar Named Desire. It is part of the Young Vic's short film series, which is produced in collaboration with The Guardian. The piece was written by novelist Andrew O'Hagan.
Producing
- Executive producer of the second season of The Fall.
Voice work
- Narrator of Anne Rice's novel Exit to Eden (2000).
- Narrated The X-Files: Ground Zero.
- Narrated the audiobook for her novel A Vision of Fire (2014).
- Narrator of BBC Radio 4's on-going series A History of Ideas (2015).
- Provided a voice recording of reading Virginia Woolf's suicide note for The Royal Ballet production, Woolf Works (2015).[117]
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1983 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Officer Brophy | City High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan[118] |
1990 | A Flea in Her Ear | Eugenie | The Theatre School, De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois[119] |
1991 | Absent Friends | Evelyn | Manhattan Theatre Club, New York |
1992 | The Philanthropist | Celia | Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut |
1999–2000 | The Vagina Monologues | Los Angeles & London | |
2002–03 | What The Night Is For | Melinda Metz | Comedy Theatre, London |
2004 | The Sweetest Swing in Baseball | Dana | Royal Court Theatre, London |
2009 | A Doll's House | Nora Helmer | Donmar Warehouse, London |
2010 | We Are One: A celebration of tribal peoples | Apollo Theatre, London | |
2013 | Letters Live | The Tabernacle, Notting Hill[120][121][122] | |
2014 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | Young Vic, London |
2016 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | St. Ann's Warehouse, New York City |
Awards and nominations
In 1996, Anderson was voted the "Sexiest Woman in the World" for FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll.[123] In 1997, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.[124] Askmen listed her at No. 6 on their Top 7: '90s Sex Symbols.[125] In 2008, she was listed 21st in FHM's All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame.[126]
In 2010, Anderson was named Honorary Associates of The London Film School (LFS).[127]
Bibliography
- Anderson's first book A Vision of Fire, co-authored by Jeff Rovin, was published in October 2014. It's the first book from the Earthend Saga series. It is described as "a science fiction thriller of epic proportions". Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1471137709.[128][129]
- A Dream of Ice is Anderson and Jeff Rovin's second book of the Earthend Saga series. It will be published on December 8, 2015. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1476776552.[130]
- Anderson and journalist/activist Jennifer Nadel will publish their self-help guide book for women, titled WE: A Manifesto for Modern Women. The book is described as an "urgent and timely book for women, which offers a dramatically new path to fulfillment". Anderson stated that the book is a "call-out to all women around the world – and by women I include girls, transgender, anyone who identifies themselves as being intrinsically female." The book will be published on March 8, 2016.[131][132] Atira Books. ISBN 978-1501126277. (US)/HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0008147938. (UK)[133][134]
Discography
- Hal Featuring Gillian Anderson – Extremis (Virgin Records America – 1997)[135]
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