Anderson was nominated for the [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA TV Award]] twice: in 2006, as [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress#2000s|Best Actress on Television]] for ''Bleak House'' and in 2011, for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress on Television]] for her portrayal of [[Wallis Simpson]] in ''[[Any Human Heart (TV series)|Any Human Heart]]''. For her portrayal of Lily Bart in ''[[The House of Mirth (2000 film)|The House of Mirth]]'' (2000) Anderson won the [[BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film|British Independent Film Award for Best Actress]].
Anderson was nominated for the [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA TV Award]] twice: in 2006, as [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress#2000s|Best Actress on Television]] for ''Bleak House'' and in 2011, for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress on Television]] for her portrayal of [[Wallis Simpson]] in ''[[Any Human Heart (TV series)|Any Human Heart]]''. For her portrayal of Lily Bart in ''[[The House of Mirth (2000 film)|The House of Mirth]]'' (2000) Anderson won the [[BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film|British Independent Film Award for Best Actress]].
Anderson has also received accolades for her stage performances. She won the [[Theatre World Award]] for Best Newcomer for ''[[Absent Friends (play)|Absent Friends]]'' (1991). She was nominated for a [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]] for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for her performance in [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]]'s ''[[A Doll's House]]'' (2009). For her portrayal of [[Blanche DuBois]] in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' (2014, 2016) she won the [[Evening Standard Award#Best Actress|''Evening Standard'' Theatre Award for Best Actress]] and earned her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress.
Anderson has also received accolades for her stage performances. She won the [[Theatre World Award]] for Best Newcomer for ''[[Absent Friends (play)|Absent Friends]]'' (1991). She was nominated for a [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]] for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for her performance in [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]]'s ''[[A Doll's House]]'' (2009). For her portrayal of [[Blanche DuBois]] in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' (2014, 2016) she won the [[Evening Standard Award#Best Actress|''Evening Standard'' Theatre Award for Best Actress]] and earned her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2019, she received her third Laurence Olivier Award nomination for portraying Margo Channing in the stage production of ''[[All About Eve]]''.
In 2016, Anderson was appointed an honorary [[Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for her services to drama.<ref name=OBE>{{cite web|title=Honorary British awards to foreign nationals – 2016 – Publications – GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/honorary-british-awards-to-foreign-nationals-2016|website=www.gov.uk|publisher=UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office|date=August 11, 2016|accessdate=August 12, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, she received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/features/gillian-anderson-the-x-files-bleak-house-the-fall-interview-1202648042/|title=Gillian Anderson Reflects on How ‘The X-Files’ Launched a Career of Acting, Writing, Directing|last=Turchiano|first=Danielle|date=January 8, 2018|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=January 9, 2018}}</ref>
In 2016, Anderson was appointed an honorary [[Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for her services to drama.<ref name=OBE>{{cite web|title=Honorary British awards to foreign nationals – 2016 – Publications – GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/honorary-british-awards-to-foreign-nationals-2016|website=www.gov.uk|publisher=UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office|date=August 11, 2016|accessdate=August 12, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, she received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/features/gillian-anderson-the-x-files-bleak-house-the-fall-interview-1202648042/|title=Gillian Anderson Reflects on How ‘The X-Files’ Launched a Career of Acting, Writing, Directing|last=Turchiano|first=Danielle|date=January 8, 2018|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=January 9, 2018}}</ref>