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Gillian Anderson

1968 - Today

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Gillian Leigh Anderson, (English: ; JIL-ee-ən) (born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gillian Anderson is the 1,032nd most popular actor (down from 703rd in 2019), the 2,014th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,290th in 2019) and the 511th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gillian Anderson ranks 1,032 out of 13,578. Before her are Janet Gaynor, Mumtaz, Carel Struycken, Daniel Olbrychski, Mack Sennett, and Scott Wilson. After her are Wes Studi, Michel Serrault, Denholm Elliott, Joe Mantegna, Macaulay Culkin, and Akim Tamiroff.

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Among people born in 1968, Gillian Anderson ranks 39. Before her are Marcel Desailly, Guy Ritchie, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Jim Caviezel, Hashim Thaçi, and Lucy Liu. After her are Eric Bana, Billy Boyd, Sabrina Salerno, Zvonimir Boban, Oliver Bierhoff, and Owen Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gillian Anderson ranks 2,014 out of 20,380. Before her are Alan Greenspan (1926), Erskine Caldwell (1903), Clive Cussler (1931), Scott Wilson (1942), Percy Spencer (1894), and Henry Hathaway (1898). After her are Roman Reigns (1985), Gus Grissom (1926), Wes Studi (1947), Joshua Fishman (1926), Wilton Daniel Gregory (1947), and Venus Williams (1980).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gillian Anderson ranks 511. Before her are Jean Arthur (1900), Néstor Carbonell (1967), Lucy Liu (1968), River Phoenix (1970), Janet Gaynor (1906), and Scott Wilson (1942). After her are Wes Studi (1947), Joe Mantegna (1947), Macaulay Culkin (1980), Bill Pullman (1953), Gene Tierney (1920), and Ed Lauter (1938).

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