<Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Full list </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> gilliananderson.ws </Td> </Tr> <P> Gillian Leigh Anderson, OBE (born August 9, 1968) is an American - British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer . Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long - running and widely popular series The X-Files, ill - fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth (2000), and DSI Stella Gibson on the BBC crime drama television series The Fall . Among other honours, Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . She has lived in London, England since 2002, after earlier years divided between this city and places in the United States . </P> <P> After beginning her career on stage, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci - fi drama series The X-Files . Her film work includes the dramas The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shadow Dancer (2012), Viceroy's House (2017) and two X-Files films: The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). Other notable television credits include: Lady Dedlock in Bleak House (2005), Wallis Simpson in Any Human Heart (2010), Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2011), Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal (2013--2015), and Media on American Gods (2017--present). </P>

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