Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress, writer, and activist. She is best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the sci-fi series
The X-Files, Lily Bart in the drama film
The House of Mirth (2000), DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama series
The Fall (2013–2016), Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy drama series
Sex Education (2019–2023), and Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of the Netflix drama series
The Crown (2020). Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.