Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE 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, DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama series The Fall, Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy drama series Sex Education, and Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of the Netflix drama series The Crown.
