Gillian Anderson: movies and TV shows
Gillian Anderson has 117 credits in the archive: 64 films and 53 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (9.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 1998 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | Billy | Film | 9.8 | 57 |
| 2026 | Sara Price: Chasing Dakar | Narrator | TV | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2025 | TRON: Ares | Elisabeth Dillinger | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2025 | The Abandons | Constance Van Ness | TV | 5.8 | 56 |
| 2025 | The Salt Path | Raynor Winn | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 2025 | Trespasses | Gina | TV | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2025 | Trespasses | TV | 6.5 | 56 | |
| 2025 | The Salt Path Scandal | Self (archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 56 |
| 2025 | Tron: Ares - A Special Look | Elisabeth Dillinger | Film | — | 56 |
| 2024 | Scoop | Emily Maitlis | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2024 | Woolf Works | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2023 | White Bird | Vivienne Beaumier | Film | 7.8 | 54 |
| 2022 | The Pale Blue Eye | Julia Marquis | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 2022 | The First Lady | Eleanor Roosevelt | TV | 5.7 | 53 |
| 2021 | Robin Robin | Cat (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2021 | Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day | Self | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 2020 | The Savoy | Self | TV | 7.9 | 51 |
| 2020 | The Sunlit Night | Olyana | Film | 5.4 | 51 |
| 2019 | Sex Education | Jean Milburn | TV | 8.2 | 50 |
| 2019 | This Changes Everything | Self | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: All About Eve | Margo Channing | Film | 8.5 | 50 |
| 2018 | The Spy Who Dumped Me | Wendy | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 2018 | UFO | Dr. Hendricks | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 2017 | American Gods | Media | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 2017 | Crooked House | Magda Leonides | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2017 | Viceroy's House | Edwina Mountbatten | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 2017 | Heroes Manufactured | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 2017 | Woolf Works | Voiceover from a letter by Virginia Woolf (voice) | Film | 2.0 | 48 |
| 2017 | The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism | Narrator | Film | 8.5 | 48 |
| 2016 | The Crown | Margaret Thatcher | TV | 8.2 | 47 |
| 2016 | War and Peace | Anna Pavlovna Scherer | TV | 7.6 | 47 |
| 2016 | Sold | Sophia | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 46 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 46 |
| 2015 | Robot Overlords | Kate | Film | 4.8 | 46 |
| 2015 | The Widowmaker | Narrator | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 2015 | Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon | Self | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 45 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 45 |
| 2014 | Crisis | Meg Fitch | TV | 6.4 | 45 |
| 2014 | Ronja, the Robber's Daughter | Narrator | TV | 6.7 | 45 |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | Film | 7.9 | 45 |
| 2014 | The Departure | Blanche DuBois | Film | 8.4 | 45 |
| 2014 | The Departure | Film | 8.4 | 45 | |
| 2013 | Hannibal | Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier | TV | 8.3 | 44 |
| 2013 | The Fall | Stella Gibson | TV | 7.7 | 44 |
| 2013 | Mr. Morgan's Last Love | Karen Morgan | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 2013 | I'll Follow You Down | Marika Whyte | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 2012 | Sister | Kristin Jansen | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 2012 | Room on the Broom | Witch (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 2012 | Shadow Dancer | Kate Fletcher | Film | 5.9 | 43 |
| 2012 | FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Self | Film | 7.8 | 43 |
| 2011 | Johnny English Reborn | Pamela | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 2011 | Great Expectations | Miss Havisham | TV | 7.3 | 42 |
| 2011 | Moby Dick | Elizabeth | TV | 5.7 | 42 |
| 2011 | The Crimson Petal and the White | Mrs. Castaway | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart | Duchess Of Windsor | TV | 6.4 | 41 |
| 2010 | No Pressure | Self | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 2010 | Boogie Woogie | Jean Maclestone | Film | 5.1 | 41 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 40 |
| 2008 | The X-Files: I Want to Believe | Dana Scully | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Eleanor Johnson | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 38 |
| 2007 | Straightheads | Alice | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 2007 | Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind | Queen Vorkana (voice) | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | Sarah Merrit | Film | 7.4 | 37 |
| 2005 | Bleak House | Lady Dedlock | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 2005 | A Cock and Bull Story | Widow Wadman / Gillian Anderson | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 2005 | The Mighty Celt | Kate | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 2004 | Parkinson | Self - Guest | TV | — | 35 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 34 |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | TV | 4.8 | 34 |
| 2002 | Top Gear | Self | TV | 7.6 | 33 |
| 2002 | American Idol | Self | TV | 5.0 | 33 |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self | TV | 5.3 | 33 |
| 2002 | Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening | Self - Performer | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy | Self | TV | 3.4 | 32 |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Lily Bart | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1999 | Harsh Realm | Video Narrator (uncredited) | TV | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 29 |
| 1998 | The X-Files | Agent Dana Scully | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1998 | The Magic Hour | Self | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1998 | The Mighty | Loretta Lee | Film | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1998 | Playing by Heart | Meredith | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1998 | The Making of 'The X Files: Fight the Future' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1998 | Chicago Cab | Southside Girl | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1998 | Inside The X-Files | Self | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1998 | Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten | Dana Scully / Self | Film | — | 29 |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.1 | 27 |
| 1996 | More Secrets of the X-Files | Self | Film | — | 27 |
| 1996 | Why Planes Go Down | Narrator | Film | — | 27 |
| 1996 | Future Fantastic | Self - Host | TV | 7.5 | 27 |
| 1996 | Spies Above | narrator | Film | — | 27 |
| 1995 | Secrets of the X-Files | Self | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1994 | ReBoot | Data Nully (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 25 |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Dana Scully | TV | 8.4 | 24 |
| 1993 | The X-Files | TV | 8.4 | 24 | |
| 1993 | The X-Files | TV | 8.4 | 24 | |
| 1993 | Frasier | Jenny (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 24 |
| 1993 | Class of '96 | Rachel | TV | 6.7 | 24 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest | TV | 5.4 | 23 |
| 1992 | Eek! The Cat | Dana Scully (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 23 |
| 1992 | The Turning | April Cavanaugh | Film | 3.2 | 23 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Dana Scully (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 20 |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self - Guest | TV | 5.2 | 19 |
| 1988 | A Matter of Choice | Woman | Film | 9.0 | 19 |
| 1986 | Three at Once | Woman 1 | Film | 3.8 | 17 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 24 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 24 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee/Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 24 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member | TV | 7.1 | 24 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | TV | 7.1 | 24 |
| The Boys from Brazil | Frieda Steiner | TV | — | — | |
| The Julia Set | Film | — | — | ||
| The Julia Set | Film | — | — | ||
| The Turning Door | (voice) | Film | — | — | |
| Animals | Film | — | — |