Gillian Anderson #1
Gillian Anderson #1
The X-Files, The Fall, Hannibal
NOTE: This item is made with plastic craft beads and measures 10.5" x 6.75". It was given to Gillian at the 2016 Salt Lake City Comic Con and is signed by Gillian on the back.
Gillian Anderson is a 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 Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens' BLEAK HOUSE.
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 for all nine seasons (1993–2002) and earlier this year, Season 10 (6 episodes). Her other notable television credits are ANY HUMAN HEART, THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE, portraying Miss Havisham in GREAT EXPECTATIONS (2011), Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier, serial killer Hannibal Lecter's psychotherapist, on HANNIBAL, and Anna Pavlovna Scherer in WAR & PEACE. In 2013, she began starring as DSI Stella Gibson on the critically acclaimed BBC/Netflix crime drama television series THE FALL. She has been serving as an executive producer from its second series.
Her film work includes THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN, SHADOW DANCER, THE MIGHTY, PLAYING BY HEART, THE MIGHTY CELT, HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE, BOOGIE WOOGIE, I'LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN, LAST LOVE, ROBOT OVERLORDS, SOLD, and the upcoming VICEROY'S HOUSE.
Gillian has received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations (winning one), five Golden Globe Award nominations (winning one) and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations (winning two).
Aside from film and TV, she has taken on the stage and has received both awards and critical acclaim. Her stage work includes "Absent Friends" – for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer, "A Doll's House" – that earned her a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and a portrayal of Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" – for which she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress.
Her first novel, A VISION OF FIRE, was released on October 7, 2014. This science fiction thriller, the first of THE EARTHEND SAGA series, was co-authored with New York Times bestselling author Jeff Rovin. Book 2, A DREAM OF ICE, was released on December 8, 2015 and Book 3, THE SOUND OF SEAS will be released on September 13, 2016. Her book WE: A MANIFESTO FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE, co-written with Jennifer Nadel, is also scheduled to be released in September.
Gillian supports numerous charities and humanitarian organizations. She is the co-founder of South African Youth Education for Sustainability (SA-YES) and an honorary spokesperson for The Neurofibromatosis (NF) Network, the beneficiary of the annual Doodle 4 NF auction.
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