Gillian Anderson is an American-British actress. She starred in the series The X-Files from 1993 to 2018, for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series Drama in 1996 and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1997. She also received an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Crown. She has also appeared in Bleak House, Hannibal, Moby Dick, and The Fall. She has appeared in the films The Last King of Scotland, The Mighty Celt, The Pale Blue Eye, and The Salt Path.