yo keep making television shows forever, Gillian Anderson.
Dana Scully in The X-Files
Lets just get this way out of the way, shall we?
Not because Andersons turn as Agent Dana Scully over the course of 11 seasons (and counting?)
Dana Katherine Scully is more than a TV character.
Gillian Andersons understated, yet affecting portrayal of the character was a large part of that.
Scully was (and still is) complex and flawed.
She is a scientist with a commitment to her Catholic faith.
She is a skeptic who, nonetheless, believes in Mulder.
As they should probably start saying in England: Come for the Dickens, stay for the Anderson.
Remember how we were talking about how Anderson often plays understated characters?
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier may be the most understated of the bunch.
If you are a fan of Gillian Anderson or good TV,Hannibalis a must-watch.
The BBC did a 15-part (eight-hour) adaptation ofBleak Housein 2015.
Anderson has called Stella Gibsonher favorite role, and its easy to see why.
(She also appears briefly onRobot Chicken,as Fiona.)
ThisX-Filesspoof episodeThe Springfield Filescomes inThe Simpsonseighth season and it is filled with in-jokes about the paranormal drama.
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson basically just voice their characters, but asA.V.
For one season, we truly were blessed.
As Jean, Anderson gets to be both wise and neurotic, a mother and not defined by it.
Honestly, we deserve this show and its brilliant casting of Gillian Anderson.
Anna Pavlovna in War & Peace
Still have room for one more Gillian Anderson-starring period drama?
(You know you do.)
In this lush yet somewhat soulless 2016 adaptation of Tolstoys tome, Anderson playsglittering society hostessAnna Pavlovna.
But, per the usual, Andersonsteals the show.
