History Creator / GillianAnderson

* FakeAmerican: Gillian Anderson was born in America to American citizens of English, Irish and German ancestry, but she moved to England when she was two and didn't move back until she was eleven, and by then, her speech patterns had been set. She had to work to lose it when she went into acting, and if you pay attention to the early episodes of ''The X-Files'', it slips through at times. Now that she has moved back to England, she has got the accent back in full force. Her American accent she acquired in her teenage years comes back whenever she is interviewed by an American reporter.

* ''Series/SexEducation'' (2019): Jean Milburn

** On ''Series/TheFall'' she played Stella, who's bisexual.

* ''Series/TheFall'' (2013-2016): Stella Gibson

* ''Series/TheFall'' (2013): Stella Gibson

* ''Literature/RonjaTheRobbersDaughter'' (2017): Narrator (dub of the 2014 anime, voice role)

* OlderThanTheyLook: She is fifty, but looks positively gorgeous and definitely better when her looks are compared to her early Scully days. Dana Scully was cute, but a bit mousy and dressed with questionable fashion taste in the early seasons of ''The X-Files''.

* PublicExposure: [[http://fishlove.co.uk/collections/gillian-anderson.html Has posed naked with a conger eel]].

* ''[[Series/TheCrown2016 The Crown]]'' (2020): UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher

*** She and David Duchovny [[RuleThirtyFourCreatorReactions are aware]] of the RuleThirtyFour side of the fandom, but she has made the most nods to it. Notably, she made a coy reference to ''The Airport'' -- a well-known {{NSFW}} fanfiction from 2000 in which Mulder and Scully hook up in a Chilli's restaurant -- when she promoted a season 11 episode on Twitter, and then admitted at a Q&A she had read it (and enjoyed it) months later. At another convention, she explained that David often sends her "MSR after dark"[[note]]subsection of the fandom that create hyper-sexual Mulder and Scully stories[[/note]] fan art.

** [[invoked]] She likes that some fans ship Agent Scully [[CrossoverShip with]] Detective Gibson, DoppelgangerFic style, and hopes it has a decently sized fanfiction base.

** [[invoked]] She likes that some fans ship Agent Scully [[CrossoverShip with]] Detective Gibson and hopes it has a decently sized fanfiction base.

* BeautyMark: Above her upper lip. Was often covered up by makeup in many roles.

* ExperimentedInCollege: Married to a man and says she's heterosexual, but also admitted to having several relationships with women in the past.

* IAmNotSpock: Dana Scully is her most famous role. She moved from the States to Great Britain to defy the trope.

*** She and David Duchovny [[RuleThirtyFourCreatorReactions are aware]] of the RuleThirtyFour side of the fandom, but she has made the most nods to it. Notably, she made a coy reference to ''The Airport'' -- a well-known {{NSFW}} fanfiction from 2000 in which Maulder and Scully hook up in a Chilli's restaurant -- when she promoted a season 11 episode on Twitter, and then admitted at a Q&A she had read it (and enjoyed it) months later. At another convention, she explained that David often sends her "MSR after dark"[[note]]subsection of the fandom that create hyper-sexual Maulder and Scully stories[[/note]] fan art.
*** Has mentioned that she is overwhelmed, intrigued and proud to be part of "[[https://archive.vn/CmH0l The Scully Effect]]".

* LGBTFanbase:[[invoked]] Many fans at [=Q&As=] have admitted that she or one of her characters were their LGBTAwakening. She embraces it.

** While it is not quite an outright impediment, on the revival series of ''The X-Files'' there are times her voice is so hoarse you would think she needs a cough drop. She has said that it is an artifact of switching back to an American accent, which sometimes puts strain on her voice.
* StarMakingRole: Dana Scully of ''The X-Files'' made her a household name. The show was huge!

* ''[[Series/TheCrown2016 The Crown]]'' (2020): UsefulNotes/Margaret Thatcher

* ''[[Series/TheCrown2016 The Crown]]'' (2020): Margaret Thatcher

* OlderThanTheyLook: She's fifty, but looks positively gorgeous and definitely better when her looks are compared to her early Scully days. Dana Scully was cute, but a bit mousy and dressed with questionable fashion taste in the early seasons of ''The X-Files''.

* ScullyBox: She's very petite, and her co-star Creator/DavidDuchovny as Fox Mulder on ''The X-Files'' [[OneHeadTaller was much taller]], so the crew had her stand on a box. She looks tiny and adorable in some scenes without high heels and without the box. Her role is the {{Trope Namer|s}} (while the ProductionNickname derived from the actress herself, "Gilly-Board").

** She has very very slight lisp, if you pay attention, that is. Anderson, who lived in Britain until she was eleven, has said hers is partly the result of trying to drop her accent in high school. If you pay attention, in the earliest episodes of ''The X-Files'', it occasionally slips a bit, especially when she tries to say 'garage'.
** While it's not quite an outright impediment, on the revival series of ''The X-Files'' there are times her voice is so hoarse you'd think she needs a cough drop. She's said it's an artifact of switching back to an American accent, which sometimes puts strain on her voice.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Her accent tends to fluctuate. She was born in the US, but lived in England until she was in her early teens, and didn't try to shed the accent until she was out of high school. In the very early episodes of ''The X-Files'', she'll slip occasionally. In the 2008 movie, it can get quite noticeable in Scully's emotional scenes, as Anderson moved back to England after the show ended in 2002, and had to relearn her American accent all over again for the film.