Gillian Anderson
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"Gillian Leigh Anderson" is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Dana Scully/Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi horror drama television series The X-Files for nine seasons (1993–2002). Her film work includes The House of Mirth (2000 film)/The House of Mirth (2000), a film version of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel of the same name, the dramas The Mighty Celt (2005) and The Last King of Scotland (film)/The Last King of Scotland (2006), and two X-Files films, the science fiction-thriller The X-Files (film)/The X-Files (1998) and the supernatural fiction-thriller The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). In 2013, Anderson was cast as serial killer Hannibal Lecter's psychotherapist, Bedelia Du Maurier, on the psychological thriller–horror television series Hannibal (TV series)/Hannibal. That same year, she began starring on the BBC/Netflix crime television series The Fall (TV series)/The Fall. She also starred in the short-lived drama Crisis (TV series)/Crisis, which was cancelled halfway through its first season in 2014.

Anderson has received five Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, winning one, and five Golden Globe Awards nominations with one win.

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I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive influence on their lives and the lives of their young daughters. That's a great feeling.

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.

You're only given as much as you can handle at any given time. Whether it's true or not, it gives you the strength.

I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we're here to learn and grow. We choose how we come into this life based on what it is we have to learn. Some people have harder lessons than others.

So much of this world is based on illusion, temporariness, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real.

I am more spontaneous than my character...