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  • Pegg and Anderson hit red carpet - 25 September 2008
    Simon Pegg and a heavily-pregnant Gillian Anderson graced the red carpet in London last night, for the premiere of their new comedy.-How To Lose Friends and Alienate People is an adaptation of Toby Young's book which documents his time working for Vanity Fair magazine in

Gillian Anderson - what members say


  • Princess Mononoke
  • Princess Mononoke review by A customer from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars Lovely Anime 16 June 2004
    ...ialogue tastefully rendered by Neil Gaiman and an all-star voice cast including Gillian Anderson and Billy Bob Thornton (or the Japanese soundtrack is good as well) what are yo...   Read customer review
  • The X Files - Season 7
  • The X Files - Season 7 review by from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars As addictive as ever 1 June 2006
    ...se in the software, a voodoo doll killer and an interesting episode directed by Gillian Anderson herself. The mystery surrounding Mulder's sister is finally uncovered and the s...   Read customer review
  • Bleak House
  • Bleak House review by tiffany from Preston
    Rated - 5.0 stars Fantastic!! BBC Costume Drama at its best!! 20 August 2006
    ...plot seems to flow along at a cracking pace and all the acting is fantastic. Gillian Anderson is a revelation in her role as Lady Deadlock and deserves special mention. I...   Read customer review

Gillian Anderson - filmography


  • Great Expectations on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Gillian Anderson,  David Suchet
    Director: Brian Kirk
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Everything can change in a heartbeat. On a cold winter's day, orphan Pip has a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict. Pip's innocent act of kindness towards this man is to have far reaching consequences for them both. Meanwhile, Miss Havisham, the reclusive owner of the grand and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 1,394 member
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  • Shadow Dancer on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Clive Owen,  Aidan Gillen,  Aidan Gillen
    Director: James Marsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Thriller starring Clive Owen and Angela Riseborough, adapted by Tom Bradby from his own novel. Belfast native Colette McVeigh (Riseborough) comes from a family of well-known IRA sympathisers. After being arrested on suspicion of carrying a bomb on the London Underground, she is questioned by MI5 ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,563 members
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  • Shadow Dancer - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Martin McCann,  Michael McElhatton,  Brid Brennan
    Director: James Marsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Thriller starring Clive Owen and Angela Riseborough, adapted by Tom Bradby from his own novel. Belfast native Colette McVeigh (Riseborough) comes from a family of well-known IRA sympathisers. After being arrested on suspicion of carrying a bomb on the London Underground, she is questioned by MI5 ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,433 member
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  • Sister on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Jean-Francois Stevenin,  Kacey Mottet Klein,  Gillian Anderson
    Director: Ursula Meier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ursula Meier directs and co-writes this mysterious French drama set in a Swiss ski resort. Every day, twelve-year-old Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) catches the cable car up the mountain to an upmarket ski resort near his home in the Swiss Alps in order to steal food, money and equipment from the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 247 members
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  • Room On The Broom on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Gillian Anderson,  Rob Brydon,  Martin Clunes
    Director: Max Lang,  Jan Lachauer
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Room on the Broom is a magical tale about friendship and family from best selling author, and Children s Laureate, Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler. A story about a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom, much to the frustration of her cat. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 139 members
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  • Boogie Woogie on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Gillian Anderson,  Sidney Cole,  Michael Culkin
    Director: Duncan Ward
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ensemble comedy set against the backdrop of the contemporary London art world. Art dealer and gallery owner Art Spindle (Danny Huston) is desperate to acquire 'Boogie-Woogie', a Mondrian painting he covets above all others. Its owners, the ailing Alfred Rhinegold (Christopher Lee) and his wife ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 949 members
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  • Straightheads - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw,  Anthony Calf,  Antony Byrne
    Director: Dan Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Violent revenge thriller starring Gillian Anderson and Danny Dyer. Security guard Adam (Dyer) is thrilled when he is invited by the middle-class Alice (Anderson), whom he has just met, to a lavish corporate party in the countryside. But driving home from the party, they crash their car and fall ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 392 members
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  • Straightheads on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Gillian Anderson,  Ewan Stewart,  Ralph Brown
    Director: Dan Reed
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A dark and twisted tale, the film sees ordinary couple Alice (Gillian Anderson) and Adam (Danny Dyer), ripped from their comfort zone and propelled onto a gruesome mission of revenge
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 11,779 members
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  • Bleak House (3 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Charles Dance,  Johnny Vegas,  Gillian Anderson
    Director: Susanna White,  Justin Chadwick
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Epic BBC adaptation of the Dickens classic, with a script by acclaimed writer Andrew Davies and performances from Gillian Anderson, Denis Lawson, Charles Dance and Anna Maxwell Martin, amongst many others. High and low life in Victorian London is explored to the full when young Richard Carstone (..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 8,994 members
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  • The Mighty Celt on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Sean McGinley,  Gillian Anderson,  Tyrone McKenna
    Director: Pearse Elliott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Donal, a young kid, escapes his own life by working for a greyhound trainer after school. When one of the unsuccessful dogs is condemned, Donal speaks up and manages to persuade his boss to let him try and train it.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5,248 members
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  • The X- Files - Season 9 (7 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Gillian Anderson,  Robert Patrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Box set containing the entire ninth (and last?) season of the popular sci-fi drama. In 'Nothing Important Happened Today: Part 1' Scully, who is now teaching at the FBI Academy, is asked to help Agent Doggett investigate the death of an EPA official. 'Nothing Important Happened Today: Part 2' sees ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3,583 members
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  • The X Files - Truth on DVD (2002)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Annabeth Gish,  Gillian Anderson
    Director: Kim Manners
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tense final episode of the long-running paranoia-at-the-highest-level FBI drama series. Mulder escapes from a Government weather complex in a final attempt to uncover the truth about government collusion in the use of alien viruses. But he is captured and held in a military prison awaiting trial. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,676 members
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  • The X Files - Existence on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Annabeth Gish,  Gillian Anderson
    Director: Robert Mandel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Feature-length sci-fi adventure put together from two Season Eight episodes ('Essence' and 'Existence') of the popular television show. Whilst Scully is preparing for the birth of her child, others are also making their own preparations behind the scenes, including Krycek and the nurse hired by ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,311 members
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  • The X Files - Season 8 (6 discs) on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Annabeth Gish,  Gillian Anderson,  Robert Patrick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Box set containing the entire eighth season of the popular sci-fi drama. In 'Within' Scully and Skinner help search for the missing Mulder. 'Without' sees the search for Mulder reach the Arizona desert. 'Patience' finds Doggett on his first X Files case, investigating a series of strange murders. '..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 3,452 members
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  • The House Of Mirth on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Laura Linney,  E,  Eric Stoltz
    Director: Terence Davies
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Adapted from the Edith Wharton novel, the story is a sustained snarl of rage at a world where women are overwhelmingly dependent on men for their livelihoods and in which one malicious whisper can destroy a life. Lily Bart is a ravishing socialite at the height of her success who quickly discovers ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,495 members
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  • The X Files - Season 7 (6 discs) on DVD (1999)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Gillian Anderson,  Mitch Pileggi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Box set containing the entire seventh season of the popular sci-fi drama. In 'The Sixth Extinction', Scully attempts to interpret the symbols discovered on the spaceship crashed in Africa, while 'The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati' finds the unconscious Mulder falling prey to bizarre dreams. In '..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 4,015 members
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  • The X Files Movie on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Martin Landau,  David Duchovny,  Gillian Anderson
    Director: Rob Bowman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Agents Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) make their big-screen debut as they attempt to locate the source of a deadly virus, possibly brought to earth by aliens thirty-seven thousand years ago. As usual, their investigation reveals a potential FBI-cover up, brings them into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 9,367 members
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  • The Mighty on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Meat Loaf,  Sharon Stone,  Gillian Anderson
    Director: Peter Chelsom
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Maxwell Kane (Elden Henson) is a rowdy and troubled adolescent, viewed by everyone as a problem. When thirteen-year-old Kevin (Kieran Culkin) moves next door with his mother Gwen (Sharon Stone) they strike up an unlikely friendship. Kevin suffers from a bone-marrow disease and the pair protect each ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 615 members
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  • Playing By Heart on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Angelina Jolie,  Sean Connery,  Gillian Anderson
    Director: Willard Carroll
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Written and directed by Willard Carroll, this romantic drama focuses on the lives and loves of a seemingly disparate group of Los Angelinos. Paul (Sean Connery) and Hannah (Gena Rowlands) have been married for forty years, and are coming to terms with a recent diagnosis which identified him as ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,045 members
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  • Princess Mononoke on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sumi Shimamoto,  Yuriko Ishida,  Yoji Matsuda
    Director: Hayao Miyazaki
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hayao Miyazaki's magical box office hit in Japan is re-presented here for the US and UK market using voices of Hollywood stars such as Gillian Anderson and Minnie Driver. Ashitaka is a young warrior who travels to the forests of the west in order to search for the cure which will save him from a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 20,238 members
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  • The X Files - Season 4 (7 discs) on DVD (1994)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Gillian Anderson,  Mitch Pileggi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Box set containing the entire fourth season of the popular American sci-fi series. In 'Herrenvolk', Mulder attempts to save his dying mother with the assistance of an extraterrestrial healer. 'Unruhe' sees Mulder and Scully on the trail of a killer using psychic photographs. In 'Home', the agents ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 4,583 members
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  • The X Files - Season 6 (6 discs) on DVD (1994)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Gillian Anderson
    Director: Kim Manners,  Rob Bowman,  Micha
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The complete sixth season of the hit sci-fi series. In 'The Beginning' Mulder and Scully's superiors refuse to reassign them to the X-Files. 'Drive' has Mulder trapped in a car with a man driving west at high speeds. 'Triangle' finds Mulder looking into the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. '..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 4,026 members
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  • The X Files - Season 1 (7 discs) on DVD (1994)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Gillian Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All 24 episodes from the first season of the hugely popular paranormal detective show. Follow Agents Mulder and Scully as they battle corruption within the government and spooky goings on. Stand-out episodes from the first season include 'Ice', in which Mulder and Scully fly to a frozen Arctic out-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 9,865 members
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  • The X Files - Season 2 (7 discs) on DVD (1994)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Gillian Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    All twenty-five episodes from the second series of the popular science-fiction series presented in a limited-edition box set. In 'Little Green Men' Mulder tries to make contact with a UFO. In 'The Host' Mulder and Scully go down into the New Jersey sewer system in search of a genetic mutant. 'Blood'..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 6,377 members
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  • The X Files - Season 3 (7 discs) (1994)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Gillian Anderson
    Director: Kim Manners,  Rob Bowman,  R.W. Goodwin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All twenty four episodes from the third season of the X Files in the correct order (unlike the BBC airing of the stories). The season kicks off with the concluding parts of the cliffhanger from the previous year and continues with stories of reincarnation, witches, astral projection and the '..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 5,144 members
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  • The X Files - Season 5 (6 discs) on DVD (1994)
    Starring: David Duchovny,  Gillian Anderson,  Mitch Pileggi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Box set containing the entire fifth season of the popular sci-fi show. 'Inside the X Files' is a behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the show. In 'Unusual Suspects', three lone gunmen join Mulder to foil a government experiment. 'Redux' and 'Redux 2' feature Mulder attempting to cure ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 4,128 members
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  • The X-Files - Essentials (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Sheila Larken,  William B. Davis,  David Duchovny
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eight episodes from the hugely popular sci-fi series chosen by creator, Chris Carter. The episodes span the first six seasons of the series and cover a variety of paranormal and unexplained cases, including alien abductions, psychic phenomena and not-quite-human lifeforms. Episodes comprise: 'Pilot'..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 573 members
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Gillian Anderson facts

5 most recent films

The Fall - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Fall - 4.0 stars
Great Expectations - 4.0 stars
Shadow Dancer - 3.0 stars
Shadow Dancer - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Room On The Broom - 4.0 stars
Bleak House - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Bleak House - 4.0 stars
The X Files - Season 3 - 4.0 stars
The X Files - Season 2 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Any Human Heart - Series 1 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Fall - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Fall - 4.0 stars
Boogie Woogie - 2.0 stars
Straightheads - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

David Duchovny - 76 times - show films
Charles Dance - 41 times - show films
Mitch Pileggi - 35 times - show films
Carey Mulligan - 30 times - show films
Hugo Speer - 30 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 60 times - show films
Susanna White - 42 times - show films
Justin Chadwick - 42 times - show films
Kim Manners - 19 times - show films
Rob Bowman - 17 times - show films