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Gillian Anderson

Actor · born August 9, 1968

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Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress and writer. She received international fame for starring as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the Fox science fiction mystery series The X-Files, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for the role.

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  1. ~28Received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama1996
  2. ~28Received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series1996
  3. ~29Received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series1997

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