The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Gillian Anderson.
Anderson, who achieved critical acclaim for starring as Dana Scully in The X-Files, is a Primetime Emmy Award winning actress. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award in 1997. She was nominated another three times for this role. In 2006, She was nominated Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her portrayal of Lady Dedlock in Bleak House and most recently, won the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her turn as Margaret Thatcher on The Crown. Anderson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1997 for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files and again in 2021 for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or TV Movie (The Crown). She was nominated another three times for the role and once more in the Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for Bleak House. She won three Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (in 1996, 1997 and 2021), one for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (in 2021) and was nominated total of eleven times.
Anderson was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award twice: in 2006, as Best Actress on Television for Bleak House and in 2011, for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her portrayal of Wallis Simpson in Any Human Heart. For her portrayal of Lily Bart in The House of Mirth (2000) Anderson won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress.
Anderson has also received accolades for her stage performances. She won the Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer for Absent Friends (1991). She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for her performance in Ibsen's A Doll's House (2009). For her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (2014, 2016) she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress and earned her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2019, she received her third Laurence Olivier Award nomination for portraying Margo Channing in the stage production of All About Eve.
In 2016, Anderson was appointed an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to drama.[1] In 2018, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[2]
Motion picture awards
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Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
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British Independent Film Awards
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| 2002
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The House of Mirth
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Best Actress
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| Audience Best Actress Award
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Won
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Irish Film and Television Awards
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| 1998
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The X-Files: Fight the Future
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Best Actress
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Aftonbladet TV Prize
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Result[5]
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| 1996
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The X-Files
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Best Foreign TV Personality - Female (Bästa utländska kvinna)
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Won
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| 1997
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Won
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| 1996
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The X-Files
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Best Female TV Star
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Won
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| 1997
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Won
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| 1998
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Won
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| 1999
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Runner-up
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| 2000
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Third place
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Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
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C21 International Drama Awards
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| 2015
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The Fall
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Best Female Performance
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Nominated[9]
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Crime Thriller Awards
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Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
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| 2015
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The Fall
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Outstanding Actress
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Nominated[14]
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National Television Awards
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Pan-American Association of Film & Television Journalists Awards
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| 2012
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Great Expectations
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Best Supporting actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
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People's Choice Awards
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Primetime Emmy Awards
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Roma Fiction Fest's Artistic Excellence Award
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| 2012
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Great Expectations
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Artistic Excellence Award
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Won[17]
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Sci-Fi Universe Awards
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Result[20]
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| 1995
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The X-Files
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Universe Reader's Choice Award - Best Actress in a Genre TV Series
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
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| 1997
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The X-Files
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Best SF/Fantasy Actress
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Sichuan TV Festival – International Gold Panda Awards for TV Drama
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| 2015
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The Fall
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Best Actress
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| 1999
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The X-Files
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Favorite Actress in a Drama
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| 2000
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Nominated
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Viewers for Quality Television Awards
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Critics' Choice Television Awards
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London Critics Circle Film Awards
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| 2000
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The House of Mirth
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Actress of the Year
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Nominated
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National Society of Film Critics Awards
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| 2000
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The House of Mirth
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Best Actress
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Runner-up
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New York Film Critics Circle Awards
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| 2000
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The House of Mirth
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Best Actress
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Runner-up
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Television Critics Association Awards
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Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
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| 2001
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The House of Mirth
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Best Actress
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Runner-up
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Village Voice Film Poll Awards
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Broadway World: UK Awards
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Evening Standard Theatre Awards
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Laurence Olivier Awards
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Theatre World Awards
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WhatsonStage.com Awards
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| 2003
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What the Night is For
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Best Actress in a Play
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Won[28]
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| 2015
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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Runner-up[29]
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Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards
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| 2013
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The Fall
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Television Icon
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Won[32]
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| 2016
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Won[33]
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| 2015
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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Theatre Actress of the Year
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Won[34]
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| 2016
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The X-Files
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International TV Actress
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Nominated[35]
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| 2017
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The Fall
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International TV Actress
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Nominated[36]
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- ^ "Honorary British awards to foreign nationals – 2016 – Publications – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. August 11, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
- ^ Turchiano, Danielle (January 8, 2018). "Gillian Anderson Reflects on How 'The X-Files' Launched a Career of Acting, Writing, Directing". Variety. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ^ "Blockbuster Entertainment Awards". Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ "Winners 2005 – IFTA". Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "Här är alla tidigare vinnare - Aftonbladets TV-pris, vinnare 1983-2006". aftonbladet.se. March 27, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ "Broadcasting Press Guild 32nd Annual Television and Radio Awards". Broadcasting Press Guild. March 31, 2006. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
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- ^ "Broadcasting Press Guild: 40th TV & Radio Awards". February 20, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ "C21 Drama Award Finalists Announced". C21 Media. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
- ^ "Best Actress Dagger 2014". Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^ Gingold, Michael (June 1, 2015). "The 2015 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Winners and Full Results!". Fangoria. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ "The 2016 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Winners and Full Results!". Fangoria. May 10, 2016. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "Gillian Anderson – Golden Globe Official Website". Golden Globe Award. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ "Golden Nymph Award 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 28, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ "PAAFTJ Television Awards winners announced: "Community" and "Breaking Bad" earn top honors". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ^ "Gillian Anderson - Television Academy - Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- ^ "Gillian Anderson and Matthew Macfadyen at BBC Worldwide Day - Roma Fiction Fest 2012". Living in Rome. October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ a b "42nd Annual Saturn Awards - Television Nominations". Saturn Awards. February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
- ^ McNary, Dave (March 15, 2018). "'Black Panther,' 'Walking Dead' Rule Saturn Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ "Sci-Fi Universe Magazine". Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ "Sichuan TV Festival – 2015 International "Gold Panda" Awards for TV Drama". Sichuan TV Festival. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ^ "BWW:UK Awards 2014: MISS SAIGON Sweeps The Board!". Broadway World. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ Masters, Tim (December 2014). "Gillian Anderson and Tom Hiddleston win at Evening Standard Theatre Awards". BBC. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "Olivier Winners 2010". Laurence Olivier Awards. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "Olivier Winners 2015". Laurence Olivier Awards. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "Olivier Awards 2019". Laurence Olivier Awards. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "Theatre World Award Recipients". Theatre World Award. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "WhatsOnStage Awards 2003 Results". WhatsOnStage Awards. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "WhatsOnStage Awards 2015 Results". WhatsOnStage Awards. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "2010 audie-awards".
- ^ "Mandelas Favorite Folktales – Performers". August 3, 2020.
- ^ "Women of the Year 2013". Harper's Bazaar. November 4, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ Harper's Bazaar UK [@@BazaarUK] (October 31, 2016). "Congratulations to Gillian Anderson @GillianA on becoming our Television Icon. James Norton presents her with the award #BazaarAwards" (Tweet). Retrieved November 1, 2016 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Gillian Anderson is GLAMOUR's Theatre Actress of the Year". Glamour. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "GLAMOUR WOTY voting 2016". Glamour. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ "GLAMOUR WOTY voting 2017". Glamour. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- ^ "Gillian Anderson – The Webby Awards". Webby Award. April 25, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
