List of awards and nominations received by Gillian Anderson

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Anderson at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival
AwardWinsNominations
BAFTA TV Awards
02
Golden Globe Awards
26
Emmy Awards
26
Olivier Awards
03
SAG Awards
411
Saturn Awards
110
Awards won36
Runner-up5
Nominations107

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Gillian Anderson.

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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

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult [3]
1999 The X-Files: Fight the Future Favorite Actress – Sci-Fi Film Won

British Independent Film Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2000 The House of Mirth Best Actress Won

Chlotrudis Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2002The House of MirthBest ActressNominated
Audience Best Actress AwardWon

Irish Film and Television Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2005 The Mighty Celt Best International Actress Won [4]

Satellite Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2000The House of Mirth Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated

Saturn Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1998 The X-Files: Fight the Future Best Actress Nominated

Television awards

Aftonbladet TV Prize

YearNominated workCategoryResult [5]
1996 The X-Files Best Foreign TV Personality - Female (Bästa utländska kvinna)Won
1997Won

BAFTA TV Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2006 Bleak House Best Actress on Television Nominated
2011 Any Human Heart Best Supporting Actress on Television Nominated

Bravo Otto

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1996The X-Files Best Female TV Star Won
1997Won
1998Won
1999Runner-up
2000Third place

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2006Bleak House Best Actress Won [6]
2012 The Crimson Petal and the White Nominated [7]
Great Expectations Nominated [7]
2014 The Fall Nominated [8]

C21 International Drama Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2015The FallBest Female PerformanceNominated [9]

Crime Thriller Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2013The Fall Best Actress Dagger Nominated [10]

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2015 Hannibal Favorite Supporting Actress on Television Won [11]
2016Won [12]

Golden Globe Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult [13]
1996The X-Files Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
1997Won
1998Nominated
1999Nominated
2007Bleak House Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2021 The Crown Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or TV Movie Won

Golden Nymph Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2015The FallOutstanding ActressNominated [14]

Kids' Choice Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2000The X-Files Favorite Television Friends (shared with David Duchovny)Nominated

National Television Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1996The X-Files Most Popular Actress Nominated
1997Nominated

Pan-American Association of Film & Television Journalists Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2012Great ExpectationsBest Supporting actress in a Miniseries or TV MovieNominated [15]

People's Choice Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1995The X-Files Favorite Female Television Performer Nominated
1996Nominated
1997Nominated
1998Nominated
1999Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult [16]
1996 The X-Files Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
1997 Won
1998 Nominated
1999 Nominated
2006 Bleak House Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated
2021 The Crown Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Won

Roma Fiction Fest's Artistic Excellence Award

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2012Great ExpectationsArtistic Excellence AwardWon [17]

Satellite Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1997The X-Files Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
1998Nominated
1999Nominated
2001Nominated
2006Bleak House Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated
2012Great ExpectationsNominated
2015The FallBest Actress – Television Series DramaNominated
2020 The Crown Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated

Saturn Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1996 The X-Files Best Actress on Television Won
1997 Nominated
1998 Nominated
1999 Nominated
2000 Nominated
2001 Nominated
2015 Nominated [18]
Hannibal Best Supporting Actress on Television Nominated [18]
2018 The X-FilesBest Actress on TelevisionNominated [19]

Sci-Fi Universe Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult [20]
1995The X-FilesUniverse Reader's Choice Award - Best Actress in a Genre TV SeriesWon

Screen Actors Guild Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1996 The X-Files Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Won
1997 Won
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
1998 Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama SeriesNominated
1999 Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesNominated
2000 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama SeriesNominated
2001 Nominated
2021 The CrownWon
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesWon

SFX Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1997The X-FilesBest SF/Fantasy ActressWon

Sichuan TV Festival – International Gold Panda Awards for TV Drama

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2015The FallBest ActressNominated [21]

TV Guide Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1999The X-FilesFavorite Actress in a DramaNominated
2000Nominated

Viewers for Quality Television Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1994The X-Files Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series Nominated
1995Nominated
1996Nominated
1997Nominated
1998Won
1999Won

Critic awards

Critics' Choice Television Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2012 Great Expectations Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries Nominated
2018 American Gods Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
2021 The CrownWon

London Critics Circle Film Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2000 The House of MirthActress of the YearNominated

National Society of Film Critics Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2000 The House of MirthBest ActressRunner-up

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2000 The House of MirthBest ActressRunner-up

Television Critics Association Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1997The X-Files Individual Achievement in Drama Nominated

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2001 The House of MirthBest ActressRunner-up

Village Voice Film Poll Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2000The House of Mirth Best Lead Performance Won

Theatre Awards

Broadway World: UK Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2014 A Streetcar Named Desire Best Leading Actress in a New Production of a Play (Tied with Anna Madeley)Won [22]

Evening Standard Theatre Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2014A Streetcar Named Desire The Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress Won [23]

Laurence Olivier Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2010 A Doll's House Best Actress Nominated [24]
2015 A Streetcar Named DesireNominated [25]
2019 All About Eve Nominated [26]

Theatre World Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1990-1991 Absent Friends NewcomerWon [27]

WhatsonStage.com Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2003 What the Night is ForBest Actress in a PlayWon [28]
2015A Streetcar Named DesireRunner-up [29]

Special awards

Audie Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2010Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales Audiobook of the Year Won [30]
Multi-Voiced Performance Won [31]

Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2013The FallTelevision IconWon [32]
2016Won [33]

Glamour Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2015A Streetcar Named DesireTheatre Actress of the YearWon [34]
2016The X-FilesInternational TV ActressNominated [35]
2017The FallInternational TV ActressNominated [36]

Webby Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2017The Fall Best Actress Won [37]

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