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