The latest news and comment on actor Gillian Anderson
May 2024
Fair Access
Celebrities join campaigners in call for cheaper version of ‘gamechanger’ HIV drug for poorer countries
Letter urges US company Gilead Sciences to ‘shape history’ by providing fair access
April 2024
Scoop review – Rufus Sewell and Billie Piper shine in Prince Andrew drama
The Crown director Philip Martin’s dynamic recreation of the notorious Newsnight interview has two jewels among its acting
The seven best films to watch on TV this week
From Oppenheimer to Scoop: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
The blockbusting atomic biopic hits the small screen, and some equally explosive stuff from a dramatised newsroom memoir
Scoop review – self-admiring replay of Prince Andrew’s Newsnight interview
Emily Maitlis’s interview was unmissable limo-crash television, but Gillian Anderson’s Maggie Thatcher-lite performance and an underused Rufus Sewell add little
March 2024
‘She was an unsung hero’: Billie Piper on playing producer Sam McAlister in a new drama about Prince Andrew’s Newsnight fiasco
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer Photography
Weekend
Gillian Anderson on playing Emily Maitlis; Marina Hyde on the Tories’ misguided attack ad; and the quest to live to 100 – podcast
‘I get into trouble’: Gillian Anderson on being brave, her resting face and much anticipated book of sexual fantasies
February 2024
Baftas 2024: Emma Stone, Gillian Anderson and Cillian Murphy on the big night – in pictures
First trailer released for Prince Andrew ‘PR disaster’ Newsnight interview drama Scoop
January 2024
Jennifer Aniston’s Proustian haircut – a portal to a happier time
Zoe Williams
The Friends star appeared at the Golden Globes more or less unchanged from the 90s, when the world seemed full of promise, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
December 2023
Every episode of The Crown – ranked!
From devastatingly poignant drama about unforgettable events to ghost Diana and a breakdancing Prince Charles – the royal saga has been a rollercoaster ride. Here are the highs and lows
September 2023
TV review
Sex Education final season review – one long list of frustrations
In this farewell series, the glorious horny teenagers we knew and loved have become earnest bores who use therapy speak and exist mainly to tick boxes. What a mood killer
February 2023
Rufus Sewell and Gillian Anderson to star in film about Prince Andrew’s Newsnight interview
A lowly sergeant, but Happy Valley’s Catherine Cawood is top of the cops
Rachel Cooke
January 2023
A desire for Streetcar: the enduring allure of Tennessee Williams’s tantalising classic
The Pale Blue Eye review – starry gothic mystery loses its way
December 2022
The Pale Blue Eye review – baffled, beardy Christian Bale in gruesome murder yarn
Set in 1830, a mildly ridiculous plot sends a haunted Bale to investigate the gothic killing of a military cadet
April 2022
TV review
The First Lady review – star-studded series is a third-rate disappointment
The series on three first ladies falls flat despite a stacked cast, including Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt
September 2021
‘Innately low-impact’: Chloé brings eco-chic to Paris fashion week
Creative director Gabriela Hearst showcased artisan pieces handmade from leftover fabric, with Gillian Anderson and Demi Moore in the front row
