Gillian Anderson on ‘Crown,’ Becoming Feminist Role Model

Few people can say their comfort zone is in playing strong women, but for Gillian Anderson, it ’s become something of a personal brand. The American-British actor, who was once best-known for her skeptical FBI agent Dana Scully in Fox’s long-running sci-fi hit “The X-Files,” has gone on to play detective Stella Gibson in “The Fall,” notorious British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Crown” and sex therapist Jean Milburn in “Sex Education.” (And you wouldn’t want to cross any of them.) Anderson — who will receive the Variety Icon Award in a ceremony at CannesSeries on April 1 —… Read Full Article