From Margaret Thatcher to Eleanor Roosevelt, Gillian Anderson has played a number of trailblazing women – all of them rebels, just like her.
From her breakout role as FBI special agent Dana Scully in The X-Files to her recent part as sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix hit show Sex Education, Gillian doesn’t do shy and retiring.
But the actress reckons she’s ready for a change now – and wants to play someone more unhinged.
