I remember back in 1996 when Gillian Anderson was voted the world's most beautiful woman...25 years later, is she not still the world's most beautiful woman?!?
Gillian Anderson..A truly talented actress who outperformed Duchovny throughout the X-Files and has produced many outstanding later performances both on stage and screen. Her interviews are always fun...and that natural beauty too !
agreed on everything other than "her interviews are always fun". As much as I love her as an actress you can really see and feel how she goes on autopilot for the PR circus and just shuffles through the playbook of press interview platitudes. Just look at Seth first question here: That gave her room for thought and reflection about Thatcher as a tortured soul she had to explore. But instead she just says the old mundane "oh the cast and crew were so great, so much fun". One year into the covid-mess and she didn't even bother to get a decent webcam.
@@memento81 I agree she did not engage on the Thatcher question...Probably not too keen to be controversial or maybe just not as informed as Brits as she is American. Having watched her interviews since 1994 she has probably become more "safe" there have been many where she lets her hair down and gets quite personal. Her early interviews were often quite a ride !..Think the webcam shaming is a little cheap...
@@jayzee6617 webcam shaming? You do know that it doesn't just become a thing by slapping "-shaming" oder -ism onto it, right? And if anything she is the one being cheap for not taking 5 minutes on Amazon and spending a measly hundred dollars on a good webcam when frequently doing press via webcam is a huge part of her job - which she gets paid for handsomely. So I don't think that is unfair criticsm.
Imagine seeing her in the xfiles nearly 30 years ago and then not seeing her until this interview. Stunningly beautiful now .... I’ve got a mid-life crisis crush on her now
@tony james, not so funny because she's renowned for being what's called bidialectal which means that she can easily switch between an English accent and an American one because of her upbringing. Even though she was born in Chicago she lived in England between 1970 and 1981 and had a British accent and then after returning with her family to the U.S. when she was aged 11 switched to an American accent so as not to get bullied by her fellow classmates whilst at high school. She has since moved back to London and has lived there since 2002 so her mastery of both accents is understandable, isn't it?
@wharsmetoothpicson, the same goes for Michael Gove MP whenever he ventures out of London and returns to his Scottish homeland, doesn't it? He's originally from Aberdeen but whenever we see or hear him either when he's in Parliament or being interviewed you'd never realise that he was Scottish, would you? As soon as he goes north of the border he automatically switches to his original accent as well, doesn't he?
@@cherylmaclean4349 She's British! But she explained that when she moved to America she was mocked because of her accent so she adopted an American accent so she is able to speak in both accents
She's awesome. But I found it hard to believe that she has a 26-year-old daughter! I found her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher to be amazing. (In the end she made Thatcher seem sympathetic, which had to be hard to do.)
Gillian: Hair flowing down like waterfalls of liquid gold. Me: A second quarantine mullet that is somehow worse than the first one, after only getting 2 haircuts in 11 months.
Olivia Colman is just the funniest person I have ever watched or listened to on TV or the internet! (And yes, Gillian looks nice, but that's obvious, right?)
This interview prompted a full read at Wikipedia & a scan of her Instagram. I’m of her generation, obviously knew of her, but never watched her work. What?! I know, my loss. What a fascinating person.
Came here literally only for the rest of the clip title, which was too long to read w/o clicking. Stayed for the dance clip. Was shocked SHOCKED to realize how charismatic and delightful Gillian Anderson is. And she’s gotten more beautiful with age. :) (if only we’re all so lucky)
Gillian is one of the loveliest people to ever grace our screens. I can't believe they had originally hired her to play second fiddle to Duchovny, it honestly sounds like a joke.
@@dirtporcelain "Actress Gillian Anderson says she was offered half the money David Duchovny was offered to appear in Fox's X-Files revival" "... it took years for Anderson to earn equal pay to Duchovny for the original X-Files - which is a little less surprising when you remember that Fox initially wouldn't even let her walk alongside him, lest she bypass spunky sidekick status." Source: www.vox.com/2016/1/22/10816036/gillian-anderson-x-files-pay
I'm surprised its not repeated on any tv channel (none that I have).. referenced in a Catatonia song though, so thumbs up from me.. I wonder if she gets fed up of being reminded of a tv series she filmed decades ago (how on "earth" does she look even better.. "out of this world.." in comparison some of her fellow actors might feel "alien"ated by her long standing good looks)
She was 22 the first season of Xfiles! She’s even more beautiful now. EDIT. I have been corrected, your googling skills are exceptional and my memory is not! It was I that was 22 when the first season aired, GA was 25. Forgive!
@@Rosemont1021 I know how old she is, we have the same birthday. She was 24 in the pilot and turned 25 the year the show got picked up. She had Piper in the beginning og season 2. Just sayin, it feels like it was yesterday.
I still will not look or listen to any footage, real or re-enacted, of the former prime minister and arrogant snotty insane patronising b that was...I literally will not sully my fingers typing her name. I don’t like trump either btw 🤮
Your attraction to her It doesn't matter to anyone but you. She's a wonderful actress. Just because she's beautiful doesn't disqualify her. That's completely ridiculous.
@@RoScFan if it’s any consolation, I’ve watched her since The X-Files started and only heard her real accent a few years ago on Top Gear. I also had no idea.
She's American by birth, to American parents. But she spent a lot of her childhood in the UK and considers London to be her home. She doesn't really think of herself as either British or American, but lives in Britain.
She is American born, but probably lived in the UK as much as in America. She spent some of her childhood in the UK and acquired a British accent to fit in with her peers. I guess as an actress she is a natural mimic, so when surrounded by Brits or Americans, depending where she is, she adjusts her accent accordingly.
@@generalpublic3744 yes I know. I've seen an interview of hers years ago where she says she just goes back and forth with it sometimes she doesn't know what's going to come out but that most times she does lean towards whoever is given the interview is the accent that's going to come out. She's awesome!
Casting my mind back to the very first episode of the X Files, Gillian just continues to be gorgeous. (sigh) 😍 Her facial expressions are her hallmark for me. I have not seen The Crown, but my favorite Anderson performance was in Bleak House. Definitely worth watching if you haven't seen it.
This sure was a nice surprise! I usually just watch Seth Meyers for his political videos. But I'm kind of now obsessed with Gillian Anderson at the moment, having discovered X Files during quarantine. And I already loved the Crown. Though it's a little bizarre jumping from early Scully to Margaret Thatcher. She still manages to rock the look though.
@@itsme-sn5gi In a way she's both. She was born in the U.S., but her family moved to the UK when she was young and was raised in London until she was 11, when she and her family moved back to the U.S. and Gillian would later start her acting career there.
I wish you had asked her if she had seen the BBC series "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister"? It was said that it was Thatcher's favorite program. Also, did she ever see "Spitting Image"? The British can be nastier to politicians than Americans.
A subway that goes up a hill? It's not a subway. A funicular is a railway that goes up a hill where the descending cars balance the ascending cars. It's not underground!
Not Seth's best interview performance. Maybe she also wasn't giving much back either. Not sure exactly what it was, but the interview chemistry was off. That said, she is still an absolute knockout! 😮♥️
I remember back in 1996 when Gillian Anderson was voted the world's most beautiful woman...25 years later, is she not still the world's most beautiful woman?!?
I'm taken aback as to how good she still looks.
She's refreshing - I like her whole being - nice person - big heart!
Yes, yes she is
She is!!!!! And that voice!!!!!!!
She seems to get more beautiful every year!
Gillian Anderson..A truly talented actress who outperformed Duchovny throughout the X-Files and has produced many outstanding later performances both on stage and screen. Her interviews are always fun...and that natural beauty too !
agreed on everything other than "her interviews are always fun". As much as I love her as an actress you can really see and feel how she goes on autopilot for the PR circus and just shuffles through the playbook of press interview platitudes. Just look at Seth first question here: That gave her room for thought and reflection about Thatcher as a tortured soul she had to explore. But instead she just says the old mundane "oh the cast and crew were so great, so much fun". One year into the covid-mess and she didn't even bother to get a decent webcam.
@@memento81 I agree she did not engage on the Thatcher question...Probably not too keen to be controversial or maybe just not as informed as Brits as she is American. Having watched her interviews since 1994 she has probably become more "safe" there have been many where she lets her hair down and gets quite personal. Her early interviews were often quite a ride !..Think the webcam shaming is a little cheap...
David just always seems bored.
@@jayzee6617 webcam shaming? You do know that it doesn't just become a thing by slapping "-shaming" oder -ism onto it, right?
And if anything she is the one being cheap for not taking 5 minutes on Amazon and spending a measly hundred dollars on a good webcam when frequently doing press via webcam is a huge part of her job - which she gets paid for handsomely. So I don't think that is unfair criticsm.
@@CyberBeep_kenshi Even on Red Shoe Diaries
My favorite part of the Lizzo video is that they're all in mourning clothes and dancing so happily. 😂😂😂
Poor "Uncle Dicky" 🤣🤣😂
OMG Gillian Anderson is my all time celebrity crush
Imagine seeing her in the xfiles nearly 30 years ago and then not seeing her until this interview. Stunningly beautiful now .... I’ve got a mid-life crisis crush on her now
Melee toooo
Same! So much the same. 😍
She looks great!
Me too, must be about 25 years now!
Funny how she changes to an American accent on US shows and British on UK ones.
I’m really confused. I thought she was British and after this, I assumed I was wrong.
Method Acting
@tony james, not so funny because she's renowned for being what's called bidialectal which means that she can easily switch between an English accent and an American one because of her upbringing.
Even though she was born in Chicago she lived in England between 1970 and 1981 and had a British accent and then after returning with her family to the U.S. when she was aged 11 switched to an American accent so as not to get bullied by her fellow classmates whilst at high school. She has since moved back to London and has lived there since 2002 so her mastery of both accents is understandable, isn't it?
@wharsmetoothpicson, the same goes for Michael Gove MP whenever he ventures out of London and returns to his Scottish homeland, doesn't it?
He's originally from Aberdeen but whenever we see or hear him either when he's in Parliament or being interviewed you'd never realise that he was Scottish, would you? As soon as he goes north of the border he automatically switches to his original accent as well, doesn't he?
@@cherylmaclean4349 She's British! But she explained that when she moved to America she was mocked because of her accent so she adopted an American accent so she is able to speak in both accents
Still gorgeous, incredibly talented and an all around fun person
She's awesome. But I found it hard to believe that she has a 26-year-old daughter! I found her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher to be amazing. (In the end she made Thatcher seem sympathetic, which had to be hard to do.)
I'm really happy that her career made a comeback in such a huge way.
Also, she is so radiant and distractingly beautiful
Gillian: Hair flowing down like waterfalls of liquid gold.
Me: A second quarantine mullet that is somehow worse than the first one, after only getting 2 haircuts in 11 months.
She has girl magic 🧚♀️
that hair isn’t real because they worked on her hair so much she started to lose a lot of hair
The wig looks great on her.
Olivia Colman is just the funniest person I have ever watched or listened to on TV or the internet! (And yes, Gillian looks nice, but that's obvious, right?)
Gillian Anderson, is a woman who knows how to age.
She's certainly doing SOMETHING right!
@@roberthenleynola Wink wink.
True
And playing an unimagined margaret thatcher. Cos Gillian is sooooooooooooo beautiful
This interview prompted a full read at Wikipedia & a scan of her Instagram. I’m of her generation, obviously knew of her, but never watched her work. What?! I know, my loss. What a fascinating person.
Have you not seen the fall? It’s a hard difficult watch and NOT fun, but she’s wonderful in it
I was crushing on her back in the 90’s watching X Files with no lights on. Sunday nights on Fox were an incredible time back then.
I think Tobias Menzies was the best and was very coordinated out of all of them. 🤣
Both him and Josh did so well!
Came here literally only for the rest of the clip title, which was too long to read w/o clicking.
Stayed for the dance clip.
Was shocked SHOCKED to realize how charismatic and delightful Gillian Anderson is. And she’s gotten more beautiful with age. :) (if only we’re all so lucky)
If you hover your mouse over the title without clicking, it reveals the full title.
@@jwec9867 I was watching on my TV. :)
@@jamiejames8575 Fancy!
@@jwec9867 😄
@@jamiejames8575 You're going up in the world!
She’s so good as Margaret Thatcher! Give her the Emmy now!
Gillian is one of the loveliest people to ever grace our screens. I can't believe they had originally hired her to play second fiddle to Duchovny, it honestly sounds like a joke.
Their chemistry was awesome and I don't think she played second fiddle at all.
@@dirtporcelain
"Actress Gillian Anderson says she was offered half the money David Duchovny was offered to appear in Fox's X-Files revival"
"... it took years for Anderson to earn equal pay to Duchovny for the original X-Files - which is a little less surprising when you remember that Fox initially wouldn't even let her walk alongside him, lest she bypass spunky sidekick status."
Source: www.vox.com/2016/1/22/10816036/gillian-anderson-x-files-pay
@@Traumatias0 i only started watching Xfiles now and she def deserved equal everything, if not more !
Legend says that Scully and Mulder are still searching for the truth... 👽
I'm surprised its not repeated on any tv channel (none that I have).. referenced in a Catatonia song though, so thumbs up from me.. I wonder if she gets fed up of being reminded of a tv series she filmed decades ago (how on "earth" does she look even better.. "out of this world.." in comparison some of her fellow actors might feel "alien"ated by her long standing good looks)
Aren't we all???
@@WhaleCommunicators Sometimes the truth hurts
THE truth...or the alternate truth?! ;-)
"Resting Thatcher Face" should be covered by disability insurance.
I think it is in the UK Medical System.
But! ... A great name for a band!
This goddess has a TWENTYSIXYEAROLD daughter!! I remember when she was a kid. Jeez I'm old...
She was 22 the first season of Xfiles! She’s even more beautiful now. EDIT. I have been corrected, your googling skills are exceptional and my memory is not! It was I that was 22 when the first season aired, GA was 25. Forgive!
@@Rosemont1021 You are correct RE: beauty but remember that good lighting is a force multiplier.
Bye Felicia
@@Rosemont1021 I know how old she is, we have the same birthday. She was 24 in the pilot and turned 25 the year the show got picked up. She had Piper in the beginning og season 2. Just sayin, it feels like it was yesterday.
@@Rosemont1021 She was 25 (1993)
So great seeing Gillian acting in such a great show!
She's a great guest. Pls have her back again!
Wonderful @Gillian! Always a fan of her fantastic work. Totally underappreciated for such a long time. Shine away!
02:36 Love Olivia Colman so much ✨
What a great smile and laugh combo!!! Wonderful human and an amazing actress!!! Too kewl!!!
I've always loved her. All I hear is Dana Scully.
Same, Scilly has fans across your galaxy
She is so funny, sincere and amazing! Love her! Loved her since I was 13 😂😂
Dance timestamp: 2:36
She’s more beautiful now than when she was on X-Files!
Wait, does she even age ?
Apparently not. 😁
Yes. Backwards.
I know, holy crap, she looks amazing.
I find it strange they got someone so attractive to play Margaret Thatcher!
Yes, watching it and getting these kind of feelings for a depiction of Thatcher feels pretty weird to say the least
I still will not look or listen to any footage, real or re-enacted, of the former prime minister and arrogant snotty insane patronising b that was...I literally will not sully my fingers typing her name.
I don’t like trump either btw 🤮
That's Hollywood! Everyone must be attractive.
@@jwec9867 lol yeah right
Your attraction to her It doesn't matter to anyone but you. She's a wonderful actress. Just because she's beautiful doesn't disqualify her. That's completely ridiculous.
What an amazing transition from Scully to Miss Havisham in PBS' "Great Expectations". Great performance!!
Her throat must have been killing her after speaking like that for hours
nice to see Queen Lizzie in mourning clothes swinging those hips hahaha
This was surprising fun to watch! You two work well together.
When she does American chat shows she adopts an American accent and uses her natural accent when she does British shows. She’s Christian Bale-ing it.
I think the term is bi-dialectic. She flips between the two depending on which country she's in.
Wait wtf? Dana scully is a brit? What, are all the really good famous american actors actually british?
@@RoScFan if it’s any consolation, I’ve watched her since The X-Files started and only heard her real accent a few years ago on Top Gear. I also had no idea.
She's American by birth, to American parents. But she spent a lot of her childhood in the UK and considers London to be her home. She doesn't really think of herself as either British or American, but lives in Britain.
@@RoScFan Some of them are Canadian.
She looks younger here than she did on X-Files!
I swear she does. It's hard to believe!
The truth is out there.
Mate do you not know about Botox? Men always say oh wow she looks great. Clueless
Ring light + webcam blur help. Her hair looks great.
Durham Girl omg who cares. just let her be complimented.
God, she is soooooooo pretty.
Glad to see this, but kind of a random time to do an interview on The Crown...wonder if this interview was originally scheduled for earlier.
Her performance as Thatcher is simply stunning.
Gillian Anderson is timelessly beautiful and incredible!
Olivia Colman ate that up!
since the '90s it still trips me out that she goes back and forth with her English accent and American accent 😂❤️
She is American born, but probably lived in the UK as much as in America. She spent some of her childhood in the UK and acquired a British accent to fit in with her peers. I guess as an actress she is a natural mimic, so when surrounded by Brits or Americans, depending where she is, she adjusts her accent accordingly.
@@generalpublic3744 yes I know. I've seen an interview of hers years ago where she says she just goes back and forth with it sometimes she doesn't know what's going to come out but that most times she does lean towards whoever is given the interview is the accent that's going to come out. She's awesome!
Oh, Gillian is still so adorable !
Gillian was unbelievably good! So amazing. :)
Gillian Anderson is more like Margaret Thatcher than Margaret Thatcher was.
Lord, she’s gorgeous.
Olivia Coleman is hilarious in sketch comedy with Martin Freeman and in a sitcom with David Mitchell and also in Hot Fuzz with Simon Pegg.
Casting my mind back to the very first episode of the X Files, Gillian just continues to be gorgeous. (sigh) 😍 Her facial expressions are her hallmark for me. I have not seen The Crown, but my favorite Anderson performance was in Bleak House. Definitely worth watching if you haven't seen it.
No Seth, funicular means it's driven by a cable.
This sure was a nice surprise! I usually just watch Seth Meyers for his political videos. But I'm kind of now obsessed with Gillian Anderson at the moment, having discovered X Files during quarantine. And I already loved the Crown. Though it's a little bizarre jumping from early Scully to Margaret Thatcher. She still manages to rock the look though.
She's amazing in Hannibal. A film noir goddess
will love her forever
01:20 = I keep forgetting that Anderson has great gams. 😍
My God she is stunning! The X files will always be my favorite show 💚
She looks better, than ever! Good job, Gillian!
Since Olivia Coleman and Ted Lasso are so popular at the moment, I would recommend "Peep Show" to the Yanks. "This is outrageous, this is contagious."
Wowsers trousers, good to find a fellow “Peep Show” fan. Good on ya.
I love Olivia Coleman like 10x based on that dance video. I didn't think that it was possible because I already love her a fucking ton.
She is so much more Scully...It’s been fun watching the range of characters I have seen her play but her Margaret Thatcher was amazing!
Her accent changes from interview to interview. I’m so confused!
It's the most fascinating thing about her interviews to me 😂
You must get easily confused.
She grew up in England but the family moved to the states in her early years so she simply grew up with both accents
oyeah and here i am not even speaking english...listen to gillian interviews!
Lol. Gillian's accent adapting to speak to a US talk show.... 😂
@A is she English or American?
@@itsme-sn5gi In a way she's both. She was born in the U.S., but her family moved to the UK when she was young and was raised in London until she was 11, when she and her family moved back to the U.S. and Gillian would later start her acting career there.
I definitely want to check that show out she’s lovely 😊 LoL
Watch The Fall! She’s amazing
"there is a kind of overbite". Who also remembered a similar scene in "bad blood"? XD
It was "bad blood" dude. It was "buck teeth".
@@elizabethbrown2705 oh sorry right ^^ I couldn't remember the title anymore only remembered the sheriff and the discussion. I will correct it.
My favorite X-Files episode! Such good chemistry and a lighthearted tone. :)
What are the odds? I just started xfiles season 1 3 days ago, then she pops up on my feed in an interview!
Wow after all these years Gillian still beautiful!!!
Her natural American accent brings me back to the x-files and I love it.
Gillian is such a talented actress!
She's a gem:)
I wish you had asked her if she had seen the BBC series "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister"? It was said that it was Thatcher's favorite program. Also, did she ever see "Spitting Image"? The British can be nastier to politicians than Americans.
As big and diverse her career has been, i'll always see her as Dana Scully. I just have so much nostalgia from X-Files.
The way seth said "it's really good" is like the way regina george would have said it hahaha
A subway that goes up a hill? It's not a subway. A funicular is a railway that goes up a hill where the descending cars balance the ascending cars. It's not underground!
Cool interview - cool Gillian Anderson ✨🧚♂️✨☀️
Wow. Gillian Anderson is more beautiful now than she was 20+ years ago.
Love her!!!
Can't be me watching this just to see Helena in the background of the dance bit. Even though you can hardly see her, she's there
So happy she was able to overcome her Scully typecast.
Talent and beauty. 🙏
The fairest of them all!
a true beauty miss Gillian 😘
"A funicular is like a subway that goes up a hill." A subway in the UK is a tunnel. So funicular is a tunnel that you can use to climb a hill.
A funicular is not "a subway that goes up a hill". Subways are underground, hence the name. Trains go uphill. Funiculars are pulled uphill by a cable.
I feel vastly uninformed. :)
I LOVE her so much. Always have. 🥰
That Thatcher curtsey - WOW! She was amazing!
Her lighting is very flattering.
I remember when she spoke with a British accent on an UK interview months ago.
She was wonderful playing Margareth Tachter 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Gilian does what Helen Mirren does, getting older looking better and better. While being awesome actresses. Well played.
Gillian Anderson always beautiful...
She is really making him work for this! Apparently he was prepared, as he came with props.. selfies and videos.
She was amazing in the Crown. Bravo!
the funniest part about this is that they’re in their costumes for lord mountbatten’s funeral 💀
how come gillian looks and sounds younger now than in the last season of xfiles
Not Seth's best interview performance. Maybe she also wasn't giving much back either. Not sure exactly what it was, but the interview chemistry was off. That said, she is still an absolute knockout! 😮♥️
I wish I still felt like the only one in the world to have a massive crush on her.
I thought I was the only one lol
I think that hasn't been a thing since 1993.
Pretty much every teenaged xfiles fan had a crush on her bud...
@@kotkaconforza I expect so. That's about right. And?
@@jommywop You don't say.
Oh my goodness I loved her in this roll.
Man, I had NO IDEA that Gillian was the actor playing Margaret Thatcher! She's unrecognizable!
She is still so beautiful...
Beautiful, lovely lady
Terrific actress, she nailed this performance
omggg that clip is such a laugh
GILLIAN ANDERSON MY BELOVED
A very fine wine that one.
Incomparably better actress, than Duchovny was ever as an actor.Also more graceful. Respect!