Editing Gillian Anderson (section)

===2000s===
[[File:GillianAndersonByIdoCarmelWonderCon2008.jpg|upright|thumb|Anderson at the 2008 [[WonderCon]]]]
In 2000, Anderson starred in the film ''[[The House of Mirth (2000 film)|The House of Mirth]]'' with [[Eric Stoltz]] – [[Terence Davies]]' adaptation of the [[Edith Wharton]] novel of the [[The House of Mirth|same name]] – for which she won critical acclaim and awards such as the [[BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film|British Independent Film Award for Best Actress]], [[Village Voice Film Poll#Best Lead Performance|Village Voice Film Poll Best Lead Performance]], and a nomination for the [[2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards#Best Actress|National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cardwell |first=Diane |date=January 7, 2001 |title=Critics Group Honors Quirky List of Film Favorites |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/nyregion/critics-group-honors-quirky-list-of-film-favorites.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 14, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114232401/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/nyregion/critics-group-honors-quirky-list-of-film-favorites.html |archive-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref>

When ''The X-Files'' ended in 2002, she moved back to London for a change of pace and the opportunity to return to the stage.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Llewellyn Smith|first=Julia|title=Life's been complicated lately: Gillian Anderson interview|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10044402/Lifes-been-complicated-lately-Gillian-Anderson-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10044402/Lifes-been-complicated-lately-Gillian-Anderson-interview.html |archive-date=2022-01-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=November 26, 2015|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=May 14, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Bio2">{{cite web|title=The Official Gillian Anderson Website. About Gillian – Biography (page 2)|work=gilliananderson.ws|url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/about/bio2.shtml}}</ref> In 2002, Anderson made her [[West End of London|West End]] debut in [[Michael Weller]]'s play ''What The Night Is For'' at the [[Comedy Theatre]].<ref name=WTNIF>{{Cite news|last=Billington|first=Michael|title=What The Night Is For|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2002/nov/28/theatre.artsfeatures1|access-date=February 10, 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 28, 2002}}</ref> In 2004, Anderson starred in the [[Royal Court Theatre]]'s production of [[Rebecca Gilman]]'s play ''The Sweetest Swing in Baseball'', as artist Dana Fielding who assumes the personality of the troubled [[baseball]] player [[Darryl Strawberry]] – a role for which she earned rave reviews.<ref name=SadlersWells>{{cite web|title=Sadler's Wells Theatre – Ambassadors – Gillian Anderson|url=http://www.sadlerswells.com/about-us/people/ambassadors/gillian-anderson|work=Sadler's Wells Theatre|access-date=October 30, 2015|archive-date=October 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023163721/http://www.sadlerswells.com/about-us/people/ambassadors/gillian-anderson/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Bio3">{{cite web|title=About Gillian – Biography (page 3)|work=gilliananderson.ws|url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/about/bio3.shtml}}</ref>

In 2005, she appeared as Lady Dedlock in the [[Bleak House (2005 TV serial)|BBC adaptation]] of [[Charles Dickens]]' novel ''[[Bleak House]]''. She had a starring role in the Irish film ''[[The Mighty Celt]]'', for which she won an [[Irish Film and Television Awards|IFTA]] award for Best International Actress.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ifta.ie/winners/iftawinners2005.html|title= Winners 2005 – IFTA|publisher=[[Irish Film & Television Academy]]|access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref> The same year she also appeared in ''[[A Cock and Bull Story]]'' with [[Steve Coogan]] and [[Rob Brydon]] – a film version of the novel ''[[Tristram Shandy]]''. In 2006, Anderson won the Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Award for Best Actress for her role in ''Bleak House''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/2006/03/31/broadcasting-press-guild-32nd-annual-television-and-radio-awards|title=Broadcasting Press Guild 32nd Annual Television and Radio Awards|date=March 31, 2006|publisher= Broadcasting Press Guild|access-date=October 14, 2015}}</ref> She was nominated for a [[British Academy Television Award]] (BAFTA) for [[British Academy Television Awards 2006|Best Actress]], she also received an Emmy nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie#2000s|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie]], a nomination for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film#2000s|Golden Globe]], a [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film#2000s|Satellite Award]] nomination, and came in second place in the Best Actress category of the 2005 BBC Drama website poll for her portrayal of Lady Dedlock in the adaptation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bestof2005/best_actress.shtml|title=BBC Drama – Best of 2005 – Best Actress|access-date=October 14, 2015|work=BBC}}</ref>

During 2006 and 2007, Anderson appeared in two British films: ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]''<ref>{{Cite news|title="The Last King of Scotland" News|url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/news/lastking.shtml|access-date=September 24, 2012|work=gilliananderson.ws|date=February 26, 2007}}</ref> (2006) and ''[[Straightheads]]'' (2007).<ref>{{cite news |last=Rose |first=Steve |date=April 27, 2007 |title=Straightheads |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/apr/27/thriller |work=The Guardian |access-date=September 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003093434/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/apr/27/thriller |archive-date=October 3, 2014}}</ref> In 2008, Anderson hosted ''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'' during the Jane Austen series;<ref>{{cite web|title=Gillian Anderson|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/series/newlook.html|work=pbs.org|access-date=September 24, 2012|archive-date=August 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820121228/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/series/newlook.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> she was the first woman to host the series since it began in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|last=Serpe|first=Gina|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/56958/gillian-anderson-s-masterpiece-de-resistance|title=Gillian Anderson's Masterpiece de Résistance|date=December 11, 2007|publisher=E!|access-date=September 30, 2015}}</ref> The same year, Anderson starred in the second ''The X-Files'' film, ''[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]'' and appeared alongside [[Simon Pegg]] in the British comedy film [[How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)|''How to Lose Friends & Alienate People'']].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pegg Makes Friends, Big names join journo flick... |url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?nid=20724 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |date=May 13, 2007 |access-date=November 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523082047/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?nid=20724 |archive-date=May 23, 2007}}</ref> In 2009, she starred in the British comedy film ''[[Boogie Woogie (film)|Boogie Woogie]]'' with [[Alan Cumming]], [[Danny Huston]] and [[Stellan Skarsgård]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=April 15, 2010 |title=Boogie Woogie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/apr/15/boogie-woogie-review |work=The Guardian |access-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923123923/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/apr/15/boogie-woogie-review |archive-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref>

She portrayed Nora in [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s ''[[A Doll's House]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]] in London's West End during a limited engagement which ran from May 14, 2009, until July 18, 2009.<ref name=DollHouse>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/5256285/Gillian-Anderson-bares-all.html|title=Gillian Anderson interview for 'A Doll's House'|last=Farndale|first=Nigel|work=[[The Daily telegraph]]|date=May 1, 2009|access-date=September 24, 2012}}</ref> Anderson received a nomination for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress#2010s|Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress]], for productions which opened in the 2009 calendar year, for her portrayal of Nora.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olivierawards.com/winners/view/item110508/olivier-winners-2010|title=Olivier Winners 2010|work=[[Laurence Olivier Award]]|access-date=October 14, 2015}}</ref>