Does Gillian Anderson Play in the Crown?

The first came early, with Anderson's turn as a sex-therapist mom on the second season of the celebrated U.K. comedy series Sex Education; the second arrived at the year's end, with the X-Files star portraying former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the Emmy-winning royal drama The Crown.

What part does Gillian Anderson play in The Crown?

There have been many portrayals of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher throughout history, but actress Gillian Anderson is already drawing buzz for her nuanced performance of the controversial woman in Season 4 of Netflix's “The Crown.”

Who played the Iron Lady in The Crown?

Olivia Colman

Thus, six years before she assumed the role of Queen Elizabeth II on The Crown, Colman and her prosthetics played another Thatcher foil in The Iron Lady: the PM's sad puppy of a daughter, Carol, the kind of role that was the actress's bread-and-butter in the early '10s.

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