Gillian Anderson’s American accent baffles some people

Gillian Anderson’s American accent baffles some people

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Anderson won the award for best supporting actress in a TV series for her role as Margaret Thatcher in Netflix’s “The Crown”.
Gillian Anderson, winner of Best Actress Performance in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Film Made for Television, speaks during the 78th Golden Globe Annual Virtual Press Room on February 28, 2021.

She accepted the award using her American accent, which tickled her on Twitter.

Culture writer for “The Spinoff TV” Sam Brooks of New Zealand tweeted “Gillian Anderson clearly chose her American accent for tonight.”

Anderson was born in the United States and grew up in Puerto Rico and London before returning to the United States.

Although the American series “The X Files” made her a star, she had many roles in British productions, including the Netflix drama comedy “Sex Education”, the BBC adaptation for “Bleak House” and the police drama “The Fall “, set in northern Ireland.

Anderson has lived in London for years.

Her ability to be able to switch from an American to a British accent has long fascinated people and in 2009 she told the British newspaper “The Telegraph” that “even on the phone my accent will change.”

“Part of me would like to be able to control it, but I can’t,” she said. “I just slip into one or the other. When I moved to the United States, I tried very hard to maintain my British accent because it made me different.”

Correction: An earlier version of this story distorted the location of “The Fall”. It is set in Northern Ireland.

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