Television - The BBC’s MVA (Most Valuable Actress)

The stagecoach finally delivered last season’s six episodes of the re-booted “X-Files”. I’ve seen every episode of every season, so I was pretty jazzed to watch these. I couldn’t help but notice that Gillian Anderson looks better than ever. Perhaps she’s had “work done,” but if so, it looks good and I’m all for it! In any case, she exudes a mature, natural sensuality that I hadn’t noticed in the ‘90’s heyday of “The X-Files.”

Ms. Anderson was born in Chicago, but lived in London from ages 2 to 11; hence, her English accent. She returned to the U.K. in ’02, and has stayed there since, working in many BBC mini-series productions: Charles Dickens’ “Bleak House” and “Great Expectations”, “Moby Dick”, “War and Peace”, “The Crimson Petal and the White”, and the addictive crime thriller “The Fall”.

In “The Fall”, she’s a high-level police investigator matching wits with a devilishly clever serial killer who, ultimately, gets to her in a mind game. She’s plays a bit of a libertine, sometimes recklessly. But whether she’s commanding her officers or flirting with a sexy colleague, she’s oh-so-cool.

Now she’s re-teamed with producer Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”) for Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods”. It’s shooting now, and was previewed at last week’s Comic-Con. I can’t wait to see it!

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