Here’s Gillian Anderson, 42, looking lovely at the premiere of the Johnny English sequel in London Sunday night. (I know these photos came out a little while ago, but it’s slow this morning and I’m just seeing them now.) She looks so pretty here. I can’t tell if it’s because she’s had a little subtle tweaking or if it’s due to her makeup and updo. Her look borders on “too much” without stepping over that line, in my opinion. Her dress is a little too baby doll-ish with the sparkly dickey-looking front piece and the flowing knee length skirt with tulle overlay. Somehow she makes it work though. I used to be a Gillian Anderson superfan back in the X-Files days and I love seeing her so well put together.

Here’s a little blurb from Anderson where she says she’d like to play lighter goofier characters:

Gillian Anderson has said she’s fed up with sensible roles and wants to play someone silly.

The actress, best known for playing straight-laced Dana Scully in The X-Files, stars as bossy MI7 agent Pamela Thornton in new film Johnny English Reborn.

When asked why she keeps getting cast as authority figures, the star replied: “I don’t know, I’m tired of it!”

Gillian, who attended the Johnny English sequel’s London premiere on Sunday, added: “I would love to play a clumsy person. I would love to fall on my bottom.”

The actress also revealed how she got into character to play Miss Havisham in the BBC One reworking of Charles Dickens’ classic Great Expectations.

“I read a lot, I did a lot of research. It’s different from everything that I do. I just tried to get into her head,” she said.
“Just reading everything about Dickens, everything that’s been written about the character in the past and reading essays on her, trying not to watch very much because I don’t like to be influenced by other things.”

She added: “I haven’t seen any of it, I’m really looking forward to seeing it.”

[From UKPA via ONTD]

Gillian has three kids: Piper, 17, from her first husband, and Oscar, nearly five, and Felix, nearly three, from her current partner, British director Mark Griffiths. (He’s shown with her in these photos.) Gillian and Mark live in London. I enjoy seeing her continuing to get work (even if it’s in crap films like this) and looking so amazing. She seemed like she was having problems for a while when she was with her second husband, documentary filmmaker Julian Ozanne, and she didn’t look as groomed back then. Looking at those older photos, I can tell she’s had something done but that it was done well. If I could get results like this I’d have a few jabs here and there too.

photo credit: Pacific Coast News and Fame