Gillian Anderson’s American accent throws some people away

by

Anderson won the Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series award for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in Netflix’s ‘The Crown’.
Gillian Anderson, winner of Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, will speak at the 78th annual Golden Globe Virtual General Press Room on February 28, 2021.

She accepted the award with her American accent tickling Twitter.

Writer and culture editor for New Zealand’s “The Spinoff TV” Sam Brooks tweeted “Gillian Anderson has clearly chosen her American accent for tonight.”

Anderson was born in the US 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 has had numerous roles in British productions, including Netflix ‘drama’ Sex Education ‘, BBC’s’ Bleak House’ adaptation and the crime drama ‘The Fall’ set in Northern Ireland.

Anderson has lived in London for years now.

Her ability 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 wishes I could 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 my best to stick to my British accent because it made me different. ‘

Correction: In an earlier version of this story, the location of “The Fall” was misrepresented. It is set in Northern Ireland.

Source