Actress Gillian Anderson to be the Lecturer at 3rd Sarajevo Talent Campus
It is our great pleasure to announce that the 15th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival is going to host the eminent American actress Gillian Anderson.
This exceptional actress, who gained the wide popularity with the role of Dana Scully in the cult TV series THE X-FILES, which earned her numerous awards including the Golden Globe, the Emmy Award, and the Screen Actor Guild Award, as well as the title of one of the most popular actresses of today, is going to be one of the lecturers at the 3rd Sarajevo Talent Campus.
Gillian Anderson decided on acting while in the high-school, where she was a member of the theatre group. She graduated from the Goodman School of Drama at the De Paul University in Chicago.
The wide popularity came in 1993, after the creator of the X-FILES, Chris Carter, insisted on giving the role of Dana Scully to her. Since then, she has been inspiring both critics and the audience with her universal and diverse acting performances within different genres – from science-fiction to contemporary drama.
Gillian Anderson realised important roles in the films such as THE MIGHTY with Kieran Culkin, PLAYING BY HEART with Sean Connery and Angelina Jolie, A COCK AND BULL STORY by Michael Winterbottom, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND in which she played together with James McAvoy and Forrest Whitaker, and HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE with Kirsten Dunst and Megan Fox.
For the role in THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Terence Davies, she won the British Independent Film Award for the best actress and The Village Voice Film Critic’s Poll for the best acting performance.
In 2005, she was a part of an extremely successful BBC TV project – a TV adaptation of the Charles Dickens’ novel BLEAK HOUSE. The role of Lady Dedlock in this mini-series earned her the nominations for the BAFTA and EMMY awards. The theatre audience had the opportunity to see her recently in the role of Nora in Henrik Ibsen’s A DOLL’S HOUSE, at the stage of the Donmar Warehouse in London.
Her latest role was in BOOGIE WOOGIE, which was screened at the last Edinburgh Film Festival. The cast of this film also includes: Stellan Skarsgard, Danny Huston, Heather Graham, and Amanda Seyfried.
Besides being recognised by her great talent for acting, Gillian Anderson, whom the audience will have the opportunity to meet during the 15th Sarajevo Film Festival, is also known by her humanitarian work.
