In an otherwise bleak year, Netflix gifted its nearly 200 million subscribers with two vastly different reminders of Gillian Anderson's talent.
The first came early, with Anderson's turn as a sex-therapist mom on the second season of the celebrated U.K. comedy series Sex Education; the second arrived at the year's end, with the X-Files star portraying former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the Emmy-winning royal drama The Crown.
For the actress, now 52, keeping the two straight wasn't always easy. Let's start with The Crown. Take me back to when this part was first mentioned to you.
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