SHE was once voted the world’s sexiest woman after finding fame playing a feisty red-headed FBI special agent in The X-Files.
But for Gillian Anderson, who still looks fantastic at 52, her latest role could not be more different — former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Stunning Gillian has told how donning a wig, painful shoes and “uncomfortable” nylon tights transformed her into the formidable Tory leader in the fourth series of The Crown, which starts tonight.
The glamorous star — the latest in a long line of actresses including Meryl Streep, Andrea Riseborough and Lindsay Duncan to play the role — said: “I let go of my preconceived ideas of Margaret Thatcher. “I watched every video there was to be watched on her.
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