Robert Nicholson I think she was born in the US, but her parents moved to England when she was 2 or something like that. I recall seeing that in an interview. She got a few shows where she uses a full on posh English accent.
She is actually bidialectal, where she naturally slips between two accents. Born in Chicago, early childhood in London, went back to US, now lives in London. She was on a UK TV chat show recently and sounded completely different to this, she sounded quite posh English. I used to watch the X Files, then when I heard her full on English accent you do start wondering where she's actually from. I really like her actually, but I do prefer her with an uppercrust English accent :)
@@DarkAurora2002 actually if you watch her Top Gear interview with Jeremy Clarkson her English accent is very pronounced. She hasn't just been living there for years. She grew up there. Her parents moved her there.
Nope. I wasn't comfortable being naced around other people from the age of 6 or so. And I am very happy that I understood those things early because those stories are just embarrassing.
Don Santiago Ramon Cajal That's what it's like to raise boys, or any child. They just blurt things out that our indecent mind thinks is wrong, while they have no idea what they're saying.
Yes. I never used to fancy her in the X-files days, but I do now. As with Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Pfeiffer, Reese Witherspoon and many others, some women are just like fine wine.
Jabber 1974 That doesn’t mean anything, I watched them growing up, and I was still confused when I heard her British accent, I thought that she was British, and had been doing a really good American accent in the show
She's cool. My cousin did that too once but his mom wasn't so cool about it when he did it. Granted, he was 46 at the time so her dismay/terror may have been justified
Her accent is on the same lines as Johnny Depp's. Can't tell if they're speaking in an American or British accent. Just posh enough to pass as the middle ground, yet both simultaneously.
@@TPRM1 it reminds me of how Filipinos keep inserting English words in their vocabulary due to having more than one background, including American and Spanish
Why are you using those dumb parenthesis?! I'm not a grammar nazi by any means, but you seriously need to watch basic grammar vids instead of this if you're seriously this dense...
@@roadrunner4449 interesting tidbit, psychology has found accents are subconscious & learned in childhood. So Gillian's early exposure to both means she's "native" to both, or bidialectal. Switching between the two isn't a conscious choice, but a subconscious reaction to her enviroment.
Reminds me of a story my sister told me once. When one of her daughters had to be 'informed' about the birds and the bees she had this book and told her to read it and when she had questions, just ask. So she did, was very concentrated on all the pictures and then there came the question. So my sister, very open about everything, was waiting for THE question. Then my niece says 'mommy...why are their colors so weird?' And that was it. She didn't ask more, wasn't interested, didn't care and went outside playing.
Soooooooooooo rare and so beautiful to see an authentic, confident, down to Earth woman grow old gracefully without any disgusting plastic. I am inspired by her for years. This is real feminine power: being yourself, whatever that is.
you know, she's seriously contemplated plastic surgery before. there's nothing wrong with going under the knife-it's when other women condemm you for that becomes wrong.
"the best connection ever" I was merely pointing out to you that children generally bond better with the parent that is the same sex as themself. While a girl may have a strong bond with her father, the bond is stronger/the strongest with her mother.That is a fact of basic human psychology.Likewise a boy with his father.
One of my favorite memories of the old Dick Van Dyke show was an episode in which "Little Richie" asks his mother, played by Mary Tyler Moore, "Mom, what's 'sex'?". In that way she has, she gets all flustered and taken by surprise, and hesitatingly begins "Well, Richie....when a man and a woman love each other...", continuing to stumble as she broaches the topic of marriage and procreation. She stops and asks "Why do you want to know?". Little Richie replies "Well, I have to fill out this form for school, and right below where you put your name, it says 'Sex' ".
How young are the people in the comments!? There are so many comments expressing surprise at her American accent. It's like I'm living in an alternate timeline in which X-Files never existed!
It was the other way round for me, assumed she was American from X-Files then heard her English accent and people started telling me she grew up in England. She's one of us? Get in!
I'm 28, the X-Files ran when I was 5 or 6. My father loved it. I didn't get into the series until the reboot a few years ago, which got me to look up the entire thing and fall down a rabbit hole of sci-fi. I recognised her from Hannibal, the series, before I made the connection to X-Files. My brother, who is 19, has no idea who this woman is, beyond the mother of the main character in Sex Education. There may be 30yo out there completely unaware of X-Files, let's not explore the under 20 group, because I'm convinced they're a different species at this point.
so crazy. before she started telling the story I already knew what was coming because I do psychology and my teacher, who is the mother of a boy, told me the same story, I'm sure that every boy's mother went through it or will, it is very funny and embarrassing at the time. I love you Gillian🤍
She grew up in Michigan. Fascinating how she is talking to 2 Brit’s and she is a Brit but in America and speaking in American accent. She is Fascinating!
+Jujhar Bing. I was being relaxed "mate". I was just being factual. You're the one telling me I needed glasses when clearly you have not a clue what you're talking about. You should chill out and have a good day and leave the adult issues to the adults.
I'm always intrigued by bi-dialectal people who switch between two or more accents that are completely natural to them usually without even being conscious that they are doing it. Her accent in this is a half and half. I wonder if that is the influence of James Cordons accent or because she had only just returned to America and was still mid switch
She switches her accent depends on where she is. She’s spent a large amount of her childhood in England. Her English accent I’d say is her real one considering she was there her whole childhood
She’s done that whole transatlantic accent thing it’s ridiculous. She never sounds like this, I have no idea why she put it on this time and yes she was born in the states ....she spent absolutely very little time there and her “Real” accent is completely and utterly North London so why in gods name she decided to turn up with that I have no idea??
Ох, как не по себе, боже, я аж покраснела, как мы себя ведём, боже, как у нас весело, как нравится, когда она так себя ведёт, классно аж зажигает по полной программе. Молодец так держать зажигалочка вы наша
Oh my gosh, Gillian would actually make a fabulous Cruella de Vil
Stacey Paterson Sooooo true!!
Another 10 years though
O M G
Yes
Sadly Emma Stone has that role
It’s weird to a hear an accent exactly half English and half american
Not many people have a true mid-Atlantic accent anymore. It's downright exotic.
She's American. She just has a slight English accent because she has been living in London for years
Robert Nicholson
I think she was born in the US, but her parents moved to England when she was 2 or something like that. I recall seeing that in an interview. She got a few shows where she uses a full on posh English accent.
She is actually bidialectal, where she naturally slips between two accents. Born in Chicago, early childhood in London, went back to US, now lives in London. She was on a UK TV chat show recently and sounded completely different to this, she sounded quite posh English. I used to watch the X Files, then when I heard her full on English accent you do start wondering where she's actually from. I really like her actually, but I do prefer her with an uppercrust English accent :)
@@DarkAurora2002 actually if you watch her Top Gear interview with Jeremy Clarkson her English accent is very pronounced. She hasn't just been living there for years. She grew up there. Her parents moved her there.
So that boy must be Otis.
Otis! otis.... otis???
You mean otis
if you wrote "Otis" instead of "Ottis" you'd have 5k likes by now but it's cool, maybe next time.
@@Hamza-rm6yk omg thanks i just realized that 😅
Smoothie?
I applaud any parent who's children are that comfortable around them.
mistertee well yesh that is true
Nope. I wasn't comfortable being naced around other people from the age of 6 or so. And I am very happy that I understood those things early because those stories are just embarrassing.
Don Santiago Ramon Cajal That's what it's like to raise boys, or any child. They just blurt things out that our indecent mind thinks is wrong, while they have no idea what they're saying.
Don Santiago Ramon Cajal why do you think that? (no offence)
Don Santiago Ramon Cajal abnormal, nah not at all
I love how she can switch accents soooo easily. She's awesome.
Brains00007 wow!! That’s would be a crazy accent combination right there! I live in Michigan so I’m very familiar with the Canadian accent.
God damn. She is gorgeous, this is a woman who got better with age.
Yes. I never used to fancy her in the X-files days, but I do now. As with Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Pfeiffer, Reese Witherspoon and many others, some women are just like fine wine.
I totally agree!
She was hotter in the x files
@@johannarose8466 i disagree. She had that pudgy young look. Now she looks refined.
@@bremCZ oops
I did NOT know she was American. Her English accent is impeccable! Trust me, I'm British 🤓
Peter Bindloss really? too young to remember the x files then?
She grew in in London until 11, then every summer.
Born in Chicago, IL.
Jabber 1974 That doesn’t mean anything, I watched them growing up, and I was still confused when I heard her British accent, I thought that she was British, and had been doing a really good American accent in the show
Odin Hope she speaks in an English accent when over here and an American accent in America because she grew up in both
She's cool. My cousin did that too once but his mom wasn't so cool about it when he did it. Granted, he was 46 at the time so her dismay/terror may have been justified
lmao
😂😂😂😂
laughed so hard
Omg 😂😂😂
Very good :D
she gets better with age
Jujhar Bling Like a fine wine
Some women can improve with age but only up to a point. Then, well ...
Unseen Moon that’s true for men too.... trust me. at some point both genders ...
Unseen Moon Oh and men just get better and better forever and look their best in their 70s? Lol
Thett Project right? like are we gonna sit and pretend that age doesn’t affect both genders? people love to input their misogyny into so much...
"I'm gonna stop acting that out now.." 😂😂😂😂
His very first instinct was the covering of the salute area...
--Dave, what if it's not acting, James?
ņẽếšḧả Ţǜlĺȗṛì
"Come on... come on..."
now i understand why she was cast in sex education
She's always been a huge pervert. Lol
Gillian has beauty and her voice can melt anything,so classy voice
Her accent is on the same lines as Johnny Depp's. Can't tell if they're speaking in an American or British accent. Just posh enough to pass as the middle ground, yet both simultaneously.
Isn't that what they refer to as mid-Atlantic? But yeah, I like it.
She’s bi-accented. She says she doesn’t even realise when she switches.
@@TPRM1 I think it's a product of her background since she was born American but raised in England
@@saulthechicanootaku Yes, I think she came to England between around 8-11, before going back.
@@TPRM1 it reminds me of how Filipinos keep inserting English words in their vocabulary due to having more than one background, including American and Spanish
Sounds like he was really pleased to have a six pack.
six pack of what?))) sorry I didn't understand)))
abs / stomach muscles. they sort of resemble a six pack of beer
thanx))) now I get it!))))
Why are you using those dumb parenthesis?! I'm not a grammar nazi by any means, but you seriously need to watch basic grammar vids instead of this if you're seriously this dense...
don't be rude, you're the only one who'd ever think those are there for grammatical reasons. (russians tend to omit the eyes from emoticons.)
Kind of giving off mature Marilyn Monroe vibes
What are you doing here, PD-nim? 🤣🤣🤭🤭
I didn’t even realize she has an American accent until someone said it in the comments 🤭🤭🤭
Every now and then I can hear a bit of the London lilt she’s picking up over time. You can hear it in some of her o’s. Happens to everyone, honestly.
She has a bit of a mixed accent
@@roadrunner4449 interesting tidbit, psychology has found accents are subconscious & learned in childhood. So Gillian's early exposure to both means she's "native" to both, or bidialectal. Switching between the two isn't a conscious choice, but a subconscious reaction to her enviroment.
@@AbiS1018 *bidialectal
She is so so so so so so attractive how is this possible
"saved by the bell", couldn't have used a more fitting saying haha
It's weird how she has gotten more and more attractive as she has gotten older.
She has and also it’s her charisma which has just gotten more and more over the years
Why would that be weird?
It's not uncommon Judi Dench Helen Mirrin Sian Phillips all more strikingly attractive as they age
id pick present gillian over 90s gillian every time. She is just stunning!
oh lord, she's going to therapies him
Therapise
Lmao😂
@@marthacruden2279 nobody asked
@@bencollins4343 you're 11 months late
Reminds me of a story my sister told me once. When one of her daughters had to be 'informed' about the birds and the bees she had this book and told her to read it and when she had questions, just ask. So she did, was very concentrated on all the pictures and then there came the question. So my sister, very open about everything, was waiting for THE question. Then my niece says 'mommy...why are their colors so weird?' And that was it. She didn't ask more, wasn't interested, didn't care and went outside playing.
I think the older you get, you put less value on the six pack, and more on the standing part.
Ahhahahahaha 😂 underrated comment!!!!! 👌👴
I’ve seen a few interviews with her and some interviews she sounds completely British and others completely American - fascinating 😍 I love her
She's such a brilliant woman. Like, just awesome
Stories you should not tell in public lol
Yeah she just told everyone her son got a hard on over his own mum
Everyone of these people: more beautiful than ever
I wanna be Gillian's son. Adopt me, Gillian!
She can't - I'M YOUR FATHER.
sounds like you need a mrs robinson, jaja.
Me (At the beginning) : That boy is William!!! 😂😂😂
(At the end) : That's Otis!!! 😂😂😂
She is drop dead gorgeous.
Gillian the most beautiful woman in the world..i just love you 😍
Soooooooooooo rare and so beautiful to see an authentic, confident, down to Earth woman grow old gracefully without any disgusting plastic. I am inspired by her for years. This is real feminine power: being yourself, whatever that is.
you know, she's seriously contemplated plastic surgery before. there's nothing wrong with going under the knife-it's when other women condemm you for that becomes wrong.
whenever ppl comment these why do they use so many adjectives like ok also it’s her choice wether she gets plastic surgery or not tf
Thank you mom, that this story about my p.... is now forever on youtube.
Are you actually her son?
Gillian aged so well
OMG, that's hysterical. But so glad I had a girl. LOL.
what a stupid comment.
XXX she is talking about her little boy....
"any other connection! "girls are closer to their mothers, you idiot.
"the best connection ever" I was merely pointing out to you that children generally bond better with the parent that is the same sex as themself. While a girl may have a strong bond with her father, the bond is stronger/the strongest with her mother.That is a fact of basic human psychology.Likewise a boy with his father.
so no a father-daughter bond just doesn,t "surpass" all other bonds, none of which you have said is relevant to the above video anyway.
Gillian Anderson is so funny! Gorgeous!
She was my first love when I was 10. I loved her in X Files.
How gorgeous is she!!
I wish someone looking at me with that smile as Sally do it with Gillian.
Thank you so much Guaada, been a long time coming! ❤️
Oh how adorable
Sally and Gillian! Two gorgeous woman and great actresses ❤️
Sally who? I don't recognise her (but her face rings a bell...) and she's now mentioned at all in the title or description.
What a gorgeous woman! Honestly love her so much
Just watching her mannerisms and expressions I can so see why she was the right candidate to play Thatcher.
Like a fine wine.
One of my favorite memories of the old Dick Van Dyke show was an episode in which "Little Richie" asks his mother, played by Mary Tyler Moore, "Mom, what's 'sex'?". In that way she has, she gets all flustered and taken by surprise, and hesitatingly begins "Well, Richie....when a man and a woman love each other...", continuing to stumble as she broaches the topic of marriage and procreation. She stops and asks "Why do you want to know?". Little Richie replies "Well, I have to fill out this form for school, and right below where you put your name, it says 'Sex' ".
Gillian, we love you!
How young are the people in the comments!? There are so many comments expressing surprise at her American accent. It's like I'm living in an alternate timeline in which X-Files never existed!
Ikr!
It was the other way round for me, assumed she was American from X-Files then heard her English accent and people started telling me she grew up in England. She's one of us? Get in!
I know, I'm feeling like a 90 year old right now.
Shiver MeTimbers Ok Boomer
I'm 28, the X-Files ran when I was 5 or 6. My father loved it. I didn't get into the series until the reboot a few years ago, which got me to look up the entire thing and fall down a rabbit hole of sci-fi. I recognised her from Hannibal, the series, before I made the connection to X-Files. My brother, who is 19, has no idea who this woman is, beyond the mother of the main character in Sex Education.
There may be 30yo out there completely unaware of X-Files, let's not explore the under 20 group, because I'm convinced they're a different species at this point.
my god Gillian Anderson is looking so good
"I gotta explain this to him." At first, I thought she meant the Oedipal complex.
HA
I WHEEEEZED
Her son in 10 years: thanks for telling that story mom
Priceless!
Actors switch accents like Hugh Laurie, Tom Holland, Angelina Jolie, Renee Zellweger, and of course Gillian Anderson
my so wonderful Gillian !
i love you Gillian !
so crazy. before she started telling the story I already knew what was coming because I do psychology and my teacher, who is the mother of a boy, told me the same story, I'm sure that every boy's mother went through it or will, it is very funny and embarrassing at the time. I love you Gillian🤍
Absolutely effing beautiful 😍
My sister literally met her the other day :)
its funny cause both of them have played as asa butterfield's mom
She grew up in Michigan. Fascinating how she is talking to 2 Brit’s and she is a Brit but in America and speaking in American accent. She is Fascinating!
Magnífica entrevista con gillian Anderson
Thank you so much Carles. Been a long way coming! 🎸❤️
Gillian is an ABSOLUTE GODDESS 😍
According to my previous internet research, this story usually ends quite differently to this telling.
Jacob Harris my first thought was my pornhub history but I guess that’s why it’s called fantasy
And James is also good at accents, I was amazed at how good his American accent was in his latest movie THE PROM
she is so 🔥🔥🔥🔥📈
She clearly has anorexia nervosa.
dmjdmj think you need glasses
+Juhar Bling. I think you need a medical degree.
dmjdmj would love one :)
ok relax mate just chill out have a good day
+Jujhar Bing. I was being relaxed "mate". I was just being factual. You're the one telling me I needed glasses when clearly you have not a clue what you're talking about. You should chill out and have a good day and leave the adult issues to the adults.
That poor boy is gonna get teased about this when he's a teenager
How can Gillian still be so beautiful??!!
I get a "six pack" looking at Gillian Anderson too!! AHUBBA HUBBA!!!😍😉
She sat on the bed and went "Otis, this is a safe space..."
I’m in love with this woman
I'm always intrigued by bi-dialectal people who switch between two or more accents that are completely natural to them usually without even being conscious that they are doing it. Her accent in this is a half and half. I wonder if that is the influence of James Cordons accent or because she had only just returned to America and was still mid switch
my wonderful Gillian
such a goddess. since being a kid of 10 seeing the 1st X files when it premiered , fell in love with Gilian. She was great in Hannibal Series.
Gillian looks fabulous!
Gonna be honest here. If I could develop six-pack abs, I'd probably get "excited" about it, too.
Omg this woman is amazing lol
My gosh, Gillian is so gorgeous, I am so in love with her.
You mean like uh, in a s-e-x-u-a-l way? He he😋
I’m an unashamed admirer of Gillian
Gillian, Chicago is proud of you !
She ages like fine wine
i love her so much
she said "congratulations on your third" with a british accent lol so cute
Gilliam grande attrice adatta per tutti i ruoli la seguo dai tempi.di X Files
She’s American?!
Sumeera De Alwis blew my mind too
Ikr 😂😂
Born in the US but has spent a good amount of her life in the UK. I think she has dual citizenship
She switches her accent depends on where she is. She’s spent a large amount of her childhood in England. Her English accent I’d say is her real one considering she was there her whole childhood
She’s done that whole transatlantic accent thing it’s ridiculous. She never sounds like this, I have no idea why she put it on this time and yes she was born in the states ....she spent absolutely very little time there and her “Real” accent is completely and utterly North London so why in gods name she decided to turn up with that I have no idea??
It was the 9-year-old, of course. The boy, 11, would have figured this stuff out already. He would not have done that.
Yep. Sounds like a pedo story to me. I was not impressed by it, but disgusted.
@@davidholly3615 🙄
One of better plottwist yet encountered
she sounds so much more english in an interview i just watched about the fall.
My friends son is going out with Gillians daughter .... lucky guy, she looks just like Gillian..
whoa
Thank you Peter. Been a long way coming! 🎸❤️
@@GillianLeighAnderson-rn1pi
Might see you at the wedding sometime..
She was on X files for years as an American. Why would people be shocked she's American.
I always thought she was British, she's brilliant with the accent!
@@realdeal7074 very true
Hugh Laurie was Dr House for years as an American. He’s British. Same analogy.
Damian Edwards she’s actually Canadian, from Vancouver
Karen julie Attard she was born in Chicago.
She still has it going on YUMMY!
hilarious!!!!! THE QUEEN!
not a queen but a goddess.
WHY would you share this on TV???
because its an hilarious misdirect
Out of all the things people have said in these interviews, this is what your surprised at 😂
Why not?
more spam
It was innocent and funny! LOL Kids do the funniest things!
When I was 5 I would have known if I was "at attention" How does a 9 or 11 yr old not have a clue?
This is the funniest exchange I have seen in a comment section. Ever.
"Do you find that boys offer a different challenge than girls?...". Oh god... you can hear the desperation in her laugh.
Gorgeous lady 💖
Oh my! Two of my absolute favorite women on the same couch... Both totally gorgeous:)))))
She does the best British accent in the world
Thank you so much Harrison, been a long way coming! ❤️🎸
1:38 low key thought she was gonna say Otis 😭😭
When his friend/classmates find this video in the future he’s done for
Came here to hear her speak as I just learned she is British-American!
Sounds like the lovely Trans-Atlantic accent of yesteryear!!
Ох, как не по себе, боже, я аж покраснела, как мы себя ведём, боже, как у нас весело, как нравится, когда она так себя ведёт, классно аж зажигает по полной программе. Молодец так держать зажигалочка вы наша