Gillian Anderson has been steaming up the screen for more than 30 years in TV shows such as The X-Files and Sex Education.
Whether she is chasing aliens, serial killers or teaching teens about their bodies, the actress is always a head-turner on screen.
Her popularity saw her voted the World’s Sexiest Woman back in the 90s.
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And although she turns 55 today (9 August), the TV beauty is showing no sign of slowing down and is still lining up the roles, some even raunchy.
Some of her sexy moments have been more covert, but there has been no holding back in some of the more overt stints too.
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From a masturbation manual on a courgette to having meaningless sex with a younger officer in one racy scene, Gillian has made her mark across multiple TV shows.
As the actress celebrates her 55th birthday, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite ever hot Gillian Anderson scenes, let’s take a look.
The X-Files ‘cheese’ scene
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Gillian sparked a meltdown among The X-Files fans when her character Agent Scully got up close and personal with a man in a sizzling scene in 2016.
The episode – entitled Mulder And Scully Meet The Were-Monster – saw Scully seducing a guy at a phone shop as part of an investigation.
Dropping her jacket and unbuttoning her blouse, she told the man in a breathy voice: “I think maybe my phone isn’t working right, because guys don’t send me pictures of their junk on it. I think maybe I’d like to… take a picture of yours.”
As soft music played, she wandered towards a private room, telling him: “I want to make you say ‘cheese’.”
The next scene showed them locked in a heated embrace, with Scully exclaiming: “You’re an animal!”
Scully and Mulder finally hook up
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X-Files viewers long wished for Scully and Mulder (David Duchovny) to hook up, and many scenes were awash with sexual tension.
It finally happened in the episode All Things, which aired in 2000.
Nothing racy was seen, with the instalment showing Scully leaving Mulder asleep in bed with nothing on as she slipped into another room to get ready.
But it was implied that they’d been intimate and after waiting for so long for the pair to get together, fans loved it.
Sex Education courgette scene
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Gillian has wowed viewers with her portrayal of sex therapist Jean Milburn in Sex Education, and while lots of scenes have got people talking, the courgette moment was a standout.
The actress shared an outtake video on Instagram that saw Jean – the seriously candid mum of teenager Otis (Asa Butterfield) – in an instructional video teaching people how to masturbate.
“Your partner’s groans and whimpers are the roadmap to his pleasure,” she explained as she performed the act on a courgette.
“Should have seen what I did with the tomato,” the star captioned the eye-opening clip.
Turning up the heat in The Fall
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Cool as a cucumber detective Stella Gibson was a scene-stealer in The Fall, which saw her on the hunt for a serial killer played by Jamie Dornan.
In the episode Darkness Visible, the character indulged in a spot of meaningless sex with a young officer.
After he turned up at her hotel room, Stella slipped a Do Not Disturb sign on the door.
They then headed inside and she seduced the policeman in a seriously steamy scene.
Locking lips with Archie Panjabi
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In one scene in The Fall, Stella puckered up with pathologist Tanya (Archie Panjabi) as she tried to rescue her from a man in a bar.
Tanya had been sat alone when she was approached by the man, who was bearing cocktails.
As she tried to put him off by telling him about all the disease and death she dealt with in her work, Stella approached and slid into the chair beside her.
Leaning over and giving her a long kiss on the lips, Stella whispered: “It’s nice to see you.”
The pair were then seen heading to a hotel room together, before Tanya decided she couldn’t go through with it.
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