Gillian Anderson To Attend Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con

Viewers of The X-Files were told to “Trust No One” and to “Deny Everything.”  Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con attendees, on the other hand, can trust that Gillian Anderson, who starred as Agent Dana Scully in the popular Fox TV show, will be appearing at Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con, and confirm that she will be attending on Saturday, December 1, and Sunday, December 2, at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

Anderson an award-winning film, television, and theatre actress whose other credits include the ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies’ masterpiece The House of Mirth and Lady Dedlock in the very successful BBC production of Charles Dickens’ Bleak House.

In 2003, she won the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Best Actress Award for her West End debut in Michael Weller’s two-hander What the Night Is For. The following year, she starred in Rebecca Gilman’s play The Sweetest Swing in Baseball which ran at London’s Royal Court Theatre from March 25 through May 15, 2004. From May 14 through July 18, 2009, she played Nora in a new version of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House at the Donmar Warehouse in London. She received a Laurence Olivier Nomination for her performance.

Anderson joins Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Sir Patrick Stewart, comics legend Stan Lee, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Eliza Dushku, Reservoir Dogs headliner Michael Madsen and WWE® Superstar CM Punk® atop the standout lineup of celebrities scheduled to attend the event, Nov. 30 – Dec. 2.  An All-Star collection of well-known artists and a variety of activities, exhibitors and special attractions will also be on hand in the final event on Wizard World’s 2012 calendar.