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Gillian Anderson to play Margaret Thatcher in The Crown’s fourth season

epa07081023 US - British actress and oceans campaigner Gillian Anderson with a save the Antarctic petition outside the British Foreign Office in central London, Britain, 09 October 2018. Over 355.000 have signed the petition for the British government to help save the Antarctic. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

Gillian Anderson will play Margaret Thatcher in season four of The Crown, Netflix has announced.

The Crown’s Twitter account confirmed the rumours that The X Files star would portray the former prime minister.

Sky reports “The tweet included a picture of Anderson and a message from her which said: “I am so excited to be joining the cast and crew of The Crown and to have the opportunity to portray such a complicated and controversial woman.”

 

Via Sky News  / Twitter