Gillian Anderson joins The Crown as Margaret Thatcher

Entertainment Weekly

Anderson is joining the Netflix series for Season 4, playing Britain's longest-serving prime minister, who led the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. Anderson already stars on Netflix's Sex Education. “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,” Anderson said in a statement. “Thatcher was undoubtedly formidable but I am relishing exploring beneath the surface and, dare I say, falling in love with the icon who, whether loved or despised, defined an era.”