Meet This Year’s Webby Special Achievement Winners

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GILLIAN ANDERSON, WEBBY BEST ACTRESS

Gillian Anderson got her big break playing Dana Scully in The X-Files, but since then she’s moved on from stalking the paranormal to hunting down a serial killer in The Fall (trailer above), which originally ran on BBC Two and was then scooped up by Netflix in 2013, an early win for online streaming.

Anderson was born in Chicago and spent nine years living in London before moving back to the States, which likely explains why she can nail both English and American accents.

Sorry to all the X-Files fans out there, but Anderson has said that the “mysterious” Stella Gibson is her favourite character to play. Maybe we’re biased, but she’s also our favourite character to watch: Come on, she can basically cut someone in half with her stare.

Meet This Year’s Webby Special Achievement Winners

Hey:) the fall isn’t a netflix show, it was produced for BBC Two

I’m not gonna have this debate again 🙂 The Fall is also produced by and for Netflx. I checked, because the anon asked, and Webby Awards only reward actresses and actors from Netflix shows and webseries. It’s an internet and digital ceremony awards, they reward Gillian for The Fall, it’s written in black on white on their website, hence The Fall is a Netflix show. 

Sorry for asking but what exactly are these Webby Awards?

They rewards internet and digital stuff and people. Apparently, they also have . a best actress category, but I’m not exactly sure why they rewards actresses and based on what, and what does it have to do with internet. I assume it’s because The Fall is a Netflix show and maybe they only reward Netflix or Amazon shows… That’s the only explanation I could find right now.

The Women’s March, Solange, and the dictionary are now Webby Awards winners

Solange, Gillian Anderson, and Steve Buscemi are among the winners who will be giving short and sweet five word speeches at the ceremony this year.

The judging panel this year included Jimmy Kimmel, Making a Murderer’s Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, TED Radio Hour HostGuy Raz, Instagram’s Eva Chen, Questlove, Internet inventor Vint Cerf, Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian, and Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Opal Tometi.

The Women’s March, Solange, and the dictionary are now Webby Awards winners