This could be a VERY interesting new project for her:
X Files star
Gillian Anderson to play prostitute in BBC2 period drama
Gillian’s X-rated role as Victorian vice girl
FORMER X Files actress
Gillian Anderson is set to star in a raunchy new period BBC2 drama about a prostitute who is bought out of a brothel by a wealthy admirer.
Gillian Begins filming the four-parter in Liverpool this month with Brit actor Richard E Grant, best known for cult favourite Withnail and I.
The Crimson Petal and the White - which will air early next year - tells the story of Sugar, a Victorian vice girl who hopes for a better life.