Gillian Anderson, Special Agent Dana Scully on The X-Files, is taking on a classic and timeless role.

Gillian Anderson will appear on the London stage in a revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire” in 2014.

The X-Files star Gillian Anderson will play Blanche Dubois, the aging and alcoholic southern belle, in the famous play by Tennessee Williams. The new Gillian Anderson “A Streetcar Named Desire” is set to open at the Young Vic Theater next summer. The revival will be directed by Benedict Andrews. “A Streetcar Named Desire” won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. It launched the career of Marlon Brando. The play is set in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

According to Yahoo, Gillian Anderson “will be following in the footsteps of talented actresses, Vivien Leigh, Cate Blanchett and Rachel Weisz, who have all taken on the tragic role” of Blanche Dubois.
Gillian Anderson got good reviews in London this year when she played detective Stella Gibson on the BBC five-episode psychological thriller “The Fall.” The Gillian Anderson starrer was been renewed for a second season. The May premiere of “The Fall” attracted 3.5 million viewers.

Gillian Anderson also appeared as Nora on the London stage in 2009 in Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House.” Gillian Anderson’s performance netted her a nomination for the prestigious Olivier Award.

“The X-Files” was a television show that ran on Fox from 1993 to 2002 following in the tradition of mystery detective shows like “The Night Stalker” that became a major cult hit and geek obsession when it ran on Fox from 1993 to 2002. Gillian Anderson, played FBI Special Agent Dana Scully and David Duchovny played Fox “Spooky” Mulder. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson played FBI agents who investigated unexplained phenomenon and odd monster people while looking for Duchovny’s long-lost sister who disappeared in a UFO when he was a kid. Two movies were made of series, one filled in the gaps over the summer break, the other made when the series ended. At Comic-Con this summer, Anderson suggested that a third X-files movie could be a possibility.

Young Vic Artistic Director David Lan said “This was Gillian and Benedict working together. They sought each other out, and went through what they’d like to do, and came up with Blanche. With these two people involved there are going to be fireworks on the stage.”