Gillian Anderson will play Margaret Thatcher in 'The Crown' Season 4

The third season of Netflix's royal drama The Crown isn't even out yet, but one crucial role for the show's fourth season has already been cast, and it's a big one. 

Deadline reports that Gillian Anderson of The X-Files fame will play the UK's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. 

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Thatcher has been portrayed onscreen by nearly a dozen different actors in various productions, most memorably by Meryl Streep in 2011's The Iron Lady. Anderson previously starred in Netflix's original show Sex Education, which was considered a hit for the streaming giant.  Read more...

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