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Hal featuring Gillian Anderson - Extremis 1997

Gillian Anderson is an American-British actress. Born in Chicago, Anderson grew up in London and Grand Rapids, Michigan. She received international fame for starring as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the science fiction mystery series The X-Files (1993–2002; 2016-2018), winning a Golden Globe Award for the role. Her other tumblr famous credits include playing Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal (2013–2015) and Media on American Gods (2017). She earned her second Golden Globe for playing Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown (2020). Over her career she has received various accolades including two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three Laurence Olivier Awards. She was appointed an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2016 for her services to drama. Anderson has supported numerous charities and humanitarian organizations. She is an honorary spokesperson for the Neurofibromatosis Network and a co-founder of South African Youth Education for Sustainability (SAYes).

Hal is an international British/French ambient techno group. In 1997, Hal gained widespread recognition when Anderson featured on their track "Extremis". Anderson hosted the BBC science documentary series Future Fantastic, which used an instrumental Hal track as its theme. She loved the music so much she collaborated with the group on a new, spoken-word version. "Extremis", released in May, 1997, blended trance, house, and ambient electronica with Anderson's atmospheric vocals.

"Extremis" received a total of 52,2% yes votes.