I was wondering about it too.
How come? First, I thought Duchovny is the more popular of the two (even though Anderson is more talented).
You were wrong. And if you look at both actors' starmeters in the week after their show premiered, Duchovny's rose by 253, and Anderson's - by 24, so it's not she who benefits from The X-Files boost the most. The link below could be a real eye-opener.
https://www.wristbandbros.com/blog/the-x-files/dana-scully-true-star-the-x-files/
Second, it's unusual for a 40-something woman to be highly popular unless she stars in box office breaking feature films.
It's not unusual. Scully is one of the most iconic scripted TV characters worldwide. Also, Anderson had a number of popular and critically acclaimed projects: Hannibal may have been too sophisticated for the American network audiences, but it got a lot of love in Europe and The Fall was/is quite a hit on Netflix, and the play she did was broadcast in cinemas all over the world.
All in all, it's probably a misleading statistic data of some kind, and doesn't reflect her true popularity and bankability.
But of course you wouldn't have questioned the validity of the starmeter had it been a ranking number for a male star. ;) She's popular: was regularly in IMDB 500 for years, and quite often in the first 100. Get over it.
(Please don't reply with some stupid fangirlish Gillian Anderson defending/praising post, I didn't criticize her. If you think so, read my post again. And again.)
LMAO. Your post isn't exactly "Ulysses". How about this: get over yourself, too. It's an online forum, not your private club.
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