( CNN ) -- It 's safe to say that Gillian Anderson has returned to television . The former `` X-Files '' star is involved in three TV series , beginning with a lead role in `` The Fall , '' a psychological crime thriller that debuted to rave reviews on May 13 in Britain . The show hits the U.S. on May 28 when it 'll be available for streaming via Netflix . In `` The Fall , '' Anderson plays a detective who 's pulled into a serial killer case with a unique twist to the genre : the audience knows the culprit from the beginning . But her on-screen exploration of killers does n't stop there . Recently , she 's been seen on NBC 's `` Hannibal , '' playing Hannibal Lecter 's psychiatrist . Later this summer , she 'll start work on a new NBC show called `` Crisis , '' which got a series pick-up earlier this month . CNN spoke with Anderson recently from New York City about her new TV series , the groundbreaking nature of `` The X-Files , '' and whether Mulder and Scully will reunite on the big screen . CNN : In `` The Fall '' you play Stella Gibson , a detective looking for a serial killer . She seems like a very serious person . Is this one of your more serious roles ? Gillian Anderson : I do n't know about that . I 've played a lot of serious women . I seem to be the go-to woman for seriousness , but as you will see , she 's not all serious . There is some lightness in there and some different flavors of personality , I promise . CNN : The show tells the story in a unique way in the sense that the audience knows who the killer is from the onset . What 's interesting for you about the way the story is told ? Anderson : First of all , that has n't really been done before which is always nice to jump into something that has a bit of uniqueness in this day and age of many , many shows about serial killers . The story lines themselves are very intricately woven and individually complex . The fact that you got a serial killer who is attractive , who is a good father and who is also a grief counselor on the side while he 's stalking women and doing unthinkable things ... is really eerie . The fact that he 's so recognizable as someone we might meet in a bar ... there 's so many different layers in this story . It 's a cross section of human life and death , and that 's something in this that works on a much deeper level than just a simple tale of a serial killer hunted by a detective . CNN : When working on a show that deals with a serial killer , do you ever take your work home with you ? Is it depressing to think about murder a lot ? Anderson : I do n't think about it all the time . I think I learned quite early on in my career when I was working on the `` X-Files '' that what 's on the page , stays on the page . What 's on the set , stays on the set . Very often if I 'm working on dark material , I work on it in day time . So it does n't effect my night . But also , it 's easy ... we talk about compartmentalizing in the series -- I think it 's easy to compartmentalize . CNN : You also played Hannibal Lecter 's therapist on NBC 's `` Hannibal . '' Is the psychology of killers something you know well at this point in your life ? Anderson : No , not necessarily I do n't feel like I 'm any particular expert on it even though I 've played many characters who seem to be hunters . Hannibal was something that came out the blue . Bryan Fuller , the creator , convinced me how fun it would be to come play with them for a little while . How cool it would be to be Hannibal 's psychiatrist . I believed him and said yes . It 's funny . I do n't think about these things all together ; I think about them individually . CNN : In some other alternate universe , could you be a therapist ? Anderson : I could definitely be a therapist . I could not be a forensics pathologist or a detective . CNN : TV 's having this great creative moment right now that everyone is pointing out . Do you think `` X-Files '' forged a path in certain ways in terms of what the medium could do ? Anderson : It was No 1 . It was the first one . There 's been a plethora of copy cats and a plethora of different shows that tried to emulate not just the success , but the formula , but also the production values . Our show was the beginning of huge amounts of money going onto the screen . But also , the darkness of it : we were the first show to kind of `` turn off the lights '' and just light ourselves by flashlight -- and also the subject matter . The dark subject matter , the paranormal subject matter , the science-fiction , the duo , the intelligent woman on TV ... they were kinda No . 1 with all that . CNN : You do play a lot of smart people . Anderson : [ Laughs . ] I do play so many people that are so much smarter than I am . It 's ridiculous . If only I could contain the information that they spout in my practical life , that would be very good . CNN : You have another series due out later this year on NBC called `` Crisis . '' What 's your character like on that ? Anderson : It seems like that 's going to be mid-season . The story as a whole is that there 's a high school of elite children in Washington D.C. , including the son of the president , and they 're on their way to New York for a school trip and their bus gets hijacked . I play a mother of one of the kids who is the son of a CEO of a multinational [ corporation ] . The story is about what these high-powered people will do to get back the things they care most about , which is their kids . CNN : Is there talk about another `` X-Files '' movie ? Anderson : Yep , yep . People talk about it . It has to be written . At the point that it 's written , if it 's good , David and I have always said we 'll be involved . So we 'll see .
Gillian Anderson played a detective on ` ` The Sting '' She also played a psychiatrist on ` ` Hannibal '' She said she 's open to doing another ` ` ' ' '' movie .