Gillian Anderson has revealed she spent years downgrading her femininity and is useless when it comes to taking control of her own beauty regime.

The 46-year-old actress has confessed that starring as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson in 'The Fall' has taught her to embrace her femininity and try and be more glamorous.

Gillian Anderson spent years downgrading her femininity and is useless when it comes to taking control of her own beauty regime.

She said: "For a good portion of my life I downgraded my femininity. I'm absolutely useless with my own hair and make-up. Now on a semi-regular basis I have my hair blow dried, and I'm a bit more mindful about what I wear. Just taking care of myself."

The 'X-Files' star insists that while she may be an award-winning actress, there are plenty of things she isn't talented at.

She told The Observer newspaper: "Oh, there are so many things that I'm bad at. I'm bad at anything that has to do with IT. I'm bad at remembering anything other than lines for, say, a play. Just so many things."

Meanwhile, Gillian admits starring as Blanche DuBois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' on stage has allowed her to get a lot of her anger out.

She added: "The first night we performed in front of an audience, I thought, I can't do any more of this.

"I felt like a truck had run me over. But by the end there was a sense of catharsis every night - I felt like I got all my anger out, all my tears out, so I felt actually quite peaceful after it."

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