<p>Gillian Anderson has confessed that years of comedic work in hit Netflix series Sex Education drove her into an obsession with true crime dramas and documentaries.</p><p>The 54-year-old star said she sought out darker material in her free time when her day job became lighter than it had been earlier in her career.</p><p>"I've only really got into true crime since I've been doing comedy. I've been doing comedy for the past four years or so," Anderson told Yahoo Entertainment UK while promoting new Gothic thriller The Pale Blue Eye.</p><p>The Pale Blue Eye is available to stream on Netflix UK from 6 January.</p>
