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Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on the American television series The X-Files. Her film work includes The House of Mirth (2000), The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), and two X-Files films, The X-Files (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Rosemary Anderson (née Lane), a computer analyst, and Edward Anderson, who owned a film post-production company.Her father was of English descent, while her mother was of Irish and German ancestry. Soon after her birth, her family moved to Puerto Rico for 15 months; her family then moved to the United Kingdom where she lived until she was 11 years old. She lived for five years in Rosebery Gardens, Crouch End, London, and for 15 months in Albany Road, Stroud Green, London, so that her father could attend the London Film School. She was a pupil of Coleridge Primary School. When Anderson was 11 years old, her family moved again, this time to Grand Rapids, Michigan. She attended Fountain Elementary and then City High-Middle School, a program for gifted students with a strong emphasis on the humanities; she graduated in 1986. Along with other actors (notably Linda Thorson and John Barrowman) Anderson is bidialectal. With her English accent and background, Anderson was mocked and felt out of place in the American Midwest and soon adopted a Midwest accent. To this day, her accent depends on her location — for instance, in an interview with Jay Leno she spoke in an American accent, but shifted it for an interview with Michael Parkinson. Anderson was interested in marine biology, but began acting her freshman year in high school productions, and later in community theater, and served as a student intern at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School of Theatre Arts. She attended The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago (formerly the Goodman School of Drama), where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990. She also participated in the National Theatre of Great Britain's summer program at Cornell University. Anderson's brother died in 2011 of a brain tumor, at the age of 30. Anderson married her first husband, Clyde Klotz, The X-Files series assistant art director, on New Year's Day, 1994, in Hawaii in a Buddhist ceremony. They had a daughter, Piper Maru (born September 1994), for whom Chris Carter named the X-Files episode of the same name, and divorced in 1997.] In December 2004, Anderson married Julian Ozanne, a documentary filmmaker, on Lamu Island, off the coast of Kenya. Anderson announced their separation on April 21, 2006. Anderson and former boyfriend, Mark Griffiths, have two sons: Oscar, born November 2006 and Felix, born October 2008. She ended their relationship in 2012. In March 2012, Anderson told Out magazine about her past relationship with a girl while in high school. In 1997, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. Askmen listed her at No. 6 on their Top 7: '90s Sex Symbols. In 2008, she was listed 21st in FHM's All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame.

Personal information

Birthday

1968-08-09

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story

2005

6.2

Movie
A Matter of Choice

A Matter of Choice

1988

0.0

Movie
Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten

Akte X Intern - Was Sie schon immer wissen wollten

1998

0.0

Movie
poster

American Gods

2017

7.1

TV
poster

American Idol

2002

5.1

TV
poster

Any Human Heart

2010

6.0

TV
poster

Bleak House

2005

8.2

TV
Boogie Woogie

Boogie Woogie

2009

5.0

Movie
poster

Celebrities Uncensored

2003

2.5

TV
Chicago Cab

Chicago Cab

1998

5.3

Movie
poster

Class of '96

1993

5.0

TV
poster

Crisis

2014

6.4

TV
Crooked House

Crooked House

2017

6.4

Movie
poster

Eek! The Cat

1992

6.8

TV
FOX 25th Anniversary Special

FOX 25th Anniversary Special

2012

7.3

Movie
poster

Frasier

1993

7.7

TV
poster

Future Fantastic

1996

0.0

TV
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

2015

0.0

Movie
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
poster

Great Expectations

2011

7.2

TV
poster

Hannibal

2013

8.3

TV
poster

Harsh Realm

1999

6.4

TV
Heroes Manufactured

Heroes Manufactured

2017

10.0

Movie
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008

6.0

Movie
I'll Follow You Down

I'll Follow You Down

2013

6.0

Movie
Inside The X-Files

Inside The X-Files

1998

6.8

Movie
poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

5.5

TV
Johnny English Reborn

Johnny English Reborn

2011

6.2

Movie
poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

5.5

TV
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

2021

8.0

Movie
poster

Moby Dick

2011

5.7

TV
Mr. Morgan's Last Love

Mr. Morgan's Last Love

2013

6.7

Movie
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

2014

7.5

Movie
National Theatre Live: All About Eve

National Theatre Live: All About Eve

2019

8.5

Movie
No Pressure

No Pressure

2010

7.0

Movie
poster

Parkinson

2004

0.0

TV
poster

Parkinson

1998

0.0

TV
Playing by Heart

Playing by Heart

1998

6.6

Movie
poster

ReBoot

1994

7.4

TV
poster

Richard & Judy

2001

3.1

TV
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening

2002

0.0

Movie
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind

Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind

2007

5.0

Movie
Robin Robin

Robin Robin

2021

7.1

Movie
Robot Overlords

Robot Overlords

2014

4.8

Movie
poster

Ronja the Robber's Daughter

2014

6.4

TV
Room on the Broom

Room on the Broom

2012

6.4

Movie
Scoop

Scoop

2024

6.4

Movie
poster

Sex Education

2019

8.2

TV
Shadow Dancer

Shadow Dancer

2012

5.9

Movie
Sister

Sister

2012

6.7

Movie
Sold

Sold

2016

6.5

Movie
Straightheads

Straightheads

2007

5.2

Movie
poster

The Abandons

0.0

TV
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism

The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism

2017

8.5

Movie
poster

The Crimson Petal and the White

2011

7.2

TV
poster

The Crown

2016

8.2

TV
The Departure

The Departure

2014

9.0

Movie
poster

The Fall

2013

7.7

TV
poster

The First Lady

2022

6.3

TV
poster

The Graham Norton Show

2007

7.2

TV
The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

2000

6.2

Movie
The Inspiration of Alfie Swincross

The Inspiration of Alfie Swincross

0.0

Movie
The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland

2006

7.4

Movie
poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

6.6

TV
poster

The Magic Hour

1998

5.0

TV
The Mighty

The Mighty

1998

7.1

Movie
The Mighty Celt

The Mighty Celt

2005

6.4

Movie
The Pale Blue Eye

The Pale Blue Eye

2022

6.8

Movie
poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

3.5

TV
The Salt Path

The Salt Path

2024

0.0

Movie
poster

The Savoy

2020

7.9

TV
poster

The Simpsons

1989

8.0

TV
The Spy Who Dumped Me

The Spy Who Dumped Me

2018

6.4

Movie
The Sunlit Night

The Sunlit Night

2020

5.5

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

TV
The Turning

The Turning

1992

3.3

Movie
The Widowmaker

The Widowmaker

2015

6.8

Movie
The X Files

The X Files

1998

6.9

Movie
The X Files: I Want to Believe

The X Files: I Want to Believe

2008

5.8

Movie
poster

The X-Files

1993

8.4

TV
This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything

2019

6.2

Movie
poster

This Morning

1988

5.7

TV
Three at Once

Three at Once

1986

3.5

Movie
poster

Top Gear

2002

7.5

TV
poster

Trespasses

0.0

TV
TRON: Ares

TRON: Ares

2025

0.0

Movie
UFO

UFO

2018

6.9

Movie
poster

V Graham Norton

2002

5.0

TV
poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

4.4

TV
Viceroy's House

Viceroy's House

2017

6.7

Movie
poster

War and Peace

2016

7.6

TV
poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

5.0

TV
White Bird

White Bird

2023

7.8

Movie
Woolf Works

Woolf Works

2024

0.0

Movie
Woolf Works

Woolf Works

2017

2.0

Movie