Gillian Anderson's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The X-Files Dana Scully The Fall Stella Gibson Crisis Meg Fitch Great Expectations (UK) Miss Havisham Bleak House (UK) Lady Dedlock The Crimson Petal and The White (UK) Mrs Castaway

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Boogie Woogie 2008 - How to Lose Friends & Alienate People 2007 - Straightheads 2006 - The Last King of Scotland 2005 - A Cock and Bull Story 2005 - The Mighty Celt 2000 - The House of Mirth 1998 - The Mighty 1998 - Playing by Heart 1998 - The X-Files: Fight the Future 1992 - The Turning

BIOGRAPHY:

Gillian Anderson started her career as a member of an amateur actor group, while at high school. Her love of the theatre took her to the national theatre of Great Britain at the Cornell University of Ithaca, in New York. Afterwards, Anderson left for the Goodman Theatre School of the DePaul University in Chicago, where she finished her education. Her big break came with "The X Files" (1993) (with David Duchovny) as Dana Scully. There, she met her future husband (Clyde Klotz), marrying on January 1st 1994. One month later, Gillian was pregnant. Her daughter, Piper Anderson, was born on the 25th September 1994. Her film career started with the movie The Turning (1992) in 1997 and, the following year, she starred in Playing by Heart (1998) with Sean Connery, Ellen Burstyn, Angelina Jolie and Dennis Quaid.


TRIVIA:

• Was married to first husband 'Clyde Klotz' (qv) on the 17th hole of a golf course in Hawaii by a Buddhist priest.
• As a teen, her favorite bands included Skinny Puppy and Dead Kennedys.
• Younger brother suffers from neurofibromatosis and she has done work to encourage government to increase funding for reasearch.
• Is an avid art collector. Her collection includes work from such artists as Diane Arbus, Francesco Clemente and Kiki Smith.
• Engaged to photojournalist 'Julian Ozanne' (qv). Wedding was planned for September 2003 during a safari ceremony in Kenya, but was delayed for over a year.
• Daughter of Edward and Rosemary Anderson, she has a younger brother, Aaron, and a younger sister, 'Zoe Anderson (II)' (qv).
• Was voted "Most Likely to be Arrested" by her classmates in high school, and was, in fact, arrested on graduation night for trying to glue the locks shut at her high school.
• Went to the Goodman Theater School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago, where she earned a degree in fine arts. One of her classmates was 'Nina Siemaszko' (qv).