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Gillian Anderson

Age: 41
Height: 5' 2"

Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Aug. 9th, 1968

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Gillian Anderson's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The X-Files	Dana Scully
Bleak House (UK)	Lady Dedlock

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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:

Presented the best designer award at the 51st Evening Standard Theatre Awards (2005).
Third child, son Felix Griffiths, was born on October 15, 2008. He weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz.
Daughter of Edward and Rosemary Anderson, she has a younger brother, Aaron, and a younger sister, 'Zoe Anderson (II)' (qv).
Was the first woman to host Masterpiece which began in 1971.
[December 29 2004] Married her long-term boyfriend 'Julian Ozanne' (qv) on Lamu's Shella Island, off the coast of Kenya.
Spent her first paycheck from _"The X Files" (1993)_ (qv) on art.
Partner of Mark Griffiths [2006 - present] 2 sons.
Youngest actress - at the age of 29 years old in 1997 - to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Primetime Drama Series Emmy Award since Lindsay Wagner won at the age of 28 in 1977.