Gillian Anderson Biography

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an American actress, best known for Gillian Anderson's role as FBI Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files.

Life and career

Gillian Anderson was born in Chicago to Edward and Rosemary Anderson; soon after Gillian Anderson's birth Gillian Anderson's family moved to Puerto Rico for fifteen months and then to Crouch End in London. When Gillian Anderson was eleven, Gillian Anderson's family moved again, this time to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Gillian Anderson attended City Middle/High School, a program for gifted students with a strong emphasis on the humanities. With Gillian Anderson's English accent and background, Gillian Anderson felt out of place in the American Midwest, and developed a reputation as a strong-willed and rebellious teenager. Gillian Anderson had Gillian Anderson's nose pierced in the early 1980s, dyed Gillian Anderson's hair various colors, and was once arrested for gluing the locks of the school closed.

Gillian Anderson found an outlet for Gillian Anderson's talents when Gillian Anderson began acting in high school and community theater productions. Gillian Anderson attended Goodman Theater School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago, where Gillian Anderson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990.

Following some professional stage work, Gillian Anderson "broke into" television. In 1993, Gillian Anderson had a guest appearance on the collegiate drama Class of '96 on the fledgling Fox Network, and auditioned for the role of Dana Scully on The X-Files. There Gillian Anderson met assistant art director Clyde Klotz, whom Gillian Anderson married and with whom Gillian Anderson had a daughter, Piper Maru, in 1994. (An alien-abduction storyline explained Gillian Anderson's brief absence from the series for delivery.) Anderson and Klotz later divorced. Gillian Anderson had roles in a handful of films during the run of The X-Files and starred in The House of Mirth, an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel of the same name.

Since The X-Files ended, Gillian Anderson has performed in several stage productions and worked on various film projects. Gillian Anderson has also done narrative work for documentaries on scientific topics, in which the voice listeners recognize as "Agent Scully" lends an air of credible authority to the material. In 2005 Gillian Anderson appeared as Lady Dedlock in a BBC television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House and Gillian Anderson recently completed work on a film version of the novel Tristram Shandy, due to be released later in the year. In December 2004, Anderson married longtime partner Julian Ozanne, a documentary filmmaker, on Lamu's island of Shella, off the coast of Africa.

Filmography

Anderson as "Lily Bart" in The House of Mirth (2000)The Last King of Scotland (Filming; to be released 2006), as "Sara Zach"
Straightheads (Announced - unknown release date)
Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life (Announced - unknown release date)
Bleak House as "Lady Honoria Dedlock"
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
The Mighty Celt (2005), as "Kate"
The House of Mirth (2000), as "Lily Bart"
Mononoke Hime (1997), aka Princess Mononoke (English language version, 1999), voice, as "Moro"
Playing by Heart (1998), as "Meredith"
The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998), as "Dana Scully"
The Mighty (1998), as "Loretta Lee"
Chicago Cab, aka Hellcab (1998), as "Southside Girl" (or "Brenda")
The Turning (1992), as "April Cavanaugh"
A Matter of Choice (1988), B&W student production
Three at Once (1986), B&W student production, as "Woman 1"

List of Stage Appearances

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The Sweetest Swing in Baseball (2004). World premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London.
What The Night Is For (2002-11-07 to 2003-02-09). This play ran at the Comedy Theatre in London, and was Anderson's West End debut.
The Vagina Monologues (1999)-(2000)
The Philanthropist (1992).
Absent Friends (1991). Long Wharf Theater. Won a Theatre World Award for Best Performance.
A Zoo Story (1986)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1983). City High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan, two performances, as "Officer Brophy".

Trivia

There exist over 180 fake nude and pornographic images of her; only one of which (a nipple-slip at an awards ceremony) has been proven genuine. Gillian Anderson has been quoted as saying Gillian Anderson doesn't mind: "It's just people getting their rocks off."
Performed nude alongside co-star David Duchovny in the X-Files episode "One Son".
The X-Files episode "Piper Maru" is named after Gillian Anderson's child, Piper.
X-Files director, creator, writer and actor Chris Carter is godfather to Gillian Anderson's child.
Gillian Anderson's favourite X-Files episodes are "Triangle" and "Bad Blood."
Gillian Anderson wrote and directed the X-Files episode "all things."
Gillian Anderson's eyes are blue-green, and Gillian Anderson's original hair color is ash-blonde.
Favourite movie is said to be "Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers"
Tattoos include a Tahitian tribal symbol on the inside of Gillian Anderson's right ankle, the words "every day" in Sanskrit on Gillian Anderson's right wrist, and a "P" on Gillian Anderson's left hip (presumably for daughter Piper)
As stated in an X-Files commentary, Gillian Anderson is allergic to cats.
Gillian Anderson compiled a collection of Electronica music inspired by Future Fantastic, entitled Future: A Journey Through The Electronic Underground. Gillian Anderson even contributed vocals to one track, Extremis, with music by HAL.

Gillian Anderson - Latest News

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Movies Gillian Anderson has stared in:

Gillian Anderson has stared in Charlotte Gray

Gillian Anderson has stared in Grateful Dawg

Gillian Anderson has stared in House of Mirth

Gillian Anderson has stared in Mystery, Alaska

Gillian Anderson has stared in Playing By Heart

Gillian Anderson has stared in Princess Mononoke

Gillian Anderson has stared in The Mighty

Gillian Anderson has stared in The X-Files

Gillian Anderson has stared in Urban Legend

Some Films Gillian Anderson has stared in:

Gillian Anderson has stared in A Night at the Roxbury

Gillian Anderson has stared in Baise-Moi

Gillian Anderson has stared in Exit Wounds

Gillian Anderson has stared in Happenstance

Gillian Anderson has stared in Happy Accidents

Gillian Anderson has stared in Hollow Man

Gillian Anderson has stared in House of Mirth

Gillian Anderson has stared in Kingdom Come

Gillian Anderson has stared in Magnolia

Gillian Anderson has stared in Me, Myself & Irene

Gillian Anderson has stared in Mr. Deeds

Gillian Anderson has stared in Playing By Heart

Gillian Anderson has stared in Princess Mononoke

Gillian Anderson has stared in Resident Evil

Gillian Anderson has stared in Rushmore

Gillian Anderson has stared in Soldier

Gillian Anderson has stared in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Gillian Anderson has stared in The King is Alive

Gillian Anderson has stared in The Matrix

Gillian Anderson has stared in The Mighty

Gillian Anderson has stared in The Royal Tenenbaums

Gillian Anderson has stared in The X-Files

Gillian Anderson has stared in Urban Legend

Gillian Anderson has stared in What Planet Are You From?

Gillian Anderson Related Quotes

Kindness is a language the dumb canspeak and the deaf can hear and understand. by Bovee, Christian Nestell

Another Gillian Anderson Related Quote

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. by Campbell, Joseph

Yet Another Gillian Anderson Related Quote

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. by Churchill, Winston

And our last Gillian Anderson Related Quote

All animals but men know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it -and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow it. by Butler, Samuel

Gillian Anderson News

Bachelor's Degrees (Leader-Telegram)

Eau Claire: Billie Anderson, business administration/economics and finance. Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minn. Eau Claire: Aaron Riedel, business administration.

London Underground helps Gillian Anderson travel incognito (New Kerala)

Washington, Aug 11 : Gillian Anderson has revealed that she opts to commute on London's Underground - because she never gets noticed.

Only Barack Obama can bring Gillian Anderson back to the U.S. (New Kerala)

Washington, Aug 11 : Gillian Anderson insists that there's only one thing that would make her consider moving back to the U.S. - Barack Obama.

Briefs | Filly Genuine Risk who won '80 Kentucky Derby dies (Seattle Times)

Horse racing Genuine Risk dies at 31: Genuine Risk, one of three fillies to win the Kentucky Derby, died at 31 Monday at Bertram and Diana...

What?s on at the movies (Daily Dispatch)

Meet Dave ? Eddie Murphy?s new comedy about Dave, an alien let loose in Manhattan. There?s plenty of physical comedy and it wouldn?t be an Eddie Murphy film if he didn?t get to play a couple of roles.

The St. Petersburg Times - Screens (St. Petersburg Times)

Across The Universe (2007, U.S.) Julie Taymor?s musical based on The Beatles? back catalogue blends animation, live action and digital effects. Evan Rachel Wood stars as Lucy and Jim Sturgess as Jude.

Creepy, complex and compelling (Philstar.com)

X-Files creator Chris Carter must see something sinister about the cold. I remember the TV series as being almost always set in a cloudy place of perpetual chill. He also seems to have this thing about snow, white, pristine and shining but hiding dark secrets.

Fans boost Ross, Cropper in Wild Run (Anchorage Daily News)

With both knees bothering her throughout her marathon win in the Big Wild Life Runs on Sunday morning, Debbie Cropper didn't count on ibuprofen or mind over matter to ease her agony.

Mulder and Scully, back to basics (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines?Six years after ?The X-Files? went off the air, Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny reprise the FBI agent roles that made them famous in a self-contained new film that revives familiar themes.

Only Barack Obama Would Lure Gillian Anderson Back to U.S. (Hollywood.com)

The X-Files�star Gillian Anderson will consider moving back state-side from her adopted hometown of London if Barack Obama becomes the next U.S. President.

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