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Name: Gillian Leigh Anderson
Birthday: August 9, 1968
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Height: 160cm (5'3'')
Hair Colour: Ash Blond
Eyes: Blue
Shoe Size: 7(US)
Ex Husband: Clyde Klotz
Children: Piper Maru
Parents: Edward & Rosemary
Siblings: Zoe & Aaron
Residence: Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
Occupation: Actress
People Magazine: 50 Most Beautiful People
(1997)
Favourite film: Wallace & Gromit: The
Wrong Trousers (1993)
When actress Gillian Anderson landed the role
of Agent Scully for the Fox television series
X-Files (1993—present) she could not have foreseen
that within two years she would become an internationally
known cult phenomenon. She was born in Chicago,
but moved to London at age two and remained there
until she was in her early teens. She and her
family then moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan where
she rebelliously got heavily into the punk rock
scene complete with spiky, brilliantly coloured
hair and body piercing with safety pins. When
she was fourteen, she became romantically involved
with a twenty year old punk singer and occasionally
sang in his band.
Her punk period lasted through high school. Following
graduation, she got involved in local theatre
and from there studied fine arts at the Goodman
Theatre School of Drama at Chicago's DePaul University.
Following graduation, she moved to New York where
she waited tables and appeared in off-Broadway
plays, most notably in Absent Friends, a starring
role which won her a Theatre World Award. [Full
Bio]
Filmography
House of Mirth, The (2000) .... Lily Bart
Playing by Heart (1998) .... Meredith
Mighty, The (1998) .... Loretta Lee
Chicago Cab (1998) .... Southside Girl
"Future Fantastic" (1996) TV Series
.... Host
Spies Above (1996) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
"X Files, The" (1993) TV Series ....
Dana Scully
X-Files, The (1993) (TV) .... Special Agent Dana
Scully
Turning, The (1992) .... April Cavanaugh
Articles and Interviews
Vancouver Sun "The Gillian Files" Apr.
18, 1998
USA Weekend "Gillian Anderson: Not what you'd
expect" February 13-15, 1998
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