Profile
Gillian Anderson
Actress
Female
Born
Aug 9, 1968
Age
44
Hometown
Chicago
Other Names
Anderson, Gillian...
Gillian Leigh Anderson is an English 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… Read More
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Romance
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Mark GriffithsMarried 2006
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Julian OzanneMarried 2004 - 2007
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Adrian G. GriffithsDated 1996 - 1997
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Adrian HughesDated 1996 - 1997
Family
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Gillian Anderson
Age 44
parents
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Edward AndersonFather
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Rosemary AndersonMother
siblings
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Zoe AndersonSister
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Aaron AndersonBrother
children
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Piper Maru Anderson KlotzDaughter, Age 18
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Oscar GriffithsSon, Age 6
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Felix GriffithsSon, Age 4
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Gillian Anderson On Her Big Return To The SpotlightHuffington Post - about 12 hours ago
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'X Files' Star's On Screen StyleHuffington Post - Apr 18, 2013
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'Hannibal': It's Gillian Anderson!Entertainment Weekly - Apr 17, 2013
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Alan Thicke Eyes Return To SitcomsHuffington Post - Mar 13, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1968
Birth
Born on August 9, 1968.
TEENAGE
1986
17 Years Old
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.
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TWENTIES
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.
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1993
24 Years Old
She broke into mainstream television in 1993, with a guest appearance on the collegiate drama, Class of '96, on the fledgling Fox Network.
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THIRTIES
When The X-Files ended, Anderson performed in several stage productions and worked on various film projects. She has participated in narrative work for documentaries on scientific topics. In 2005, she appeared as Lady Dedlock in the BBC television adaptation of Charles Dickens novel Bleak House, had a starring role in the Irish film The Mighty Celt (for which she won an IFTA award for Best International Actress) and performed in A Cock and Bull Story, a film version of the novel Tristram Shandy.
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2006
37 Years Old
During 2006 and 2007, Anderson appeared in two British films: The Last King of Scotland with James McAvoy (2006) and Straightheads with Danny Dyer (2007).
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2007
38 Years Old
From December 2007 to March 11, 2008, Anderson filmed The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
FORTIES
2009
40 Years Old
Anderson portrayed Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End during a limited engagement which ran from May 14, 2009 until July 18, 2009.
Anderson had a nomination for Best Actress in the Lawrence Olivier Awards 2010, for productions which opened in the 2009 calendar year for her portrayal of Nora.
Anderson's brother died aged 30 of a brain tumour in 2011.
On February 3, 2012, TVWise reported that Gillian Anderson had been cast in the lead role for a new drama series for BBC Two titled The Fall.
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