Gillian Anderson Biography

Birthday: 1968-08-09
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois USA
Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)
Wiki Biography: Gillian Anderson started her career as a member of an amateur actor group while at high school. In 1987, her love of the theatre took her to the National Theatre of Great Britain Summer Acting Programme held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. For several weeks she studied under such NT greats as Peter Chelsom, Bardy Thomas, and Michael Joyce. Afterwards, Anderson returned to the Goodman Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois 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.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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The X Files | Dana Scully | 1993 - 2002 | |
Future Fantastic | 1996 | ||
The X-Files | Dana Scully | 2000 - 2001 | |
Bleak House | Lady Dedlock | 2005 - | Drama |
Dancing About Architecture | Meredith | 2009 | Family |
Love Life | Duchess Of Windsor | 2011 | |
Great Expectations 2011 | Miss Havisham | 2011 | |
FOX Specials | Herself | 2013 | Family |
Crisis | Meg Fitch | 2014 | Drama |
The Fall | Stella Gibson | 2016 |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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The X Files | Special Agent Dana Scully | 1998 | Mystery, Thriller |
Playing by Heart | Meredith | 1999 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Princess Mononoke | Moro | 1999 | Animation, Action, Adventure |
The House of Mirth | Lily Bart | 2000 | Romance, Drama |
The Last King of Scotland | Sarah Merrit | 2007 | Drama, History |
Closure | Alice | 2007 | Thriller |
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People | Eleanor Johnson | 2008 | |
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Eleanor Johnson | 2008 | Biography, 0 |
The X-Files: I Want to Believe | Dana Scully | 2008 | Drama, Mystery, Sci Fi |
Boogie Woogie | 2009 | ||
Johnny English Reborn | Pamela | 2011 | |
L'enfant d'en haut | Kristin Jansen | 2012 | Crime, Drama |
The Turning | April Cavanaugh | 2013 | |
I'll Follow You Down | Marika | 2013 | Game Show, Sport |
Mr. Morgan's Last Love | Karen Morgan | 2013 | Comedy, Drama |
The Curse of The Buxom Strumpet | Betsy Foxer | 2014 | Comedy |
Our Robot Overlords | Kate | 2014 | |
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | 2014 | |
Viceroy's House | Edwina | 2016 | Drama, History |
Sold | Sophia | 2016 |