Gillian Anderson
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Gillian Anderson OBE |
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Anderson at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival
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| Born |
Gillian Leigh Anderson August 9, 1968 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Residence | London, England, UK |
| Alma mater |
DePaul University, B.F.A. 1990 National Theatre of Great Britain |
| Occupation | Actress, activist, writer, producer, director |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Clyde Klotz (m. 1994–97) Julian Ozanne (m. 2004–06) |
| Partner(s) | Mark Griffiths (2006–12) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Full list |
| Website | gilliananderson |
Gillian Leigh Anderson, OBE (born August 9, 1968), is an American-British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running and widely popular series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth (2000), and DSI Stella Gibson on the BBC crime drama television series The Fall. Among other honours, Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
After beginning her career on stage, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi drama series The X-Files for all ten seasons (1993–2002, 2016). Her film work includes the dramas The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shadow Dancer (2012) and two X-Files films: The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). Other notable television credits include: portraying Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, Wallis Simpson in Any Human Heart, Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2011), and Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal. She will be appearing as goddess Media in the upcoming TV series American Gods. Anderson is the co-writer of The EarthEnd Saga novel trilogy and the self-help guide book WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere.
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