Birth
Name:
Gillian Leigh Anderson
Date
and location of birth: August 9, 1968, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height:
5'2"
Spouse:
Clyde Klotz (January 1, 1994 - present) (divorced)
- Gillian
Anderson started her acting career as a member of an amateur actor group,
while at high school. Her love of the theatre took her to the national theatre
of Great Britian at the Cornell University of Ithaca, in New York.
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Her film career started with the movie Turning, The (1992) in 1992, then
she moved onto the X-Files (with David Duchovny) as Dana Scully. There she
met her future husband (Clyde Klotz) , marrying on January 1st 1994.
- Her
daughter, Piper Anderson, was born on the 25th September 1994.
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(1997-1998) Dated Rodney Rowland
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(1997) Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People
in the World.
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(1996) Says her favorite film is Wrong Trousers, The (1993).
- Was
married to husband Clyde Klotz on the 17th hole of a golf course in Hawaii
by a buddhist Priest.
- Hair
is naturally blonde; it was dyed and styled into the famous bob by Malcolm
Marsden who was immortalized as the British MP in the episode Fire.
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She has a younger brother, Aaron, and a younger sister, Zoe. Her younger
brother suffers from neurofibromatosis and she has done work to encourage
the government to increase funding for research into the disease.
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Has size seven feet.
- Filmography
- House
of Mirth, The (2000) as Lily Bart.
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Playing By Heart (1998) as Meredith.
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X-Files, The (1998) as Agent Dana Scully
- Mighty,
The (1998) as Loretta Lee
- Chicago
Cab (1998) as Southside Girl
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Mononoke Hime (1997) as Moro
- Future
Fantastic (1996) TV series as Host
- X-Files,
The(1993) as Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully