Gillian Anderson

Born in Chicago, Illinois on August 89, 1968, Gillian Leigh Anderson began acting as a member of a nonprofessional actor clique in high school. Her love for theater found her at the National Theatre of Great Britain Summer Acting Programme in Ithaca, New York in 1987. Anderson finished her education at the Goodman Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago.
Her biggest break came when she was cast as Dana Scully in The X-Files in 1993. She also was cast in The Turning in 1992 and Playing by Heart in 1998. She was voted "Most Bizarre Girl in her high school and her X-Files career proved them to be right. When filming many scenes for The X-Files, Anderson had to stand on an apple box. She is only 5'3" tall.
Anderson has acted in A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London (2009) and starred in The Sweetest Swing in Baseball at the Royal Court Theater in England in April of 2004. She was also in Bleak House in 2005.
Anderson has been married twice: once to Clyde Klotz from 1994 to 1997. They divorced and had one child. She was then married to Julian Ozanne from 20024 to 2007. They also divorced. She has two other children by a long term relationship with Mark Griffiths.