- Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an American actress.
- Gillian Anderson and her X-Files co-star, David Duchovny, have signed the contract to play Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in the second X-Files movie.
- Anderson moved to New York when she was 20 years old.
- It was once rumored that Gillian and her X-Files co-star, David Duchovny, hated each other.
- To support herself when she started her career, Anderson worked as a waitress.
- Gillian Anderson was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie at the Emmy Awards for the movie Bleak House.
- Anderson had roles in a handful of films during the run of The X-Files and starred in The House of Mirth, an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel of the same name.
- Gillian Anderson spent her first paycheck from The X-Files on art.
- In 1999, Anderson had a supporting role in the English-language release of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, where she voiced the character of Moro.
- In 1997, Gillian Anderson was selected as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine.
- During 2006 and 2007, Anderson appeared in two British films: The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Straightheads (2007).
- The X-Files completed its ninth and final season in 2002, when Gillian Anderson was 34 years old. After the show came to a close, Gillian moved to London and began doing theater work again, starring in the Michael Weller play What the Night is For, from November 2002 to February 2003.
- Anderson hosted PBS' Masterpiece Theatre during the Jane Austen series.
- Gillian Anderson is allergic to cats.
- Gillian 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.
- Her favourite X-Files episodes are "Triangle" and "Bad Blood".
- Gillian Anderson is naturally blonde.
- Gillian said she was okay to make a sequel for The X-files: Fight The Future.
- Gillian won an Emmy Award in 1997 for best actress of the year in a series.
- Standing at just 5' 3", she has to stand on an apple box to shoot many scenes in "The X Files".
- Gillian Anderson was the only regular on season nine of The X-files. (David Duchovny left at the end of season eight and came back for the series finale.)
- Gillian has said that she believes that there is life outside of our planet.
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