| Gillian Anderson |
|
 Gillian Anderson Born on August 9, 1968 in Chicago, IL, USA. Gillian is 5'2 ", smallish build, auburn hair, hazel/green eyes. 
This wonderful actress plays Special Agent Dana Scully, on the Fox Network's "The X-Files". She is married and gave birth on 09/25/94, to a baby girl, Piper Anderson.
She lived in Puerto Rico, and then in London, so her father could
attend a film school there (Her family still owns a flat there). At age 11 she moved to
Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she attended elementary and then high school. She then
moved to Chicago where she went to college and once she had gained her BFA she
then moved to New York, N.Y. where she made several theater performances and
then to Los Angeles in about '91/'92. Upon gaining the role of Dana Scully, Gillian then
relocated to Vancouver, B.C., Canada where she now resides with her husband and
daughter (and shoots the X-Files series).
|
"The X-Files" Dana Scully (1993 - present)
"Class of '96" Episode #8 - "The Accused" (1993)
"Exit to Eden" - audiocassette/Lisa Kelly (1992)
"Home Fires Burning" (1992)
"The Turning" (1988)
Although she had once vowed
she would "never do TV", and seemed set on a career in film or theater, being out of
work for a year or so changed her mind and she had a role in an episode of "Class of
'96" and then was impressed enough by the role of Dana Scully that she auditioned for
the role.
She says: "The chance to play FBI Special Agent Dana Scully was the series key
attraction, I was reading something that for the first time in a long time
involved a strong, independent intelligent woman as a lead character"
The auditioning went well and it seems Chris Carter had decided on casting Gillian for
the role. The network (FOX) "freaked" at the possibility of casting someone with as
little TV experience as Gillian and also appeared to be looking for someone more
"bimboish". So they flew in more actresses from New York, but Chris stood his ground
and they cast Gillian as Special Agent Dana Scully.
 |
