Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson started her 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 Britain at the Cornell University of Ithaca, in New York. Afterwards, Anderson left for the Goodman Theatre School of the DePaul University in Chicago, where she finished her education. Her big break came with "The X Files" (1993) (with David Duchovny) as Dana Scully. There, she met her future husband (Clyde Klotz), marrying on January 1st 1994. One month later, Gillian was pregnant. Her daughter, Piper Anderson, was born on the 25th September 1994. Her film career started with the movie The Turning (1992) in 1997 and, the following year, she starred in Playing by Heart (1998) with Sean Connery, Ellen Burstyn, Angelina Jolie and Dennis Quaid.

Other TV appearances

* ReBoot as Agent Data Nully - "Trust No One" January 1996.
* Future Fantastic as herself - July/August 1996.
* The Simpsons as Agent Scully - "The Springfield Files" January 1997.
* Concert for Diana as herself - 1 July 2007.
* Robbie the Reindeer (Close Encounters of the Herd Kind) as Vorkana, Queen of the Nargathrons - 25th December 2007.
* Masterpiece Theater as herself (host) - January 2008.