Occupation: Actress
Real Name: Gillian Anderson
Date of Birth: August 9, 1968
Place of Birth: Chicago, Ill., USA
Sign: Leo
Relations: Ex-husband: Clyde Klotz; daughter: Piper
Education: B.F.A., DePaul University

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 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. One month later, Gillian was pregnant. Her daughter, Piper Anderson, was born on the 25th September 1994.

Facts about Gillian Anderson:

Anderson will be appearing in What The Night Is For when it opens in London's Theatreland this November 2002, and she will play a woman whose adultery makes her question the validity of her marriage.

Unlike most of the American actors who cross the pond in search of validation and publicity by appearing in British plays, she actually trained as a stage actress which should make this play more of a must-see.

THE X-FILES (1993) stunner, Gillian Anderson, has sparked reports about her sexuality - after cameras caught her kissing lesbian comic Ellen DeGeneres.

As a child, Gillian showed a flair for drama but was more of a tomboy who harbored dreams of becoming a marine Biologist than the dream of movie stardom.

Gillian Anderson is so eager to direct her first film, she's put up all her own cash to do it.

X-FILES star Gillian Anderson is ready for a new man in her life - and her daughter is begging her for a sibling.

Gillian is allergic to cats and on one episode the FX creators had to make a mechanical cat for Scully to tangle with.

She tried to glue her high school's front door shut a few days before the senior graduation and got arrested for it.

Anderson's fame has reached the point where it's downright dangerous: ten thousand fans showed up at a mall in Australia where Anderson was on-hand to sign copies of an X-FILES video. Two people were rushed to the hospital and dozens were treated for hyperventilation when the crowd surged toward the stage.