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| Gillian Anderson |
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"I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive influence on their lives and the lives of their young daughters. That's a great feeling."
| Date of Birth: August 9, 1968 |
| Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois |
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| She played Dana Scully in the weekly television series The X-Files, and has starred in movies such as The X-Files: Fight The Future, Chicago Cab, The Mighty, and The House of Mirth. |
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| After almost 10 years of playing a sexy, no-nonsense genius on The X-Files, Gillian managed to teach us a thing or two and became the object of many of our "hot teacher" fantasies. |
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Born in Chicago, Illinois on August 9, 1968, Gillian Leigh Anderson and her parents, Edward and Rosemary, who were die-hard hippies originally from Michigan, moved to England when Gillian was only 2 years old.
Gillian attended Coleridge Primary School in Crouch End, North London, which is where her parents settled upon their move to England. Her mom worked as a computer operator for The Daily Mirror, while her father completed his studies in the film genre.
After spending nine years in England, Gillian, then 13, and her family moved back to the USA, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was around this time that Gillian's younger brother, Aaron, and younger sister, Zoe, were born.
While attending City High School in Grand Rapids, Gillian auditioned for a school play, and that's when becoming an actor began to take precedence over her initial ambition to become a marine biologist or archeologist.
After graduating from high school in 1986, Gillian studied at DePaul University's Goodman Theater in Chicago, and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in fine arts. At 22, and with her degree in hand, Gillian moved to New York to pursue her dream of becoming an actor.
It was in 1990 that Gillian landed her first big role in an off Broadway play, Absent Friends. Her performance was good enough to garner her a Theater World Award in 1991. After starring in another play entitled The Philanthropist, Gillian decided to relocate to Los Angeles and pursue a career in film. |
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