Gillian Anderson
Overview
Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress.

After beginning her career in theatre, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully
Dana Scully
FBI Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully, M.D. is a fictional character and protagonist on the Fox television series The X-Files , played by Gillian Anderson. She also appeared in two theatrical films based on the series...

 on the American television series The X-Files
The X-Files
The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...

. During the show's nine seasons, Anderson won Emmy
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild Awards
A Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"...

 awards. Her film work includes The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth (2000 film)
The House of Mirth is a 2000 film version of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel The House of Mirth. The film was written and directed by Terence Davies and stars Gillian Anderson.-Plot:...

(2000), The Mighty Celt
The Mighty Celt
The Mighty Celt is a 2005 drama film set in Northern Ireland, written and directed by Pearse Elliott. It stars Gillian Anderson, Robert Carlyle, Sean McGinley, Ken Stott and Tyrone McKenna. It is centred around greyhound racing in a Catholic community after the intercommunal "Troubles" have ended...

(2005), The Last King of Scotland
The Last King of Scotland (film)
The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 British drama film based on Giles Foden's novel of the same name, adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, and directed by Kevin Macdonald...

(2006), and two X-Files films, The X-Files
The X-Files (film)
The X-Files is a 1998 American science fiction-thriller film written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, and directed by Rob Bowman. It is the first feature film based on The X-Files series created by Carter that revolves around a fictional FBI paranormal investigation unit called the X-Files...

(1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The X-Files: I Want to Believe is a 2008 science fiction-thriller directed by Chris Carter and written by both Carter and Frank Spotnitz. It is the second feature film based on The X-Files franchise created by Carter, following the 1998 film...

(2008).
Quotations

I would never point a finger at anyone and say, 'They lived their life badly.' I take it as it comes and deal with each situation as it arrives.

Garth Pearce (April 29, 2007) "The plot to slow me down - Interview", The Sunday Times|The Sunday Times, p. InGear 3.

I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in. But when I started acting everything in my life shifted and I felt happy.

Steve Pratt (April 14, 2007) "Straight talking", The Northern Echo|The Northern Echo, p. 18.

When I finished the series, I wasn't going to do television again. I never wanted to do television to begin with, and I was so exhausted by the process that I was wary of being in front of the camera again.

On finishing her work in the series The X-Files — reported in Steve Hedgpeth (January 22, 2006) "Gillian Anderson : TV or not TV", The Star-Ledger|The Star-Ledger, p. 3.

In England, I get offered films. I don't get offers in America. People don't know what to do with me in America. And I've disappeared.

Associated Press|Associated Press (January 20, 2006) "American tragedy", Chicago Tribune RedEye Edition, Chicago Tribune|Chicago Tribune, p. 52.

I always felt I wasn't completely American and I wasn't completely British: there was a feeling of having my feet in both places.

Tony Barrell (September 18, 2005) "Agent Scullery - Interview", The Sunday Times|The Sunday Times, p. Sunday Times Magazine 46.

If I chose to have a nanny, I'd be able to pay to have a nanny - a lot of women don't have that opportunity. I don't feel like I'm a working single mom, because I have that option that a lot of people don't have.

Alasdair Ferguson (June 7, 2002) "As The X-Files ends, I realise how much", Daily Express|The Express.

Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed.

Wales on Sunday staff (December 2, 2001) "Wales on Sunday: stargazing", Wales on Sunday|Wales on Sunday.

Having been Dana Scully|Scully for such a long time, I have to prove myself in other roles.

Ric House (July 6, 2001) "New 'X-Files' season will be Anderson's last", The Spokesman-Review|The Spokesman-Review, p. D2.

There is this view that if you are not tormented you cannot be vital and creative. I would like to think that is not true.

Jasper Gerard (July 1, 2001) "Scully knows what it's like to be an alien - Interview", The Sunday Times|The Sunday Times, p. News Review 5.

 
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