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Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files. [1] Anderson has been a main cast member of The X-Files during its initial nine season run from 1993-2002, as well as the season ten and season eleven revivals in 2016 and 2018.
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11th January 2018. Gillian Anderson. Gillian Anderson has talked about why she's decided to quit The X-Files. The cult sci-fi show first aired from 1993 to 2002, before returning for a comeback.
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"People want a villain," says actor David Duchovny. "They want a reason; they want a cabal; they want a conspiracy." He and Gillian Anderson co-star in six new episodes of The X-Files.
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After an eight-year break from playing her most iconic character— The X-Files movie was released in 2008—Anderson returned to the role of Dana Scully in the 2016 show revival. "I struggled in.
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Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are together again. On Sunday, the duo had an X-Files reunion as Anderson, 52, shared a selfie with her longtime pal, 60, and her new dog Stella on.
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(Rex Features) Gillian Anderson has revealed she had to lie about her age in order to get cast in The X-Files. The actor played doctor and FBI agent Dana Scully in the Nineties series,.
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Dana Scully Agent Of The XFiles, Gillian Anderson Leaving The Drama After Season 11
Gillian Anderson appeared in almost every episode of The X-Files as Dana Scully, so it's only natural she would have some favorites. Anderson selected six of the episodes she liked the best for a live-stream promoting season 11, and there are some interesting selections [via Comicbook.com ].
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Her big break came with The X-Files (1993) 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-Klotz, was born on the 25th September 1994.
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Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ l i ə n / JIL-ee-ən; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix.
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The X-Files star Gillian Anderson has said that the only way she would consider a return as Dana Scully would be if there was a "whole new set of writers" responsible for the new stories..
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The X-Files S7. E17 All episodes Cast & crew User reviews Trivia FAQ IMDbPro All topics All Things Episode aired Apr 9, 2000 TV-14 45m IMDb RATING 7.0 /10 3.6K YOUR RATING Rate Crime Drama Mystery Scully is finishing up the autopsy of a person at a hospital.
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Gillian Anderson Picks Her Favorite 'XFiles' Episode, Talks ComicCon HuffPost
The answer, it turns out, is ten episodes of classic X-Files weirdness in a 21st century wrapper, intended to appeal to new fans and diehards alike. We caught up with showrunner and creator Chris.
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Gillian Anderson has played Detective Dana Scully on "The X-Files" for 11 seasons. Shane Harvey/Fox When the series returned in 2016 for its final two seasons, after originally finishing on season.
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Gillian Anderson reveals under which conditions she would consider a return to The X-Files.. The series follows two FBI agents — realist Dana Scully, played by Anderson, and conspiracy theorist Fox Mulder, played by David Duchovny — as they attempt to uncover the truth behind impossible phenomena.
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Apr 1, 2022 10:00am PT Gillian Anderson Reveals Her One Condition to Return to 'The X-Files' By Emily Longeretta Lionel Hahn/VAR Gillian Anderson knows that " The X-Files " fans.
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April 2, 2022 1:29 pm THE X-FILES: Gillian Anderson in the ÒMy Struggle IIÓ season finale episode of THE X-FILES airing Monday, Feb. 22 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2016 Fox Broadcasting Co..