| Gillian Anderson stars as Special Agent Dana
Scully, the exceptionally rational agent who, trained as a medical doctor,
is a true believer in the power of science to explain what at often times
seems unexplainable. Playing ying to her partner Fox Mulder's yang, Scully
refuses to cede to his hypotheses that there exists in the universe anybody
or anything that does not conform to the laws of nature and the rules of
science --alien beings and human anomalies included. For her performance
on THE X-FILES, Anderson has earned the respect of television fans and
critics alike who have cited her character's intelligence, wit and integrity
as veritable breakthroughs in television drama. In May of 1995, Movieline
dubbed her "a better actress than most of the women you see in movies."
Anderson received the 1996 SAG Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television
Drama, an honor voted on by her fellow professional actors. She also received
a 1996 Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Drama.
Anderson has emerged to become one of
television's most popular young actresses, boasting two on-line fan clubs,
the "Gillian Anderson Testosterone Brigade" and the "Gillian Anderson Fan
Club." Prior to her role on THE X-FILES, Anderson was an award-winning
off-Broadway actress, recipient of a Theatre World Award for her performance
in Alan Ayckborne's "Absent Friends" at the Manhattan Theater Club, and
co- star in Christopher Hampton's "The Philanthropist" at the Long Wharf
Theater in New York.
Born in Chicago, Anderson moved to London,
England with her family when she was 2. When she turned 11, her family
moved back to the United States and settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
There she began acting at City High School and in community theater, where
she developed a passion for the stage. After she graduated from high school,
she studied with the National Theater of Great Britain at Cornell University
in Ithaca, New York, and then at the Goodman Theater School at Chicago's
DePaul University, where she obtained her BFA degree. |
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