What is Gillian Anderson?
{{Infobox person | image = Gillian Anderson Berlinale 2017.jpg | name = | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|OBEh}} | caption = Anderson at the [[67th Berlin International Film Festival|2017 Berlin International Film Festival]] | birth_name = Gillian Leigh Anderson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|8|9}} | birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. | citizenship = [[Citizenship of the United States|United States]] | education = [[DePaul University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]]) | occupation = Actress, writer, producer, director | known for = | years_active = 1983–present | spouse = {{Unbulleted list | {{marriage|[[Clyde Klotz]]|1994|1997|end=div.}} | {{marriage|Julian Ozanne|2004|2006|end=div.}} }} | partner = {{Unbulleted list | Mark Griffiths (2006–2012) | [[Peter Morgan]] (2016–2020) }}<!-- Please note that this parameter is for life partners only --> | children = 3<!-- Please do not add names to infobox, see WP:PRIVACY --> | awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Gillian Anderson|Full list]] | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''Gillian Leigh Anderson''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBEh}} (born August 9, 1968)<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who|surname=ANDERSON|othernames=Gillian Leigh|id=U259257|volume=2015|edition=online [[Oxford University Press]]}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Monitor|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_entertainment-weekly_2013-08-09_1271/page/22|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=August 9, 2013|issue=1271|pages=22}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] film, television and theatre actress, [[activist]] and [[writer]]. Her credits include the roles of [[Dana Scully|FBI Special Agent Dana Scully]] in the long-running and widely popular series ''[[The X-Files]]'', ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film ''The House of Mirth'' (2000)