Jasper Gerard (July 1, 2001) "Scully knows what it's like to be an alien - Interview", The Sunday Times, p. News Review 5.
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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.
— Gillian Anderson
What It Means
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About Gillian Anderson
Gillian Leigh Anderson (born 9 August 1968) is an American-British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files, Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth, Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, and DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC crime drama television series The Fall.
About Gillian Anderson
Gillian Leigh Anderson (born 9 August 1968) is an American-British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files, Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mirth, Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, and DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC crime drama television series The Fall.
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