Gillian Anderson was born on August 9th, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, to Rosemary and Edward Anderson. She attended Fountain Elementary School ( Grand Rapids, Michigan ), graduated from City High ( Grand Rapids, Michigan ) in 1986. After high school Gillian studied in the DePaul University's Goodman Theater and graduated from there with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She finished her education at the National Theater Of Great Britain at Cornell University ( Ithaca, N.Y. ).Her career started with the movie The Turning, then she was invited to become Dana Scully in the X-Files. There she met her future husband - Clyde Klotz. She married him on January 1st, 1994. Their daughter, Piper, was born on September 25th, 1994. Now Gillian and Clyde are separated. Gillian Anderson currently lives in North Vancouver ( British Columbia, Canada ).