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She was born in Chicago, but lived in London until she was 11 years old. Her family then moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she attended City Middle/High School, a program for gifted students. With her English accent and background, she felt alienated in the surroundings of the American Midwest, and developed a reputation as a strong-willed and rebellious teenager. She had her nose pierced in the early 1980s, dyed her hair various colors, and was arrested for gluing the locks of the school closed.
She found an outlet for her creativity when she started acting in high school and community theatre productions; her first role was "Officer Brophy" in Arsenic and Old Lace. She attended Goodman Theater School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine ArtsThe Bachelor of Fine Arts or BFA or B. is an undergraduate degree. It offers a broad education in the visual arts and usually contains a studio component, which is a significant part of the program. The BFA can also refer to the degree conferred on studen in 1990.
Following some professional stage work, she auditioned in 1993 for the role of Dana Scully on the fledgling Fox NetworkThe Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. It is owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. It was launched on October 9, 1986 as "FBC" (for "Fox Broadcasting Company") with a late-night ta's new series The X-Files. There she met assistant art director Clyde Klotz, whom she married and with whom she had a daughter, Piper Maru, in 1994. (An alien-abduction storyline explained her brief absence from the series for delivery.) Anderson and Klotz later divorced. She had roles in a handful of films during the run of The X-Files, including the starring role in The House of MirthThe House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by Edith Wharton. It is centered around Lily Bart, a New York socialite who attempts to secure a husband and a place in affluent society. The title is taken from Ecclesiastes 7:4: "The heart of the wise is in the house o, an adaptation of the Edith WhartonEdith Wharton ( January 24, 1862 August 11, 1937), is considered one of the most important American novelists and short story writers of the 20th century. Edith Wharton Life and work Born Edith Newbold Jones to a wealthy New York family, Edith combined he novel of the same name. Since the end of production on the The X-Files, she has performed in several stage productions, in addition to working on various film projects.