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[edit] Image missing
- The image that was there was quite hideous and did Gillian no justice. I have replaced it with a CC licensed image (Some Rights Reserved with Attribution), so we can be rid of the previous image forever.
- What happened to Image:Anderson as Scully.jpg? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JWSchmidt (talk • contribs) .
- "There exist over 180 fake nude and pornographic images of her; only one of which (a nipple-slip at an awards ceremony) has been proven genuine."
er, a fake image has been proven genuine? curious.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sysys (talk • contribs) .
Im really sorry if i wasn't meant to put in the photo, i just took it from the filmography section..eek. Bitbitz.xx 06:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Can someone Please change the picture to something better like this? http://media.theinsiders.com/Media/Other/44_Agent-Scully.JPG Please! A picture like this would be much better!!!Justerbuster 11:27, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Other people named Gillian Anderson
If I understand correctly, there's some composer or film music researcher or somebody named Gillian Anderson. Could she have her own article, to separate from the actress? (Entheta 00:07, 15 May 2006 (UTC))
- Yes, start a page named Gillian Anderson (composer) (or whatever), and add one of the {{otheruses}} templates to the top of this page. --h2g2bob (talk) 01:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Improper Facts
Her real hair color is NOT ash-blonde but in fact more along the line of a brown or a brownish red, according to "The Unauthorized Biography of Gillian Anderson", (although it is unauthorized). Also, she has a tattoo on her ankle of a turtle, (I think it's a sea turtle), though she might have another tattoo on her ankle. She also recently announced that she is pregnant with her second child.
[edit] English and Irish descent?
Is there a reliable source for this? All I could find were wiki-mirrors and such sites Mad Jack 05:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] picture
The picture of her isn't very good- anyone got a better one? Notsharon 07:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- We only use free content images to identify people. Do you own one? click here. --h2g2bob (talk) 06:40, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Someone please change the picture! this one does her no justice! :(Justerbuster 11:11, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
lol indeed, certainly not flattering.
Being that this is an article relating to Gillian herself, it seems fitting that the picture used is a picture of Gillian as herself as the main photo, not as Scully, though she may be best known for that role. Gillian has stated on several occasions how she wants to be known as an actor, not just as a single character, so I think it's only fair. If you wanna look at pictures of Scully, go to Scully's wiki page. There's quite a nice one there! ;) 16:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Ok ok, so if it must be one of Gillian Anderson as her real self, how about a piture of her from one of the awards or openings? Here are some good examples of some nice pictures that could be placed here instead of the current one.
As you can see, I don't want to change the picture just so I can look at pictures of Scully, but so that when people look up Gillian Anderson, they will see her for the actual real beauty she is! Justerbuster 11:19, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
- If you can get the license on any of those pictures changed so they're free use, then we'll cheerfully use them. As it stands now, they are all copyrighted and as a result, not usable. Remember: on Wikipedia, free use trumps fair use. Tabercil 21:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The Accent
what is her accent? does she have a British accent, or a regular english one? 'Cause on the X-Files, she uses her no-accent. please tell me and put it in the article. Michael Houang 04:37, 24 May 2007 (UTC)1
She doesnt have an accent in real life, she just talks more enthusiasticly and stuff.Justerbuster 11:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC) I think it says somewhere in the article that she used to have an accent when she was a kid but she proceeded to do away with it because she was made fun of in school.Justerbuster 01:43, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Gillian grew up in London from ages 2-11, therefore, it was her first "dialect" of spoken English. She moved back to the US at age 11 and was teased for her accent, so she quickly assimilated into an American one. She's been asked in several interviews why she has such a perfect British accent, as she does normally speak in all media appearances with it, and she explains that it's natural and now that she's back to living in London, it just happens naturally.
"does she have a british accent or a regular english one?"
erm...there is no such thing as a 'british accent'. that's like me asking "does arnold schwarzenegger have a european accent, or is it just a regular austrian one?" 86.135.164.200 13:29, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
That is indeed one of the most bizarre comments I have ever read on Wikipedia. Can anyone explain what a "British" accent is? Badgerpatrol 13:42, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Your a moron....of courser there is such thing as a British accent or English accent. What the hell else would you call it you freaking moron. All of you guys in here are NERDS get a life —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.72.168.138 (talk) 14:09, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
No, you're a moron. There is an English accent, there is a Scottish accent, there is a Welsh accent, and there is a Northern Ireland accent. There are regional dialects of each. But there is no British accent. What you are thinking is a "British" accent is I suspect an English one, and possibly a southern English one at that. Badgerpatrol 14:14, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
No, when I mean British accent, I meant how the people in the U.K. spoke. you know? their accent... Sorry about this. Michael Houang (talk) 03:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
- No, I don't know. Can you explain further? What's the difference between an English accent and a British one? I'm intrigued... Badgerpatrol (talk) 19:01, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Britain is not England, once you got that it is easier to imagine. Billy Connoly does not have an English accent, he has a Scottish accent. People confuse British with English because England is the most populous part of Britain, but it is no more Britain than California is America. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.16.27 (talk) 23:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
- No intelligent person confuses "Britain" with "England", although it certainly does often happen. The point is- there is no "British" accent, except in the collective sense of covering Welsh, Scottish, English, Cornish, N. Irish, etc. - i.e. not at all in the sense meant by the original poster above. A "British" accent cannot be distinct from an "English" accent, because it doesn't exist. Badgerpatrol (talk) 00:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] XF controversy
DELETED: Despite the success of The X-Files, Anderson admitted that she hated her time on the show and will never appear in another TV series. The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring on the show.[1] Interestingly, she has since expressed interest in being in the possible X-Files 2 movie, she also returned to TV with BBC series Bleak House.
Rewrite this using respectable sources (for instance: http://www.gilliananderson.ws/news/index.shtml#newsitemEEZZyFEkpZEhLBVAid ) or don't even touch it.
Frey 05:54, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Good thing it's deleted! she didn't actually hate the job that much... 130.13.114.251 06:18, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
lol nice try you stupid liar. Justerbuster 11:12, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Confusing reference to Accademic Credentials
She also studied at the National Theatre of Great Britain at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
This statement seemed somewhat confusing: the (Royal) National Theatre of Great Britain is located in London, see Royal National Theatre, not at Cornell.
Her official website states:
The high school hellcat buckled down in college, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and even doing “bits and pieces” in the National Theatre of Great Britain's summer program at Cornell University
I took the liberty of clarifying the original sentence by adding the summer program part. Textor (talk) 05:33, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
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