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===Relationships and children=== [[File:GillianAnderson2008-cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|Anderson pregnant at the premiere of ''[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]'' in 2008]] Anderson met Canadian art director [[Clyde Klotz]] when they worked together on ''The X-Files'', and they were married in a [[Buddhist]] ceremony in [[Hawaii]] on January 1, 1994. Their daughter was born on September 25, 1994.<ref name="BioYahoo"/><ref name="BioLT"/> ''The X-Files'' creator and showrunner [[Chris Carter (screenwriter)|Chris Carter]] named the episode "[[Piper Maru]]" after the couple's daughter. The two divorced in 1997.<ref name="BioLT"/> On December 29, 2004, Anderson married [[White people in Kenya|Kenyan-born]] documentary filmmaker Julian Ozanne on [[Lamu Island]]. They separated in 2006 and divorced in 2007.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|url=https://people.com/celebrity/gillian-anderson-husband-split/|title=Gillian Anderson, Husband Split|date=April 24, 2006|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=November 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Who Is Julian Ozanne ? Ex-Husband Of Gillian Anderson |url=https://doveclove.com/julian-ozanne |website=doveclove.com|date=April 25, 2022 }}</ref> Anderson began dating British businessman Mark Griffiths in 2006, and they had two sons together, born in 2006 and 2008, before splitting up in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article171498.ece|title=Boy for Scully and Mr X|date=November 19, 2006|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|access-date=April 6, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417113256/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article171498.ece|archive-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/parents/gillian-anderson-welcomes-a-son/|title=Gillian Anderson Welcomes a Son|date=October 20, 2008|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=November 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ravitz|first=Justin|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gillian-anderson-partner-mark-griffiths-split--201278|title=Exclusive: Gillian Anderson, Partner Mark Griffiths Split|magazine=[[Us Weekly]]|date=August 7, 2012|access-date=August 8, 2012}}</ref> In March 2012, Anderson revealed to [[Out (magazine)|''Out'']] magazine that she had a long-term relationship with a girl while in high school.<ref name="Out2012"/> She also told ''[[CBS News]]'' that she had dated other women, though most of her relationships had been with men.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moraski|first=Lauren|title=Gillian Anderson dishes on past lesbian relationships|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gillian-anderson-dishes-on-past-lesbian-relationships/|date=March 15, 2012|access-date=2021-09-10|website=CBS News|language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2014, she described herself to the ''[[London Evening Standard]]'' as "an actively heterosexual woman who celebrates however people want to express their sexuality".<ref name="ES2014" /> She reiterated this in an interview with ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' the following month.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Turchiano|first=Danielle|date=January 16, 2015|title='The Fall's' Gillian Anderson on Season 2 "Surprises", 'Hannibal's' Darkness|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/falls-gillian-anderson-season-2-762644|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=September 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Curtis|first=Nick|date=December 17, 2014|title=The importance of being Gillian Anderson|newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]]|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/the-importance-of-being-gillian-anderson-9930592.html|access-date=December 1, 2015}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' in March 2015, she said she was open to the idea of entering another same-sex relationship: "To me a relationship is about loving another human being; their gender is irrelevant."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11489711/Gillian-Anderson-Its-time-somebody-was-brave-enough-to-ask-me-out.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11489711/Gillian-Anderson-Its-time-somebody-was-brave-enough-to-ask-me-out.html |archive-date=2022-01-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Gillian Anderson: It's time somebody was brave enough to ask me out|last=Woods|first=Judith|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=March 24, 2015|access-date=September 15, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She told ''[[The Times]]'' in February 2018, "I could be with a woman next year [...] It's just who I am. I have absolutely no issue with it whatsoever, and I don't really care if other people have an issue with it."<ref>{{Cite web|last=de Bertodano|first=Helena|date=2018-02-03|title=Gillian Anderson: 'I always look long-term at relationships β as long as there is a back door'|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/gillian-anderson-i-always-look-long-term-at-relationships-as-long-as-there-is-a-back-door-wn05p72hr|access-date=2021-10-19|website=The Times|language=en}}</ref> On ''Watch What Happens'' with [[Andy Cohen]], she said that the last time she had been with a woman was when she moved to New York City right after college.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cohen|first=Andy|date=2016-04-25|title=Gillian Anderson Talks Pay Inequality With David Duchovny {{!}} Plead the Fifth {{!}} WWHL|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VVfJ3YoxbLY&feature=youtu.be|access-date=2021-10-19|website=YouTube|language=en-US}}</ref> Anderson resides with her three children in [[London]], where she has lived since 2002.<ref name="Bio2"/> She has been in a relationship with British screenwriter [[Peter Morgan]] since 2016 apart from a short break in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Heyman |first=Marshall |date=October 24, 2016 |title=A Crowning Achievement |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-feather-in-netflixs-crown-1477347788 |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 28, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 23, 2017 |title=Londoner's Diary: Goodbye to a likely lad and a lovely man |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-goodbye-to-a-likely-lad-and-a-lovely-man-a3698501.html |access-date=November 28, 2017 |newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Maycock |first=Selina |date=December 18, 2020 |title=The Crown star Gillian Anderson has split from Peter Morgan the show's creator after 4 years together |url=https://www.goodto.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/the-crown-star-gillian-anderson-splits-from-peter-morgan-574522 |work=GoodtoKnow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mead |first=Rebecca |date=2024-07-29 |title=Gillian Anderson's Sex Education |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/05/gillian-anderson-profile |access-date=2024-09-06 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref>
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