		LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gillian Anderson has made believers out of
	fans of ``The X-Files.''
		Anderson, who stars in the Fox TV series as an FBI agent
	assigned to cases with an otherworldly aura, may not be convincing
	viewers that UFOs or mutant serial killers really are out there.
		But she's helped prove that a television role that allows a
	woman to be smart, professional, and the equal of her male partner
	does exist.
		The chance to play FBI Special Agent Dana Scully was the series'
	key attraction, Anderson says.
		``The X-Files,'' a surreal blend of crime-busting and science
	fiction, airs at 9 p.m. (EST) on Fridays.
		``I was reading something that for the first time in a long time
	involved a strong, independent intelligent woman as a lead
	character,'' she said by telephone from Vancouver, British
	Columbia, where the show films.
		``I've gotten quite a few letters from young girls saying I'm a
	role model, and this is probably one of the best compliments I
	could get as an actor,'' Anderson said.
		``It's terrific because of what the character represents:
	honesty, justice, hard work and dedication and passion -- and if
	that's what they're tapping into, that's fantastic.''
		The petite, red-haired actress has yet to come to grips with her
	own sudden status as a TV heroine. Trained in the theater, she
	stepped before a camera for only the third time when she filmed
	``The X-Files'' pilot episode.
		``Let me tell you about tension and stress,'' Anderson recalls.
	``I was a mess. It's taken me a while, and I'm still learning every
	single day I work.''
		The 5-month-old series, which co-stars David Duchovny as agent
	Fox Mulder, has been deemed a success by the network in a tough
	Friday time slot. It's been renewed for next season.
		``I had a very good feeling that this show would be
	successful,'' Anderson says. ``But I don't think it's really even
	hit me yet. Once in a while I'll be driving down the street in
	Canada and think, `I'm in Canada. How did I get here?'''
		The show's long work hours and location also have conspired to
	keep the 25-year-old from feeling the full impact of jumping from
	TV unknown to series lead.
		``I'm not out much,'' Anderson says. ``I work and I go home. I
	work on the scripts. I wake up and come to work. And in between I
	try to get my bills paid.''
		(She did find time to marry since beginning the series, but has
	put a ``classified material'' label on any details)
		The very polite Canadians who recognize her from the show, which
	airs there, tend to keep their distance, Anderson says. But even
	discreet recognition can be unnerving to a fledgling TV star.
		``There is something vulnerable about being in the public eye,
	to a certain degree,'' she says. ``Having that feeling, hearing
	`Scully' whispered as you pass people. It reminds you constantly
	that you're not in your private little world.''
		Despite a bit of sexual tension between Scully and Mulder, don't
	expect the series to forsake action for romance.
		``The show's not about that,'' Anderson says. ``We have a good
	rapport on film together. I think to tamper with something that's
	not broken is perhaps a mistake.''
	-- 
	"            " - Lefty to the press from 1977-1986
	Steve Carlton, Lefty, greatest Phillies pitcher ever to draw
	oxygen.  Hall of Fame 1994.  32 FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
	


Fox Broadcasting Company Press Release for The X-Files

THE X FILES
(Fridays, 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT)

THE X FILES is a one hour drama about an unconventional FBI agent, Fox Mulder
(David Duchovny), who takes it upon himself to investigate a group of
unsolved cases, known as the "X-Files," that he believes involve paranormal
phenomena.  To keep tabs on his work -- and in the hope of debunking his
theories -- the FBI teams him up with Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), a
young, skeptical agent who has a degree in medicine and a strong bias toward
the scientific.
As the pair works to solve these unexplained cases, Mulder's strong belief in
the forces of the unknown continues to challenge Scully's rational mind.
Their relationship grows more complex with each case, slowly emerging as a
handy mix of professional competitiveness, witty repartee and a mutual
attraction that is heightened by the intensity of their task and the close
proximity in which they work.
Chris Carter is the executive producer of this Twentieth Television
production.

THE X-FILES -- FACT SHEET

ON AIR:                                                   Fridays 9:00-10:00
p.m. (ET/PT)
ORIGINATION:                                         Vancouver, Canada
CONCEPT:                                               Drama about two FBI
special agents
								who are
teamed up to investigate
a series of unexplained cases called 
								"X-Files."
ORIGINAL PREMIERE:                              September 10, 1993
STARRING:                                              David Duchovny (Agent
Fox Mulder)
								Gillian
Anderson (Agent Dana Scully)
PRODUCED BY:                                       Twentieth Television in
association
								with Fox
Broadcasting Co.
CREATED BY:                                         Chris Carter
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:                         Chris Carter
WRITER:                                                  Chris Carter
PILOT EPISODE DIRECTED BY:                Bob Mandel
SUPERVISING PRODUCER:                     Dan Sackheim
PRESS CONTACT:                                   Kimberly Wilder


DAVID DUCHOVNY
(Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files)

David Duchovny is probably best known for his memorable role as the
transvestite detective in the television series "Twin Peaks" and for his
performance opposite Mimi Rogers in the acclaimed feature film "The Rapture."
A native New Yorker, Duchovny graduated from Princeton University and then
earned a graduate degree in English literature at Yale University, preparing
for a career as a teacher.  While at Yale, he began commuting to New York to
study acting and was soon appearing in off-Broadway plays.  In 1987, in the
midst of his doctorial studies, he left Yale to persue acting full time.
Duchovny's film credits include leading roles in "Chaplin," opposite Robert
Downey, Jr., "Beethoven" with Charles Grodin, "Don't Tell Mom the
Babysitter's Dead" and "The Red Shoe Diaries" for Showtime.  Duchovny is also
appearing in the upcomming feature "Kalifornia" with Brad Pitt and Juliette
Lewis.
Duchovny, who is single, was born August 7.  He resides in Malibu, Calif.

GILLIAN ANDERSON
(Agent Dana Scully on The X-Files)

Gillian Anderson first gained recognition as an actress for her off-Broadway
performance in Alan Ayckborne's "Absent Friends" at the Manhattan Theater
Club, for which she won a Theatre World Award.  She also performed in
Christopher Hampton's "The Philanthropist" at the Long Wharf Theater.
Her love of theater began in high school where she participated in community
theater.  In college, Anderson studied with the National Theater of Great
Britian at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and then at the Goodman
Theater School at Chicago's DePaul University, where she obtained her BFA
degree.
Anderson's film and television credits include "The Turning," produced by The
Tribeca Film Center, and an episode of the Fox series "Class of '96."
Anderson, who was born August 9, is single and resides in Los Angeles.

CHRIS CARTER
(Executive Producer/Writer of The X-Files)

Chris Carter began his career as a screenwriter in 1985 at The Walt Disney
Studios.  Previously, Carter had been working as a freelance journalist,
writing and traveling extensively abroad.
At Disney, Carter wrote and produced several television movies in addition to
the television pilot "Cameo By Night" for NBC and "The Nanny," a sitcom for
The Disney Channel.  He took a short leave of absence from Disney to
co-produce the second season of the comedy series "Rags to Riches," starring
Joe Bologna, and returned in 1989 to create and executive produce "Brand New
Life," a recurring comedy series which ran as part of a rotating schedule on
Disney's Sunday night lineup.
In 1992, Carter began creating and developing television projects, including
The X-Files, for Twentieth Television.
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A photo was also enclosed of Scully (on left) and Mulder in front of a tree,
talking.  Scully is holding a pad of paper as if she is refering to it.  The
caption reads: Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson, left) and Fox Mulder (David
Duchovny, right) are FBI agents on special assignment to solve unexplained
FBI cases in the new one-hour drama THE X-FILES, debuting on FOX.
Photo id 1102/#6

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