3am: TROTH IS OUT THERE; X Files Scully to wed after five-week fling.Byline: Jessica Callan, Niki Waldegrave, Suzanne Kerins AMERICAN actress Gillian Anderson Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, best known for her roles as FBI Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files and Lady Dedlock in the BBC TV series Bleak House. is set to wed her English boyfriend after a whirlwind five-week romance, 3am can reveal. Documentary film-maker Julian Ozanne proposed to the 34-year-old former X Files star two weeks ago and the couple are planning to wed in Italy on August 2 next year. Gillian - currently starring at London's Comedy Theatre in What The Night Is For - had first met the former Financial Times foreign correspondent foreign correspondent n. A correspondent who sends news reports or commentary from a foreign country for broadcast or publication. Noun 1. in Kenya earlier this year. But after she resettled in London and bought a pounds 1.4million flat in Portobello Road at the end of summer, 38-year-old Julian and Gillian's friendship soon blossomed into romance. "They are completely in love," confirms a close pal. "Julian is a wonderful chap. He is gregarious gre·gar·i·ous adj. 1. Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable. See Synonyms at social. 2. Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind: gregarious bird species. and a lot of fun. We're all so happy for them. "When they told friends that they were engaged no one was shocked in the least. They are so perfect for each other. He really makes her laugh and it's so lovely to see them together." The couple travelled to Paris on Sunday and, we're told, were all over each other at the wedding of their writer pal Charlotte Edwardes and financial journalist Guy Paisner. Gillian even had a go at DJ-ing at the lavish gentleman's club Cercle de l'Union Interalliee on Sunday evening. "They couldn't keep their hands off each other and were snogging Noun 1. snogging - (British informal) cuddle and kiss caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, petting, smooching, snuggling, necking - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) all the way through the reception," an onlooker tells us. "Julian was so proud when he introduced Gillian to his friends. They are so loved-up." Gillian has an eight-year-old daughter, Piper, by Clyde Klotz, whom she divorced in 1996. They had been married by a Buddhist priest on the 17th hole of a golf course in Hawaii two years earlier. Uprooting to live with Julian in his home in West Lon- don won't be difficult for Gillian. The actress - who played Agent Dana Scully in The X Files for nine years - lived in North London North London is a part of London, England which has several possible definitions. River & geography The part of London north of the River Thames (illustrated). between the ages of two and 11. Revealingly, she recently said that she is attracted to dangerous men. "It has changed from being attracted to dangerous men who might be an addict and completely self-destructive, to, let's say, a very grounded, intelligent, sexy photojournalist, who goes off and almost gets himself killed... "Somebody who could actually have a pretty healthy relationship." Considering Julian was once incarcerated in Sudan after he was suspected of spying, we'd say they are perfectly matched. CAPTION(S): LOVED-UP: Gillian Anderson and Julian Ozanne are tying the knot |
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