X-Files star splits from partner (From Somerset County Gazette)

X-Files star splits from partner

10:42am Wednesday 8th August 2012 in Entertainment News © Press Association 2013

Gillian Anderson has confirmed that she has split from her partner.

The actress - best known for playing special agent Dana Scully on hit TV show The X-Files and its spin-off movies - and boyfriend Mark Griffiths have called time on their romance after dating since 2006, reports Usmagazine.com.

Her spokesperson said: "Gillian Anderson and her partner Mark Griffiths have amicably separated after six years together."

The couple, who never married, have two sons together, five-year-old Oscar and Felix, three.

Gillian, also has a 17-year-old daughter, Piper, from her previous marriage to Canadian TV art director and production designer Clyde Klotz.