Gillian Anderson vowed to never give up US passport despite living in UK for 22 years

Gillian Anderson has vowed to never to give up her American passport despite living in the UK for the last 22 years.

'The X Files' star was born in Chicago but moved with her family to London where she spent much of her childhood before returning to the US when she was 11 and Gillian later moved back to the British capital as an adult in 2002.

Gillian has now insisted she feels strongly about keeping hold of her American roots even though she's very happy living in London. She told the Guardian newspaper: "It feels like my cells are American, and my soul is British. So if you ask me to give up my American passport, I would say it doesn’t feel right, no. Absolutely not. I’m American.

"And if you asked me to leave living in the UK? I’d say this is where I’m most comfortable, understood, accepted."