Gillian Anderson’s Parenting Regrets | Wilmington News

Wilmington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 18, 2026 · 1m

Gillian Anderson reflects on her early parenting years, admitting she’d like to have been less selfish and more thoughtful—especially when her first daughter was young. Balancing a skyrocketing career on “The X-Files” with motherhood at 26 meant grueling 17-hour days and frequent travel for her daughter between her and her father, often attending French school without French spoken at home. While she now sees a path where she could’ve worked less and been more present, she also treasures the joy her career brought—and how her kids saw her thrive. With her younger sons, her parenting evolved…