20 actors who got paid nothing compared to their co-stars

17) Gillian Anderson in The X-Files

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Best known for her role in the popular series The X-Files as Dana Scully, actress Gillian Anderson was paid something vastly less than her costar, David Duchovny. So low that at one point she was being paid a salary much lower than what Duchovny was earning as she was relatively green when it came to television experience. However, as a cultural phenomenon, The X-Files emerges when one looks at Anderson's more undeniable contribution to its success.

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