Heartbreak for Gillian Anderson after splitting from boyfriend

Unlucky in love Gillian Anderson has split from her boyfriend of six years.

A representative for The X-Files star has confirmed the 43 year old's romance with Mark Griffiths is over.

Anderson was previously married to filmmakers Clyde Klotz and Julian Ozanne.

She and Griffiths have two children, Oscar, five, and three-year-old Felix.

The actress also has a 17-year-old daughter from her three-year marriage to Klotz in the mid-1990s.