Gillian Anderson weds in Africa

Former X-Files star Gillian Anderson is a married woman, after tying the knot with her film-maker boyfriend Julian Ozanne in Africa.

The couple exchanged vows on December 29 on Lamu's Shella island, off Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.

Anderson, aged 36, and Ozanne, aged 42, were married in a civil ceremony by the local district officer and their union was blessed by a Kenyan priest, reports People magazine.

The event was attended only by Anderson's immediate family - who had flown over from America - and a handful of close friends in the gardens of London socialite Kate Barker's Moroccan-style beach house.

The bridesmaid was Gillian's 10-year-old daughter Piper from her previous marriage.