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  1. Gillian Anderson remembers her years on The X-Files all too well. The actress, 55, paid tribute to her starring role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the sci-fi drama series by quoting a lyric ...

  2. On Friday, X-Files alum Gillian Anderson, formerly known as Dr. Dana Katherine “Mrs. Spooky” Scully, tweaked a popular Taylor Swift-inspired meme to reflect her time on the Fox drama.

  3. Oct 19, 2023 · This month marks thirty years since Special Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) first walked into the windowless basement of the FBI where Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) reigned over strange, unsolved cases known as The X Files. When it first aired in 1993, The X Files perfectly encapsulated the sceptical mood that encircled end of history era ...

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    You may have forgotten the specifics, but the premise of the show will be familiar: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are FBI agents who work together on a project called The X-Files – unsolved, unexplained, usually paranormal cases, outside the Bureau mainstream. The characters have inspired legions of fans over the years, especially for Dana Scully, pla...

    Dr Ware wasn’t the only scientist inspired by Scully. The fictitious FBI agent inspired a generation of young women to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), a phenomenon that even has its own name: the Scully Effect. It’s been noted in STEM circles for years. In 2018, 21st Century Fox tasked the Geena Davis Institute o...

    For Dr Ware, that representation was important – it was something missing in the real-life laboratories she worked in. Scully was often the only woman in the labs – and that reflected reality. “When we pictured a scientist, we wouldn’t have pictured someone who looks like Scully,” she explains. On top of the gender disparity, Dr Ware says there als...

    Decades after Anderson first graced the small screen as Special Agent Dana Scully, modern films and television shows have given us a new generation of scientists and thinkers. When she first saw 2018 science fantasy adventure film A Wrinkle in Time, Dr Ware remembers weeping at the depiction of star character Meg Murray, a young girl enchanted by s...

  5. Dec 27, 2015 · That’s FBI Special Agent Dana Scully, of course — the skeptical X-Files character Anderson made famous, and whom she’ll play again when the show returns to Fox as a six-episode mini-series ...

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  6. Jun 21, 2020 · Fans of Chris Carter’s sci-fi drama series, The X-Files , have theorized that FBI Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully is immortal. Portrayed by Gillian Anderson, Scully has undergone a multitude of traumatic, bizarre, and life altering events throughout the series’ impressive eleven season run. While the probability of Scully's immortality ...

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dana_ScullyDana Scully - Wikipedia

    Washington, D.C., U.S. Dr. Dana Katherine Scully, MD, is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists in the Fox science-fiction, supernatural television series The X-Files, played by Gillian Anderson. Scully is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent and a medical doctor ( MD ), partnered with fellow Special Agent Fox ...