Special agent Dana Katherine Scully, M.D. is a fictional character on the Fox television series The X-Files (1993-2002). She also appeared in two theatrical films based on the series, played by Gillian Anderson. Scully is a special agent of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, partnered with fellow Special agent Fox Mulder for the first seven seasons and in the eight season partnered with John Doggett. In the television series, the...
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Special agent Dana Katherine Scully, M.D. is a fictional character on the Fox television series The X-Files (1993-2002). She also appeared in two theatrical films based on the series, played by Gillian Anderson. Scully is a special agent of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, partnered with fellow Special agent Fox Mulder for the first seven seasons and in the eight season partnered with John Doggett. In the television series, they work out of a cramped basement office at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. to investigate unsolved cases labeled "X-Files"; as of the second film, Scully had left government employ and taken a job as a surgeon in a private Catholic hospital. In contrast to Mulder's credulous "believer" character, Scully is the skeptic for the first seven seasons, choosing to base her beliefs on what science can prove. She later on becomes a "believer" after Mulder's abduction at the end of season seven.
She has appeared in all but five episodes of The X...
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