Dana Scully is a character in the universe of the X-Files television series . It is an FBI agent who works on paranormal affairs , mostly alongside agent Fox Mulder , then John Doggett in the last 2 seasons. It is performed on the screen by the actress Gillian Anderson . It is the main character who appears most throughout the series. She is also present in the two films based on the series.

During the first seasons, it serves as a scientific and skeptical counterpoint to agent Fox Mulder , the latter having a totally opposite character to his, based on intuition and his will to believe. She escaped many deaths during the series, and at least 2 episodes suggest that she might be "immortal"