The actress, 56, said she’s met female scientists who said they owed their careers to her thanks to the ‘Scully effect’ in the hit supernatural TV series
Gillian Anderson says her Scully character from The X-Files has helped get girls to love science.
The actress, 56, said she’s met female scientists who said they owed their careers to her thanks to the “Scully effect”.
She played sceptical FBI special agent Dana Scully alongside co-star David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) in the hit supernatural TV series.
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The star admits getting “emotional” when she bumps into fans of the sci-fi series inspired to follow science careers.
“I’ve run into scientists who have literally said, ‘I am now a practising scientist and work in a lab because of Scully’,” she said.
“I always find that incredibly moving. When I played Scully, there was this thing about the ‘Scully effect’ where young girls were getting into science after being inspired by my character.
“Any time I come face to face with a young woman who got into STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) because of Scully is the best fan interaction. Every once in a while, I run into someone who still says that.”
The X-Files originally spanned nearly a decade from 1993 to 2002 and was later reprised.
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