Cassandra Spender

Cassandra Spender is a character (portrayed by Veronica Cartwright, who is also known from her roles in "The Birds" (1963); "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1979); "Alien" (1979); "The Witches of Eastwick" (1987); etc.) from seasons 6 and 7 of The X-Files. She was originally presented as a character who was possibly mad, and certainly had been in and out of mental hospitals for much of her adult life. See women and madness.