Pauley Perrette

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Pauley Perrette (born March 27, 1969) is an American actress.

1 Biography
2 Partial filmography
3 Footnotes
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Perrette was born in New Orleans and raised all over the South.[1]

[edit] Career

After years of working in television and film (mostly doing commercials, voice-overs, music videos and short films), and a chance meeting while tending bar in NYC, Perrette embarked on her current role: she plays Abby Sciuto, an eccentric forensic scientist, on the TV series NCIS, a TV series based on the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. She also appeared as a waitress at Cafe Nervosa in Frasier during season 4, and later guest starred in Season One of 24.

In addition to being an actress, Perrette is also a writer, singer, photographer, blogger and a poet. She was the lead singer in the Los Angeles based all female band Lo-Ball. She is also a documentary producer and is currently filming a documentary about US civil rights attorney and author Mark Lane.

[edit] Personal life

Perrette supports many charity organizations, including animal rescue, the American Red Cross, civil rights and gay rights. She was married for five years to musician Coyote Shivers.^[1]

Perette toured the actual NCIS offices in September 2005[2], accompanied by an Entertainment Tonight camera crew. During the tour, NCIS Regional Forensic Lab director Dawn Sorenson (Abby's real life counterpart), told Perette "You make us all look good, so we're grateful".