Pauley Perrette

 Pauley Perrette (born March 27, 1969) is an American retired actress and singer. From 2003 to 2018, she played the character of Abby Sciuto on NCIS. Perrette also has worked in film and television mostly in voice-overs and music videos. She worked as a bartender in New York City. When she was working odd jobs in New York, she was invited by a friend to the director of an advertising agency. She relocated to Los Angeles after this encounter. There she played many roles and was often a guest on. She appeared as a waitress in the cafe Cafe Nervosa on the sitcom Frasier in season 4 (in the episode "Three Dates and a Break-up"), and she was a guest on season one of 24. She has appeared in many films including Almost Famous and The Ring. In 2001, she appeared as a recurring character in Special Unit 2's season four episode "Three Dates and a Breakup" and also guest-starred in the season one episode of 24. She was cast in her most recognizable part, playing Abby Sciuto, an eccentric scientist who is forensic, on NCIS, a television series based on the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.