Pauley Perrette

 Pauley Perrette, born March 27 1969 was an American performer and actress. She was the character Abby Sciuto in the television show NCIS from 2003 until 2018.Perrette has worked in TV and film, mostly working on commercials, voice-overs, music videos, and short films. She was a bartender in New York City. While working odd tasks in New York, she was introduced by a friend to an advertising agency director. The director urged her to move to Los Angeles, where she had a variety of bit roles and also made a few guest appearances. She was a waitress at Cafe Nervosa on the sitcom Frasier in season 4 (in the episode "Three Dates and a Break-up"), and she guest-starred in season one of 24. She was in several films which include The Ring and Almost Famous.In 2001, she was a regular character in season 2 of Special Unit 2, she was Alice Cramer, the Unit's public relations manager. She was cast in her most recognizable part, playing Abby Sciuto, an eccentric forensic scientist, in NCIS, a tv show that is based on the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.