Perrette plays NCIS crime lab technician, Abby, a "Jane of all trades" - from DNA processing to fingerprint and document analysis, she does it all. She has a Goth-chick attitude and tattoos to match, but takes her job as a lab tech seriously.
Pauley Perrette's television credits include "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," on CBS, "Murder One," "The Drew Carey Show," "Jesse," "Time of Your Life," "Philly," "Special Unit 2," "Haunted" and "24."
Her feature film credits include "The Price of Kissing," "Almost Famous," "Hungry Hearts," "The Ring" and "Ash Tuesday."
She tended bar in New York City while doing commercials, voice-overs, music videos and short films. She later moved to Los Angeles, and has since worked steadily in film, television and voice-overs.
Perrette is currently shooting and producing a documentary on legendary civil rights attorney Mark Lane.
Born in New Orleans and raised all over the South, Perrette now lives in Los Angeles with her boyfriend and animals. She is a poet and spoken-word artist, a music fanatic, a fervent civil rights activist, a published writer, documentary producer and photographer. Her birth date is March 27.
"I think part of it is that she’s super smart. I want to be her when I grow up. She’s certainly not your typical one-dimensional anything: scientist, alternative person or genius. She’s like the girl next door - in chains and a choker collar" - Pauley Perrette on Abby.