Pauley Perrette
Pauley Perrette (born March 27, 1969)[1] is an American actress and singer. She played Abby Sciuto in the television series NCIS from 2003 to 2018.
Pauley Perrette
Early life[edit]
Perrette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised throughout the southern United States.[2] She lived in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and California.[3] In a 2011 interview with the Associated Press, Perrette confessed her early ambitions were to work with animals, be in a rock and roll band, or be an FBI agent.[4]
Perrette attended Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, where she studied criminal justice,[5] and later moved to New York City to study at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In New York, she held a variety of jobs: "Not only was I bartending in the club kids scene, with a bra and combat boots and a white Mohawk, but I also wore a sandwich board on roller skates passing out flyers for Taco Bell in the Diamond District." Perrette also worked as a cook on a Manhattan dinner cruise boat.[4]
Music[edit]
Perrette recorded her song "Fear" (co-written with Tom Polce) under the name "Stop Making Friends". The song was recorded for NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack which was released on February 10, 2009. "Fear" was featured in the NCIS episode "Aliyah" (season 6 episode 25), according to the soundtrack's website.[15]
Prior to this, Perrette was the lead singer in the Los Angeles-based all-female band Lo-Ball, using the stage name "Pauley P."[16] The song "Can't Get Me Down" by Lo-Ball is heard in the film Legally Blonde. Perrette appeared in "The Unnamed Feeling" video for heavy metal band Metallica from their album St. Anger. In 2011, Perrette was the featured vocalist on a song called "Fire in Your Eyes" by B. Taylor, a Las Vegas-based hip-hop artist.[17] She also sang on the 2011 single "Attention Please" by DMC.