Pauley Perrette's television credits include "NCIS", "CSI", "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."

In college Perrette studied sociology, psychology and criminal science and graduated with honors. Following school, Perrette 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 steadily worked in film, television and voice-overs.

Born in New Orleans, Perrette is a poet and spoken-word artist, a music fanatic and a published writer and photographer.