<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1994--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Coyote Shivers (m . 2000; div. 2004) </Td> </Tr> <P> Pauley Perrette (born March 27, 1969) is an American actress, best known for playing Abby Sciuto on the U.S. TV series NCIS . She is also a published writer, singer and civil rights advocate . </P> <P> Perrette was born in New Orleans and raised throughout the southern United States . On The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, she told host Craig Ferguson that she lived in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and California . 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 . </P>

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