When said she had no plans to return to acting, she meant it. The former actress, once a beloved TV star thanks to a long-running role as forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on the CBS stalwart , further explained her decision to step away from the limelight in a new interview with “I’m not ungrateful for the benefits that it gave to me but I’m a different person now and I want to be here for it — the good and the bad and the painful,” she said. “I want to be me all the time, and it takes a good amount of courage for me to say that to myself but it’s authentically how I feel.
” Perrette got cast on in 2003 after having worked as an actor for nearly a decade on such projects as and . Her NCIS run found her starring on the procedural for an impressive 15 seasons across 352 episodes from 2003-2018. Around the time of her departure, Perrette lodged accusations of an assault or a crime.
She later took aim at co-star by saying that she felt unsafe around him. CBS TV Studios at the time: “Pauley Perrette had a terrific run on NCIS and we are all going to miss her. Over a year ago, Pauley came to us with a workplace concern.
We took the matter seriously and worked with her to find a resolution. We are committed to a safe work environment on all our shows.” An published last September by shed more light on what really happened.
“In Pauley Perrette’s case, there was an incident with the show with a dog. The dog was Harmon’s, and apparently the dog bit someone,” re.