Abby Sciuto

NCIS character


rank=Forensic Specialist
name=Abigail "Abby" Sciuto
gender=Female
hair=Black
eyes=Green
home=
tv=Pauley Perrette
first=Ice Queen ("JAG")
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Abigail "Abby" Sciuto (pronounced "shoo-toe") is a fictional forensic scientist in the "NCIS" television series by CBS Television, portrayed by Pauley Perrette.

Personality

Abby is known for her gothic style of dress and her pigtailed dyed hair, with at least nine tattoos on her neck, arms, back, ankle and other places which are only hinted at (cite web |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_and_Found_(NCIS) |title=Episode 5-9 Lost and Found); while some of the tattoos are real to the actress, some, such as the large cross on her back, is makeup applied for the occasions that Perrette shows her bare back on camera.Fact|date=September 2008 The spider web on her neck is not real eitherFact|date=September 2008; producer Donald Bellisario wanted the character to have a tattoo that would be visible (almost) all the time.Fact|date=September 2008 Her style of clothing includes black dresses and t-shirts, mini-skirts, and goth jewellery.Fact|date=September 2008 Anklets and toe rings often decorate her feet. She has stated several times that she sleeps in a coffinFact|date=September 2008, and in episode "Hiatus", she says she has a hearse that has flat tires all the time. Despite her "dark" fashion sense, Abby has a happy-go-lucky attitude and a sweet personality.Syn|date=September 2008

Abby is a hearing child of a deaf mother [Season 1 Episode 3 "Seadog". Gibbs tells DiNozzo she had deaf parents.] and likes her music loud. Abby also, similarly to Gibbs, thrives on caffeine but unlike Gibbs, who drinks a lot of coffee, she prefers to have it in the form of a soda, called a "Caf-Pow". When changing the artwork in her lab, she states that she has a "Chagall feeling" - a reference to Marc Chagall, a Belo-Russian artist whose main works come from fantasy and dreams. Her favorite term for something out of ordinary is "hinky".

One of her favortie bands are Plastic Death.

Background

Abby is from New Orleans, LouisianaFact|date=September 2008 where she graduated with full honors from LSU with a triple major in sociology, criminology and psychology.Fact|date=September 2008 She earned her master's degree from Georgia State University in criminology and forensic scienceFact|date=September 2008 (Perrette also has a Master's Degree in Criminology [cite episode|title=The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson|network=CBS|airdate=2005-05-25|transcripturl=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW5y63J_rSM] , and has toured the real NCIS offices to meet with the real forensic specialistsFact|date=September 2008; the source of her interest in forensics is the same as her character's;Fact|date=September 2008 living near a wrecking yard and being intrigued by the cause and effect of the wrecks). [Season 1 Episode 2 "Hung Out to Dry"]

Abby is well-versed in her field of study, she is rarely stumped by the puzzles which Gibbs' team present to her. Also, she does all the work on the evidence herself. In season 3, when she is given an "assistant", Chip Sterling, she revolts, but puts up with him. He turns out to be homicidal, and as a result, Abby is freed of him.

It has been shown that she has a younger brother. [Season 1 Episode 12 "My Other Left Foot"]

Relationships

She gets on well with all the rest of the team, particularly Tony, and is fond of Ducky who refers to her as "Abigail" (which she has expressed distaste atFact|date=September 2008).

Uniquely, she shows no fear of Gibbs.Fact|date=September 2008 Abby taught Gibbs sign-language, which she learned from being the child of a deaf parent. Even though she and Gibbs are only co-workers, they have a father-daughter relationship.Fact|date=September 2008 He shows this love to Abby since he lost his daughter and first wife in a car crash while he served in Desert StormFact|date=September 2008 (both referenced to Ducky in Season 2 while trying to keep a serial masochist on death row). The kisses on the cheek and hugs they share with each other are present in many episodes, plus the fact that Gibbs brings her her favorite beverage, Caf-Pow, on many occasions. Gibbs also shows a tolerance for and a protectiveness over AbbyFact|date=September 2008, in particular when she is almost shot in Kill Ari Part 1, when the new regime (Season 3) attempts to force her to observe the dress code, and when her ex-boyfriend stalks her (Bloodbath).

Abby was a close friend of former team mate Caitlin Todd (Kate). References existFact|date=September 2008 to them hanging out after work and Kate even having been talked into getting a tattoo. Abby was rigid towards Ziva at first, as Ziva was linked with Ari, who killed Kate (Silver War). Abby eventually came around and Ziva and she are friends.Fact|date=September 2008

She had a relationship with McGee which she stated that she would like to keep casual.Fact|date=September 2008 Although the relationship ended late in season one, she has since exhibited jealousy over the attention that McGee gives to Ziva.Fact|date=September 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/ncis/bio/pauley_perrette/bio.php Pauley Perrette's profile on the official NCIS site]
* [http://popcultureheroines.com/2007/07/the-professional-series-2-abigail-sciuto-abby-ncis/ Abby Sciuto Profile] at Pop Culture Heroines