Wendy Simms

CSI character
csi_serie=CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
name=Wendy Simms
born=October, 1972
city=Las Vegas, Nevada
job=DNA Technician
family=Unrevealed
seasons=, , ,
portrayer=Liz Vassey
first=Secrets and Flies (6x06)

Wendy Simms is a recurring fictional character on the CBS drama, . She is portrayed by Liz Vassey.

Character's background

Simms is a DNA Technician and worked in San Francisco, California for a time before moving to Las Vegas to take the DNA tech position ("Secrets And Flies"). In the episode "Lab Rats" she helps David Hodges investigate the case of The Miniature Killer. The two characters have an ongoing rivalry. Hodges complains that Simms tries to take over everything and thinks she's "too cool" for the lab. Simms insults Hodges by calling him "freakboy" and "loser" but praises his investigation methods. Wendy is apparently something of a klutz and has a reputation for being clumsy around work.

Later, she is disappointed when she learns Hodges lied to her about Grissom asking the lab techs to investigate the Miniature Killer. In an April 20 edition of TV Guide, Vassey comments that her character must have been a nerd during her high school days. In the article, actor Wallace Langham, who plays Hodges, noted that his character has a crush on Simms. In the episode "Lab Rats" there is an unfinished sentence by Wendy where she says "I can't believe that for half a second I actually thought I might-!" and gets defensive when Hodges asks what she meant. Many people believe that this confirms that Wendy also has feelings for Hodges.

In the eighth season episode "The Chick Chop Flick Shop", Wendy indicated that she was once paid $600 for a cameo role in a horror movie after she left college. In that same episode, all the lab techs plus Sara and Riley are watching this movie. A comment is made about Wendys big breasts. She says that they are medium sized. Hodges replies they are "perfect" not realizing he is talking aloud. He tries to cover up his outburst but to many fans this just cemented Langham's previous assertion that Hodges has a crush on Wendy. In a later episode ("You Kill Me,"), where Hodges is creating a board game, Wendy's character is "Mindy Bimms, the clumsy yet buxom DNA Tech" - Wendy becomes upset and calls Hodges the "dumbest smart guy she knows". Many fans believe that she is so upset because she likes Hodges, and wants him to think of her as more than just some bimbo. This also confirms suspicions that Hodges has feelings for her because he responds by saying, "You think I'm smart?" The pair does some minor flirting, most of the time in front of Henry Andrews, the tox tech, who looks very uncomfortable, most openly in Lab Rats and You Kill Me.

In the episode "You Kill Me", Wendy emphatically tells Hodges that she turned "35 in October," putting her birth in 1972. She also informs him that she is considering taking the field test, possibly elevating her character as a replacement for Sara Sidle.