Who is Pauley Perrette?

American actress, producer, director and singer Pauley Perrette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana USA, on 27 March 1969, making Aries her zodiac sign. She’s appeared in over 50 TV series and movies, but is known best for starring as Abby Sciuto in 354 episodes (2003-2018) of the crime action series “NCIS”, which today stars Mark Harmon, Sean Murray and David McCallum, and was created by Don McGill and Donald P. Bellisario. The series has been airing since 2003, follows the work of the Major Case Response Team in Washington, D. C. and has won 27 of its 71 award nominations.

Pauley stated on 7 June 2019 that she quit “NCIS” because she was terrified of her former colleague Mark Harmon, and that she had been physically assaulted multiple times on set.

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Education and early life

Pauley and her family lived in more than 10 US states while she was growing up, mostly because of her father’s (undisclosed) job; she’s highly secretive when it comes to her mother and father, thus not sharing many details about them, but it’s believed that Pauley’s father worked for the FBI.

She grew up dreaming of becoming either an FBI agent, a rock ‘n’ roll musician or a veterinarian. Pauley matriculated from high school in 1987 and then enrolled at Valdosta State University in Georgia; she eventually transferred to John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1991.

Some of the jobs she did prior to launching her career as an actress were a dinner cruise boat cook, bartender and waitress.

Roles in TV series

Pauley’s debut TV series role was playing Shannon in the 1994 episode “Magical Make-Over” of the adventure comedy “ABC Afterschool Specials”, and she only gained recognition in 1997, with her portrayal of Gwen in 10 episodes of the popular crime mystery “Murder One”, created by Steven Bochco and Charles H. Eglee, and which starred Mary McCormack, Michael Hayden and J. C. MacKenzie. It follows the life of prominent defense lawyer Theodore Hoffman, the series aired from 1995 through 1997 and won 15 of its 33 award nominations. The remainder of the ‘90s saw Pauley appear in an episode or two of the adventure comedy “Early Edition”, the comedy “Frasier” and another comedy “The Drew Carey Show”.

In 2001 and 2002, she played Alice Cramer in the action crime comedy “Special Unit 2”, created by Evan Katz, and which starred Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee and Richard Gant; it follows detectives Nick O’Malley and Kate Benson as they’re trying to hide the existence of mythological creatures Links from the public. Pauley had only a couple of other TV series roles in the decade, appearing in an episode or two of the crime action “24”, the crime mystery “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, and the crime action “JAG”.

In 2016, she voiced Nickleby in the popular animated comedy “Fantasy Hospital”; it starred Pete Holmes, Kunal Nayyar and Emma Caulfield Ford, and follows wizards, fairies and dwarves as they’re running a hospital together. Pauley’s since appeared in only two TV series: she played Robin in the 2017 episode “Night IV: Part VI and VII” of the drama mini-series “When We Rise”, and the lead character Jackie in all the 13 episodes of the 2020 comedy “Broke”.

Roles in movies

Pauley’s debut film role was playing Renee in the 1997 romantic drama “The Price of Kissing”, and the following year saw her star in the short comedy movies “Hand on the Pump” and “Hoofboy”.

In 2000, Pauley appeared as Alice Wisdom in the critically acclaimed adventure comedy “Almost Famous”, which Cameron Crowe wrote and directed, and which starred Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit and Billy Crudup. Set in the first half of the ‘70s, the film follows a teenager as he’s accompanying a rock ‘n’ roll band on their tour, and it won 55 of its 158 award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. A couple of Pauley’s following roles were in the 2001 romantic comedy “My First Mister”, the crime action “Red Skies” and the  horror mystery “The Ring”, both in 2002.

In 2003, she voiced Female Lover Bear in the critically acclaimed animated adventure comedy “Brother Bear”, which Robert Walker and Aaron Blaise directed, and which starred Rick Moranis, Jeremy Suarez and Joaquin Phoenix. It follows an Inuit hunter who’s needlessly killed a bear, and has now been magically transformed into one; the movie won two of its 25 award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. Some of Pauley’s roles in the remainder of the decade were in the 2004 short drama “A Moment of Grace”, the 2006 crime comedy “Potheads: The Movie” and the 2009 short drama “To Comfort You”.

In 2012, she played Mom in the thriller “I Am Bad”, while her most recent film role has been voicing both Delilah Domino and The Crimson Witch in the animated adventure comedy “Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery”.

Other credits

Pauley voiced Lucy Devlin in the 1997 video game “Blade Runner”.

She produced and directed the 2013 biographical historical documentary movie “Citizen Lane”, while she also produced the 2015 family documentary movie “An Act of Love”, the 2019 short film “The German King”, and three episodes of the 2020 comedy series “Broke”.

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— Pauley Perrette (@PauleyP) May 1, 2018

Pauley received special thanks for the 2007 short film “NCIS: Cast Roundtable”, the 2012 short horror series “Project: Phoenix”, and the 2023 documentary movie “Commitment to Life”.

Some of her most recent talk-show appearances have been in “48 Hours”, “The Talk” and “Entertainment Tonight”.

Awards and nominations

Pauley won a Best Female Performance Award for Short Film Drama at the 2010 Beverly Hills Film Festival, for her performance in “To Comfort You”.

She’s been nominated for five other awards, including three People’s Choice Awards for her performance in “NCIS” in 2014, 2016 and 2017, and two Behind the Voice Actors Awards for “Superman vs. The Elite” and “Scooby-doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery”.

Love life and husband

Pauley’s been married once, and has become engaged twice. Her husband was Canadian actor and musician Francis ‘Coyote’ Shivers; the two married in 2000 and divorced in 2006. Pauley was granted a restraining order against Coyote, as he’d allegedly subjected her to sexual, emotional and physical abuse while they were married.

She then began dating American cameraman Michael Bosman, and the two became engaged in June 2008, but split in 2010. In December 2011, Pauley revealed that she and former British Royal Marine Thomas Arklie had become engaged. The two haven’t married, as they’ve promised not to exchange vows until the 2008 California Proposition 8 is invalidated; the proposition aims to ban same-sex marriage.

Pauley’s engaged to Thomas Arklie as of April 2023, was married to Francis ‘Coyote’ Shivers, and doesn’t have children.

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Interesting facts and hobbies

Pauley donated $10,000 to the city of Prattville, Alabama, to be given to the person who offers information that would lead to catching the killer of Shannon Paulk; she also donated $10,000 to the city of Detroit, Michigan to be given to those who provided information regarding the disappearance and possible murder of seven-year-old girl Raven Jeffries.

She’s a philanthropist, and supports various charitable organizations including LGBT right groups, the American Red Cross, and animal rescue organizations.

A homeless man assaulted Pauley on 12 November 2015, in front of her Hollywood Hills house; she didn’t press charges.

In September 2021, Pauley suffered a stroke.

She has her own favorite actresses, Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet, and some of her favorite movies include “Heavenly Creatures”, “Little Children” and “The Devil Wears Prada”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Pauley’s age is 54. Her eyes are green and hair’s black, she’s 5ft 10ins (1.78m) tall and weighs about 150lbs (68kgs).

Pauley’s net worth’s been estimated at over $22 million, as of April 2023, most of which she earned by starring in “NCIS”.

Who is Benjamin Bratt?

American actor and producer Benjamin Bratt, was born in San Francisco, California USA, on 16 December 1963, making Sagittarius his zodiac sign. He’s appeared in nearly 70 TV series and movies, but is probably still known best for starring as Eric Matthews in the 2000 action crime comedy movie “Miss Congeniality”, directed by Donald Petrie, and which also starred Sandra Bullock and Michael Caine. It follows an FBI agent who’s entered the Miss US beauty pageant, trying to stop a terrorist group from bombing the event; the movie won seven of its 15 award nominations.

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Education and early life

Benjamin was raised in San Francisco alongside his two older and two younger siblings, by their father Peter Bratt Sr. who was a sheet metal worker, and mother Eldy (nee Banda) who was a political activist and nurse; Eldy’s Peruvian, and she moved to the US with her family when she was 14.

Benjamin became interested in acting while attending Lowell High School; he was a member of its drama club and part of its Lowell Forensic Society, while he was also into playing sports with his peers, excelling in baseball.

Benjamin matriculated in 1982 and then enrolled at University of California, Santa Barbara from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1986; he was a member of the fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha. He continued his education at the American Conservatory Theatre, but quit half a year before he could earn his Master of Fine Arts degree, wanting to pursue acting.

Roles in movies

Benjamin’s debut film role was playing Sergeant Rosendo Juarez in the 1988 crime drama “Juarez”, and some of his following roles were also in 1988, in the crime drama “Lovers, Partners & Spies” and the drama “Police Squad: Gladiator School”, then in the 1990 crime action “Chains of Gold”.

He gained recognition in 1991, when cast to play Felix in the crime action “One Good Cop”, written and directed by Heywood Gould, and which starred Michael Keaton, Rene Russo and Anthony LaPaglia. It follows the life of a New York Police Department detective, and the movie was nominated for only a single award. Some of Benjamin’s following roles were in the 1993 crime drama “Bound by Honor”, the 1996 drama “Follow Me Home” and the 1996 thriller “Woman Undone”.

In 2000, Benjamin played Santen in the action science fiction thriller “Red Planet”, directed by Antony Hoffman, and which starred Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss and Tom Sizemore. It follows a group of astronauts as they’re exploring Mars, and the film was nominated for a Sierra Award for Best Song at the 2000 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards. Some of Benjamin’s most notable performances in the decade were in the 2002 romantic mystery “Abandon”, the 2004 crime action fantasy “Catwoman”, and the 2009 drama “La Mission”.

The year 2013 heard him voice one of the main characters Eduardo Perez – aka El Macho – in the hit animated adventure comedy “Despicable Me 2”, which Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin directed, and which also starred Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell. It follows the life of super-villain Gru, and the movie won 12 of its 80 award nominations, including two Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year and Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song.

Benjamin’s three most recent film roles have been in the 2019 crime action “A Score to Settle”, the 2020 musical “Best Summer Ever” and the 2022 western thriller “Dead for a Dollar”.

Roles in TV series

Benjamin made his debut TV series appearance in 1988, when cast to star as Tony Maldonado in all the nine episodes of the crime drama “Knightwatch”, which also starred Calvin Levels and Don Franklin, and follows a group of vigilantes who call themselves The Knights.

In 1990, Benjamin played Eduardo Cruz in 13 episodes of the crime action “Nasty Boys”, but the ‘90s then saw him appear in only two more series: an episode of the musical comedy talk-show “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, and the crime mystery “Homicide: Life on the Street”. but from 1995 through 2009, he played Detective Reynaldo ‘Rey’ Curtis in 95 episodes of the crime mystery “Law & Order”.

In 2005 and 2006, Benjamin starred as Lieutenant Colonel Tim Tisnewski in the action thriller “E-Ring”, created by David McKenna and Ken Robinson, and which also starred Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Dennis Hopper. It follows the life of Special Forces commando Jim Tisnewski, and the series won two of its four award nominations. In 2008 and 2009, Benjamin starred as William Banks in all the 26 episodes of the drama “The Cleaner”, and from 2016 through 2018, he portrayed Jahil Rivera in the musical drama “Star”, which starred Ryan Destiny, Brittany O’Grady and Jude Demorest, and was created by Tom Donaghy and Lee Daniels. It follows three women from Atlanta, Georgia who’ve founded a musical group, and the series was nominated for seven awards.

Benjamin’s since appeared in only three TV series: he played Javier Delgado in six episodes of the romantic comedy “Modern Family” (2010-2020), Parco Delgado in all the four episodes of the 2022 action adventure mini-series “DMZ” and Cliff Legrand in five episodes of the 2023 crime mystery “Poker Face”.

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— Modern Family (@ModernFam) May 3, 2015

Other credits

Benjamin received special thanks for the 2004 episode “Goodnight, Seattle: Part 2” of the comedy “Frasier”.

He has five producing credits, which include the 2009 drama movie “La Mission”, the 2009 episode “Hello America” of the drama series “The Cleaner” and the 2017 biographical historical documentary movie “Dolores”.

Some of Benjamin’s most recent talk-show appearances have been in “The Kelly Clarkson Show”, “Morning Joe” and “Live with Kelly and Ryan”.

Awards and nominations

Benjamin’s won 12 of his 30 award nominations. Some of his wins include a 2001 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture, for his and his colleagues’ performance in “Traffic”, five ALMA Awards between 1998 and 2009, for his performance in series such as “Law & Order”, “Exiled” and “The Cleaner”, and two Behind the Voice Actors Awards in 2018, for his and his colleagues’ performance in “Coco”.

Love life and relationships

Benjamin avoids speaking about his love life in public, but has still openly identified two women whom he’s been with.

He and famous American actress Julia Fiona Roberts began dating in 1998, but for unknown reasons separated in 2001.

Benjamin began dating American former actress and model Miriam Talisa Soto in 2002; she’s probably still known best for playing Bond girl Lupe Lamora in the 1989 spy action movie “Licence to Kill”. The two exchanged vows on 13 April 2002, after having dated for only three months, and she gave birth to their daughter Sophia Rosalinda Bratt on 6 December that year, while their son Mateo Bravery Bratt followed on 3 October 2005.

Their decision was obviously a good one, as Benjamin’s still married to Miriam Talisa Soto as of April 2023, and they have two children together.

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Interesting facts and hobbies

Benjamin’s brother Peter Bratt wrote and directed the 1996 movie “Follow Me Home” and the 2009 film “La Mission”, in both of which Benjamin starred.

He’s been a philanthropist since the launch of his acting career, and is today active with the American Indian Movement, while he supports the American Indian College Fund. Benjamin narrated the 2009 documentary mini-series about Native Americans “We Shall Remain”, and is today a board member of both the Native American Health Center and the Friendship House Association of American Indians.

He enjoys being active on Instagram, and has posted nearly 500 pictures and videos, while more than 260,000 people are following him on the social media network today.

Benjamin’s favorite actor is Orlando Bloom, while some of his favorite movies include “Kingdom of Heaven”, “Tour de Pharmacy” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Benjamin’s age is 59. He has brown eyes and black hair, is 6ft 2ins (1.88m) tall and weighs around 185lbs (84kgs).

Benjamin’s net worth’s been estimated at over $12 million, as of April 2023.

Lymari Nadal is a Puerto Rican actress, scriptwriter and producer, who became famous for her role as the wife of Harlem drug dealer, Frank Lucas, in “American Gangster” in 2002, and in real life for being the third wife of actor Edward James Olmos.

Early life and family

Lymari Nadal Torres was born on 11 February 1978, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Anaida Torres and Daniel Nadal. She grew up in Ponce along with her sisters, Anaida, Dania, and Azarel.

Education background

Lymari matriculated from Santa Maria Reina Academy in 1994, and graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.

She then completed her Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) at age 22. However, Nadal always wanted to become an actress, so she also took Acting I, II, and III at the same university. Wanting to hone her skills further, she said she went to Mexico and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts for that, then attended a two-year program at the Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts I Los Angeles, under Martin Barter as well as Marlon Brando’s “Lying for a Living” Actors Workshop. She also had a voice coach and dialect coach.

Career

First steps

Lymari went to Los Angeles, California in 2001 to pursue an acting career, and had a hard time at first.

She decided to try theatre work, and was part of several stage productions including “Shadow of Anthropology,” “Yerma,” “Celestial Flesh,” and “Miss Julie.”

She joined Edward James Olmos’ company as a producer. Her debut on television was in 2002 with the minor role of Linda in PBS’ story about a Latino family living in L.A., “American Family” starring Edward Olmos and Sonia Braga. It was followed by another support role of Giana in the three-hour sci-fi drama miniseries “Battlestar Galactica,” a remake of the 1978 movie of the same name. It aired in December 2003 on Syfy channel, and was said to be the network’s third most watched series with 4.5 million viewers.

Lymari Nadal

In 2006, she made her film debut in “Thieves and Liars,” which was Puerto Rico’s entry into the 79^th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but it didn’t make the cut.

Further success

Lymari was cast for the role of Eva, the wife of Frank Lucas played by Denzel Washington, in the crime film, “American Gangster,” in 200; the movie was said to be based on a true story about Lucas, his life of crime as a drug trafficker and a Harlem gang leader, as well as arrest by detective Richie Roberts played by Russell Crowe. It was a box-office success, grossing more than $250 million worldwide against a $100 million production budget, and it also earned nominations for Academy and Golden Globe Awards.

Nadal’s role was said to be a fictionalized version of the real wife, and those involved in the case said that the movie was not an accurate account of what happened – Lucas said that only a small part in the movie was true, and former DEA agents even filed a lawsuit against the production company, but it was dismissed by the court.

She reprised her role of Giana in “Battlestar Galactica: The Plan,” which was a reimagined version that had new material as well as clips from the 2003 miniseries and 2004 TV series. It premiered on DVD and digital download in 2009, and then on Syfy in 2010.

Lymari then appeared in the “Sangre por Sangre” episode of “CSI: New York” in 2010, and in 2011 was the lead in “America”, that was based on the 1996 novel of Esmeralda Santiago entitled “El Sueño de America” (America’s Dream).

She was presented with the script and liked it, and as part of the production team made some changes to the script, to present a more realistic depiction of Latinos. It was also chosen as Puerto Rico’s entry at the 84^th Academy Awards, but was disqualified because the Academy no longer accepted an entry from a US protectorate.

Other movies she has appeared of include “Light from the Darkroom” (2014), “The Blackout” (2014), and “Kreep” (2016) for which she was also the executive producer.

Personal life

Despite a 31-year age gap, Lymari and Edward Olmos were married in 2002, but separated in 2013. She was Edward’s third wife.

Who is Edward James Olmos?

Edward Huizar Olmos was born on 24 February 1947, in L.A. to a Mexican immigrant, Pedro Olmos, and Mexican-American, Eleanor Huizar. He was raised by his grandparents because his parents were busy working, and then separated when he was seven, which much affected him, so he started playing baseball every day, and improved to the extent that he became a California State batting champion, and was in the farm team of the Los Angeles Dodgers by the time he was 13.

However, in 1960 he quit playing baseball because he wanted to become a rock ‘n’ roll singer instead – actually he wasn’t much of a singer, but he knew how to dance because his father taught him from when he was 10.

When he was able to get a job as a performer, he put himself through high school and college. In 1964 in his first year of college, he took acting classes and started appearing in plays.

His big break in theatre came when he played the role of El Pachuco in “Zoot Suit”, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in A Play. The play was written by Luiz Valdes and it premiered at Mark Taper Forum in L.A. in April 1978, then debuted on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre in March 1979. A film adaptation was made in 1981 in which Olmos reprised his role.

He made his television debut in 1974 in “Cannon” as an unnamed character, and continued accepting various projects from minor to lead roles.

In 1984, he was part of the main cast as he played the role of Detective Lieutenant Martin “Marty” Castillo in the crime drama series “Miami Vice,” which ran for five seasons (1984-1990) and 112 episodes – Olmos was in 106 of them. He also appeared in numerous popular television series, including “American Family” (2002-2004), “Battlestar Galactica” (2003-2009), “Dexter” (2011), and “Mayans M.C.” (2018- present).

His movie debut was also in 1974 as he had an uncredited role of a junkie in the bathroom in “Black Fist.” After a series of portraying minor and supporting roles, he was cast as Jaime Escalante in 1988 in “Stand and Deliver”, which earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the 61^st Academy Awards.

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He was then part of several hit movies, including “Selena” (1997), “The Green Hornet” (2011), “El Americano: The Movie” (2016), and “Coco” (2017).

Edward was in more than 120 movies and television series from 1974 to 2019, and a few more are yet to be released. He produced and directed some of them as well.

He married Kaija Keel in 1971 they divorced in 1992, having had two kids, Bodie and Mico, and adopted four more, namely Tamiko, Brandon, Michael, and Daniela. His second wife was the actress, Lorraine Bracco, whom he married in 1994, but they divorced in 2002.

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Interesting facts and rumors

• Lymari was involved in a controversy in Ponce, when she was hired to render her services for consultation, promotion of art films, and offering acting workshops for 11 months for $55,000. The legislator Vilma Flores, a member of the Ponceño Autonomous Movement (MAP), accused Mayor Maria Melendez Altieri of hiring Nadal when there are non-profit organizations that can do those things at no cost to the government.
• It was said that ABC developed a sitcom that was to be her TV debut, supposedly about her grad school life, but it was never picked up.

Appearance

She is 5ft 8ins (1.73m) tall and weighs around 117lbs (53kg); her dress size is 8. She has brown hair and green eyes..

Net worth

Lymari has an estimated net worth of over $3 million as of June 2020, according to sources.