What These Former NCIS Stars Are Doing Now

going on its 18th season ncis has seen its share of actors come and go from behind the camera work to complete retirement we're here to show you what these former ncis stars are doing now maria bello joined the cast of ncis in 2017 as a series regular taking on the role of dr jacqueline jack sloane however according to good housekeeping bellows tenure came to an end in march 2021 when jack bid a bittersweet farewell to gibbs and to the show as a whole in a message she posted on instagram following her final episode bello wrote i understand why this show after 18 years is the most watched in the world you must all feel our love at the time of her exit from ncis bello didn't have any future acting projects lined up she did however have a behind the scenes credit for writing the script for the movie the woman king marking her debut as a screenwriter as the hollywood reporter noted gina prince vithwood signed on to direct while viola davis was tapped to star bello was also listed as one of the movie's producers via her production company jack blue productions fans also assumed that bello was taking some time off to spend with her fiance michelin starred chef dominique krenn who told british vogue she was in remission after a lengthy cancer battle after 15 seasons playing fan favorite forensic scientist abby schutto paulie peret's 2018 exit from ncis came amidst a flurry of controversy and while there was reportedly no love lost between peret and ncis star mark harmon due to an infamous dog bite incident her exit didn't burn any bridges with cbs according to vanity fair this became clear the following year when the network announced she'd be starring in a new sitcom broke as deadline reported in the series which launched in spring 2020 perette played a struggling single mom whose life is turned upside down when her sister and her wealthy husband move in with her after unexpectedly losing all their money when the show was canceled weeks after its premiere perette reacted with gratitude she explained by a twitter that her experience on broke quote restored my faith in people in this industry months later peret indicated she was done with hollywood she tweeted in october 2020 i finally and happily retired and this is what i was looking forward to my rules in life now are if my rescue dogs don't care it's cool i only answer to god and animals and plants now woot one of the standout characters on ncis was ziva david a former israeli massage agent who was introduced in the series third season fans were truly shook when the actress who played her cody de pablo announced in 2013 that she would be departing from the show at the end of the 11th season apparently the network was also dismayed according to ew then cbs chairman les moonves stated we offered cody de pablo a lot of money and then we offered her even more money we did everything humanly possible her first project after leaving ncis was a starring role in the dove keepers a cbs miniseries based on alice hoffman's novel since then the chile-born actress has appeared in a mere handful of projects including the 2015 film the 33 the 2016 tv movie prototype and the 2019 drama seneca she also made the dreams of ncis fans come true albeit temporarily when she returned to the show in 2019 reprising her role in a multi-episode story arc in january 2016 cbs announced that michael weatherly would be exiting ncis as weatherly told tv insider after filming his final episode he simply felt that 13 years playing tony denoza was long enough he said i meet 20 year olds who were in first grade when we started basically their entire lives they've known me as hey you're on television playing that guy it didn't take weatherly long to line up his next gig two months after that january announcement tv line reported that the actor had signed on to star in a new cbs series called bull based on dr phil mcgraw's pre-talk show days as a jury consultant according to the hollywood reporter weatherly told reporters attending the television critics association's press tour it came about at the right time i was burnt out by ncis and i was ready for a new challenge sometimes change is as good as a rest if there were any doubts that viewers would balk at watching weatherly playing a character who wasn't tony denozzo bull put them to rest in november 2020 the series returned for a fifth season jennifer esposito joined the cast of ncis in its 14th season playing special agent alex quinn but she didn't stick around for long shortly before the 15th season was set to go into production deadline broke the news that she decided to call it a day after just one season on the show apparently there was no drama behind her exit as she wrote on twitter she quote was not meant to be there long but happy i was however an interview she gave to power women tv may contain a clue to explain why she left i never felt completely at home as an actress i love acting but the business was just not something i loved i thought i was getting into a very creative field and it's really not i felt very unfulfilled since her exit esposito has remained a familiar on-screen face her post and cis credits have included the feature film's mob town and speed kills as well as recurring roles in aquafina is nora from queens the boys and law and order special victims unit according to deadline in 2020 she was cast in inventing anna a netflix series from grey's anatomy creator shonda rhimes sasha alexander was a part of the original ncis cast when the series made its cbs debut in 2003 however she wound up exiting after the second season when her character special agent caitlyn todd was killed off fans wondered why she didn't stick around as the show's popularity grew and series creator and then showrunner donald belisario explained what was going on behind the scenes that led her to be written off the show he told the chicago tribune why he persuaded cbs to release alexander from her contract sasha came in two days before i was to leave and with tears in her eyes she said i just can't work this hard alexander went on to further fame after ncis she co-starred with angie harmon in the hit cop drama rizzoli isles which ran for seven successful seasons subsequent tv work included shameless law order svu larry david's curb your enthusiasm and more yeah and you larry david jr you can go too after sasha alexander left ncis at the end of the show's second season lauren holly was cast in the new role of ncis director jenny shepard in a since-deleted blog post she wrote that she'd become quote bored with the role by the time her character was killed off holly continued to be in demand after her ncis experience starring in some made for tv movies before signing on to the canadian crime drama motive which ran from 2013 until 2016. the negative aspect of playing the series chief medical examiner dr betty rogers was that the show was filmed in vancouver while she and her family lived in toronto however as she told the canadian press producers were able to shoot her scenes on consecutive days allowing her to commute back home every few days after that holly landed guest starring roles on such series as lucifer and good witch and recurring roles on the tv drama's designated survivor tiny pretty things and the hallmark channel's haley dean mystery tv movies cast in the recurring role as probationary ncis agent ned dornijit in the show's ninth season matt jones quickly became a fan favorite appearing in a total of six episodes as tv line reported the character met an explosive end in the season 12 finale blown to smithereens by a bomb during a mission in cairo while dortajit's fate was grim jones's was not as he's gone on to find even greater success during the years he guest starred on ncis jones had racked up supporting roles on breaking bad and the office among others everyone was in the shower it's a cow shower so there's like a ton of people in there in 2018 jones finally stepped into a leading role starring in let's get physical a pop tv comedy set in the world of 1980s competitive aerobics in an interview with vulture he said my favorite thing about the show is that it's so stupid it's funny and there's nothing political about it it's just a comedy remember when comedy was just comedy that's what this is jones returned to cbs in 2019 when he joined the cast of sitcom bob hart's abby shielda while also voicing a role in the netflix animated comedy f is for family canadian actress jessica steen played special agent paula cassidy for the show's first four seasons sadly the character met her end in a season 4 episode when she sacrificed herself to save her fellow agents she told showbiz cheat sheet in 2020 it was an honor to be on that show it is a remarkable success it's just unbelievable because it was a little under the radar and then it just soared at year 10 to all these spin-offs it's kind of incredible she's remained busy in the years since her character's death although much of her work has been in her native land post ncis projects have included such canadian made series as republic of doyle and flashpoint her best known post ncis role however is in heartland a cbc drama set on a ranch in the canadian prairie which launched in 2007 sharing some of her favorite heartland moments the toronto native admitted that working on the show quote provided my first sort of experiences in this area in canada for the first two seasons of ncis gibbs and his team answered ten naval criminal investigative service director tom morrow played by new zealand-born actor alan dale the actor had previously played director marrow and jag the military legal drama from which ncis spun off in season 2 maru accepted the position of deputy secretary of homeland security with lauren hawley's jenny shepard taking over as director as the express pointed out dale has never publicly discussed the circumstances behind his exit from the show but it's been theorized that his character could have been written out in order to pave the way for holly's character as a potential love interest for gibbs in any case dale's entertainment career certainly didn't stall after he parted ways with ncis among his numerous gigs during the years that followed were recurring rules on 24 the oc ugly buddy lost entourage and as a bit of a departure the betty white led sitcom hot in cleveland in 2017 variety reported that dale had been cast in the cw's reboot of dynasty playing the butler to the wealthy carrington clan fans of ncis knew scottie thompson for her recurring role as dr jean benoit a fetching doctor who was being romanced by an undercover tony denozzo in order to get to her father infamous french arms dealer renee benoit portrayed on the show by armand assante she was last seen on ncis in 2016 and she's racked up plenty of tv roles in the meantime including recurring characters on 12th monkeys and graceland along with guest starring appearances on grey's anatomy the blacklist and more thompson made a return to the ncis universe in 2020 but not as jean benoit in the march 2020 ncis los angeles episode missing time thompson played dia agent sarah raines who is reticent about sharing what she knows with the la ncis team after her superior mysteriously vanished while investigating reports of a ufo sighting lisa lapira played the recurring role of agent michelle lee in 12 episodes of ncis between 2006 and 2008. since then she's remained busy as an actress racking up a mind-boggling array of rules and film and television on the big screen her credits include cloverfield fast and furious and repo men her television work has been far more extensive in addition to numerous guest starring roles on series ranging from dexter to power she's held recurring roles on several series including dollhouse don't trust the bee in apartment 23 and the netflix mini-series unbelievable most recently she became a series regular on the queen latifah starring crime drama the equalizer lepira also returned to the ncis franchise in a role other than michelle lee when she portrayed our aminta jax in a 2019 episode of ncis new orleans check out one of our newest videos right here plus even more list videos about your favorite stuff are coming soon subscribe to our youtube channel and hit the bell so you don't miss a single one

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Length: 13min 13sec (793 seconds)

Published: Mon May 03 2021