Pauley Perrette / Abby Sciuto / NCIS

Okay I have seen Abby getting a lot of hate online, but I like her.
I can't really imagine an episode of NCIS without the "perky Goth".

The lady behind the character of Abby is Pauley Perrette.
Pauley was born on March 27, 1969 in (appropriately enough for Abby) New Orleans, Louisiana.
But even though being born in The Big Easy, she has lived in lived in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles.
Besides NCIS, Pauley has appeared on Frasier, The Drew Carey Show, Dawson's Creek, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (not as Abby though) and JAG (as Abby).

Like I said, I love her character on NCIS.
She's one of a rare breed on TV these days.
A really good person.

I like the counterpoint.
Abby, would put people off at first glance with her dark clothes, spikes, music, sleeping in a coffin....
But people that get to know her see that she's compassionate, loyal, protective and honest to a fault.
Even when she has to trick or lie to someone for the greater good, she feels guilty.

And like Cote de Pablo, Pauley has a track on NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack.

Cote de Pablo / Ziva David / NCIS

Chilean-American actress and recording artist Cote de Pablo plays Israeli Mossad Liaison Officer Ziva David on the CBS drama NCIS.
A Chilean born actress playing an Israeli character on an American show.
Who says TV isn't diverse?

Cote's character on NCIS is amazing.
Ziva was introduced to the series in the third season premiere, and became a regular cast member in the episode "Silver War".
I like Ziva because even though this lady could be portrayed as a killing machine, they give her very human weaknesses.
Like the fact that Ziva can speak at least seven languages fluently, but has trouble with American slang.
And of course Ziva's running battles with Tony DiNozzo help make the show.
And even though CBS lists the show as Drama, Ziva and Tony help to make it one of the funniest shows on TV.
To me at least.

Cote has a song, Tom Waits's song "Temptation", on NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack
(which I really like).

Bianca Kajlich / Jennifer / Rules of Engagement

Bianca Kajlich plays Jennifer (no last name), the fiancee of Adam Rhodes, on the CBS TV show Rules of Engagement.
Bianca was born on March 26, 1977 in Seattle, Washington.
Her father is Slovakian, and her mother is an Italian American.

Besides Rules of Engagement, Bianca has appeared on TV in Boston Public, as Lisa Grier, Dawson's Creek, as Natasha Kelly and USA's "Psych".
In movies she has appeared in Bring It On, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Halloween: Resurrection.

Dania Ramirez / Maya Herrera / Heroes

You think you have problems?
Look at Maya Herrera.
At least when you get upset, everyone in the area doesn't die.

Maya could create a fast-acting and fatal poison in anyone near her when she got emotional.
So I guess that made her the "Anti-Emo".

Maya learned to control her ability with the help of Sylar, but then that was rendered pointless when Arthur Petrelli relieved her of her burden.

The actress that played Maya was Dania Ramirez.
Dania was born on November 8, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Maya wasn't her only super powered role.
She was a potential slayer (Caridad) in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" and she played Callisto in "X-Men: The Last Stand".
Dania also appeared in the sixth season of The Sopranos as Blanca Selgado.

Ali Larter / Niki Sanders/ Tracy Strauss / Heroes

Nikki Sanders

Ali Larter has appeared on the television series Heroes as not one, but two different characters.
Well almost three.
Ali started out as Nicole "Niki" Sanders and "Jessica".
And oh yeah.."Gina", so I guess that makes four....
Anyway, Nikki suffered from split personalities. Jessica (the one with all the powers) emerged first and Gina was shown in the Heroes episode "Four Months Ago...".
Nikki/Jessica possessed enhanced strength and increased physical durability.
And Jessica possessed a mean streak a mile wide.

Jessica Sanders

Unlike most of the other Heroes, Nikki was given her powers by Dr. Zimmerman.
Nikki's final episode was "Powerless".

Tracy Strauss

And that leads us to Tracy Strauss, Tracy is the triplet sister of Nikki.
Triplet?
Okay...there's another sister Barbara.
So that brings Ali up to five roles.
That's assuming Barbara and Tracy don't have split personalities.

Anyway, Tracy has the ability to freeze anything that she touches.
Or in fancier terms,she can reduce the kinetic energy of atoms and thus reduce temperature.

And if the writers ever get tired of Tracy, they always have Barbara.....
She hasn't been shown physically on the series (that we know of).
But there is a really good discussion page at http://heroeswiki.com/Theory:Barbara with fan theories about Barbara.

Tawny Cypress / Simone Deveaux / Heroes

Simone Deveaux was a character from the first season of the NBC TV series Heroes.
She was played by Tawny Cypress.

Simone was the romantic interest/ art dealer of the pre-cog painter Isaac Mendez.
And she was part of the love triangle involving her, Issac and Peter Petrelli.
Simone had problems with Issac because of his behavior, and him claiming to be able to paint the future.
Their issues never really got resolved because she was gunned down by Issac, who was shooting at an invisible Peter.
Even though she was taken out by a stray bullet, she did show back up in the first season's finale, "How to Stop an Exploding Man", in a flashback role.

The character of Simone Deveaux was originally a bohemian white woman named Stella. But when Ali Larter got the role of Niki Sanders, the character of Stella was changed from a bohemian to an art dealer, her name was changed to Simone Deveaux and Tawny stepped into the role.

Interestingly, Tawny's older brother Toby Cypress is a comic book artist ( he graduated from The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon, and Graphic Art in 1997).
He was the artist on Batman: Gotham Knights (2000), Batman/Nightwing: Bloodborne (2002) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: N-Vector (2000) among others.
You can visit his blog here:
http://tobycypress.blogspot.com/

Besides Heroes, Tawny has appeared in "All My Children", "Rescue Me", "K-Ville" and "Army Wives".