According to Entertainment Weekly, a 2013 episode of “NCIS” delved into the origins of Abby Sciuto’s passion for forensic science, featuring flashback scenes of her as a young child.
If the actress playing the younger version of Pauley Perrette’s character, Brighton Sharbino, looked familiar, it’s because she also portrayed Lizzie Samuels, the eerie, zombie-obsessed child from “The Walking Dead.” In one of the show’s most emotional scenes, Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) tells Lizzie to “just look at the flowers” before tragically ending the dangerous girl’s life.
While Sharbino began her acting career at a young age, Perrette took a bit longer to discover her true calling.