Emily Wickersham (born April 26, 1984) is an American actress best known for her role as NCIS Special Agent
Eleanor Bishop on ''
NCIS''.
Early life
Wickersham has Austrian and Swedish (Värmland) ancestry. She was born in
Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
but grew up in
Mamaroneck, New York
Mamaroneck ( ), is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, New York (state), New York, United States.
The population was 31,758 at the 2020 United States census over 29,156 at the 2 ...
.
She attended
Muhlenberg College
Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg College is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is named for Henry Muhlenberg, the German pat ...
for two years before dropping out.
Career
In 2013, prior to the departure of actress
Cote de Pablo
María José de Pablo Fernández, known professionally as Coté de Pablo, is a Chilean-American actress and singer. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of 10, where she studied acting.
De Pablo co-hosted episode ...
, Wickersham was cast as
NSA Analyst Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop in a three-episode arc starting from
Season 11 of ''
NCIS'', starting November 19, 2013, on
CBS. She was subsequently promoted to series regular, and her character officially became an NCIS Special Agent.
Following the conclusion of the show's 18th season on May 26, 2021, Wickersham confirmed her departure from the show after eight years via Instagram.
Wickersham has also appeared in the feature film ''
Gone'' and has made a number of guest appearances on television.
Personal life
She married musician Blake Hanley on November 23, 2010, on Little Palm Island in the
Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are a coral island, coral cay archipelago off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami a ...
. They divorced in December 2018. In 2021, she had a son with her partner,
James Badge Dale. They married in September 2024. In October 2024, they had their second child.
Her great-grandfather was the football player
Isadore Anderson.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century American actresses
American television actresses
Actresses from New York (state)
American people of Austrian descent
American people of Swedish descent
Mamaroneck High School alumni
People from Mamaroneck, New York
Actresses from Kansas
Year of birth missing (living people)