Pauley Perrette Talks HIV Activism In the New Issue of HIV Plus

With her gothy punk clothes and Bettie Page bangs, Pauley Perrette still looks a bit like the New York club scene bartender she once was—minus the white Mohawk that first attracted TV producers and modeling agents in the ’90s. 

Today, as Abby Sciuto, the forensic wunderkind with a heart of gold on CBS’s number 1 drama, NCIS, Perrette is one of television’s most popular actresses. She’s also one of the most active in support of HIV causes.  

HIV Plus magazine caught up with the New Orleans-born Perrette to talk about why activism is important, the role the church should play in HIV outreach, and what it was like to portray an HIV-positive woman on the silver screen.

Read the full interview here.