The Truth About The Girl Who Replaced Pauley Perrette On NCIS

Diona Reasonover is a champion for smashing stereotypes. She successfully transitioned from comedy to drama with her starring role on NCIS, and her career as a multi-talented writer and performer is only just getting started. Reasonover has always been open about her sexuality, which has translated into her TV roles as well. In an interview with AfterEllen, she described her character Charmaine on the TBS show Clipped as "a lesbian's lesbian." She further explained her connection to her Clipped role to Bustle by saying, "I think it's so interesting in a way getting to play this character who is a queer person of color, and I am a queer person of color." In an interview with TheBlot Magazine, Reasonover talked about growing up queer, revealing that her family was not "super supportive" of her sexuality. However, she got some closure while starring in Clipped alongside George Wendt of Cheers fame. As she explained, "The fact that one of my father's idols is playing a queer character in an interracial relationship, and I'm a queer person in an interracial relationship, it's like we're practically the same person." Reasonever was likely referring to her future wife, writer and actress Patricia Villetto, whom she married in 2018. Watch the video for The Truth About The Girl Who Replaced Pauley Perrette On NCIS. #NCIS #DionaReasonover #PauleyPerrette LGBTQ representation | 0:16 Auditioning on crutches | 1:16 Joking her way onto TV | 2:04 A non-scientific scientist | 2:57 Improv background | 3:55