Emily Wickersham (born April 26, 1984)[1] is an American actress best known for her role as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor Bishop on NCIS.

[2] Wickersham has Austrian and Swedish (Värmland) ancestry.

[5] In 2013, prior to the departure of actress Cote de Pablo, 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.

She married musician Blake Hanley on November 23, 2010,[9][10][11] on Little Palm Island in the Florida Keys.