{"id":1445,"date":"2025-01-09T18:32:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2025-01-09T18:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:32:27","slug":"the-real-reason-this-ncis-character-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=1445","title":{"rendered":"The Real Reason This NCIS Character Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-1093\" class=\"post-1093 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ncis\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Emily Wickersham, best known for her role as Ellie Bishop on\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>NCIS: New Orleans<\/em>, has built a net worth of $6 million. Born on April 26, 1984, she initially studied painting at Muhlenberg College before deciding to pursue a career in acting. Her early career included small roles, but she gained recognition for performances in\u00a0<em>I Am Number 4<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Sopranos<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Wickersham joined\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0in 2013, where she appeared in 173 episodes as Ellie Bishop. During her time on the show, she earned around $100,000 per episode, which played a significant role in growing her wealth. Fans have since called for a spin-off focused on her character.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of her acting career, Wickersham married musician Blake Hanley in 2010 but divorced in 2018. She later had a son, Cassius, with her partner James Badge Dale in 2021. Despite the challenges, she has maintained a luxurious lifestyle, including owning a stunning $20 million Spanish-style villa in Los Feliz.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1446\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736447470549-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736447470549-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736447470549-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_1736447470549.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Wickersham, best known for her role as Ellie Bishop on\u00a0NCIS\u00a0and\u00a0NCIS: New Orleans, has built a net worth of $6 million. Born on April 26, 1984, she&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1447,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions\/1447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}