Donnabella Mortel Hits NCIS with Michael Weatherly, Mark Harmon, and Mimi Rogers
Actress Donnabella Mortel steps into the high-stakes world of America’s most-watched drama, joining the NCIS ensemble as a dedicated Navy corpsman working on the fly to keep a fallen agent alive.
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Donnabella Mortel — known to audiences from How to Get Away with Murder, Ray Donovan, and Jane the Virgin — brings her trademark intensity to the long-running CBS powerhouse NCIS. In the role of a Navy corpsman, she plays a frontline medical professional racing against the clock in one of the franchise’s most pivotal hours.
A Life Hanging in the Balance
Donnabella appears in “Stop the Bleeding,” the Season 13 premiere of NCIS, which first aired September 22, 2015. The episode picks up after team leader Leroy Jethro Gibbs — played by series anchor Mark Harmon — is shot and rushed aboard a Navy hospital ship, fighting for his life. As a corpsman in the thick of the emergency, Donnabella’s character is part of the effort to keep Gibbs breathing while the rest of the team hunts the people responsible.
“A dedicated Navy corpsman, working on the fly — fighting to save Gibbs’ life.”
Sharing the Frame with NCIS Royalty
The premiere placed Donnabella alongside some of the most recognizable names in network television:
Mark Harmon
As Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the steely heart of NCIS for more than a decade — and the agent whose survival drives the entire premiere.
Michael Weatherly
As Special Agent Anthony “Tony” DiNozzo, fan-favorite for thirteen seasons, who travels to Shanghai to bring down the terror network behind the attack on Gibbs.
Mimi Rogers
As CIA Officer Joanna Teague, a grieving mother turned operative who joins DiNozzo’s pursuit of the Calling.
It’s the kind of high-pressure ensemble work Donnabella has built a career on — slipping into a procedural with decades of history and making the moment count opposite seasoned series leads.
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An award-winning narrator, actress, and producer, Donnabella continues to add to a body of work spanning network drama, independent film, and audiobook performance. Her credits include How to Get Away with Murder, The Young and the Restless, Jane the Virgin, Ray Donovan, and NCIS.
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