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Renée Felice Smith joined "NCIS: Los Angeles" in Season 2, and remained on the series all the way through the end of Season 12 in 2021. Her character, the highly likable, Nell Jones, was a special agent and intelligence analyst who nearly became her agency's operations manager if she hadn't turned down the job in order to join the tech world in Tokyo.

According to Express, Smith and her long-time partner, Chris Gabriel, first met decades ago, in elementary school. The longtime friends-turned-lovers collaborated on many projects, including the 2017 indie flick "The Relationtrip." Smith and Gabriel wrote, directed, and produced the film together, in which Smith stars, while Gabriel also performed and composed the music. Gabriel also wrote music for Smith's short films, including "Pivot," "Go Fish," and "Young(ish)." The personal and professional partners don't have children, but they do have a dog named Hugo, according to a LinkedIn interview, whose recovery from a severe sickness inspired their 2021 children's book, "Hugo and the Impossible Thing."

In a ranging profile with Behind The Audio, Gabriel shared that enjoys composing music for commercials, plays, and charitable projects as well. He also revealed that driving force behind all of his work is to "help somebody have a positive experience or feel joy or excitement." He continued, "There is just something really special about adding to somebody's experience in an uplifting way or helping make somebody laugh."

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