Wendy Simms

Wendy Simms
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation character
First appearance	"Secrets and Flies"
Last appearance	"Pool Shark"
Portrayed by	Liz Vassey
City	Las Vegas San Francisco
Information
Occupation	Lab Technician
Rank	DNA Technician
Duration	2005-2010
Seasons	6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Wendy Simms is a fictional character from the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by Liz Vassey. She first appeared in the sixth season episode "Secrets and Flies", broadcast on November 3, 2005.

Vassey appeared on a recurring basis until the tenth season when she was promoted to series regular. She was also added to the opening credits. On June 1, 2010, Michael Ausiello from Entertainment Weekly reported that Vassey's contract option had not been picked up and she would be leaving CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Vassey's departure came at a time when several of the show's actors negotiated their own contracts and Ausiello thought this might be a sign of a big cast shake-up.

In 2009, Vassey expressed her interest in having her character go out into the field, after Wendy accompanied Raymond Langston (Laurence Fishburne) to a crime scene in the episode "Kill Me If You Can". Vassey enjoyed shooting outside in the sun instead of in the lab. She also enjoyed working with John Schneider who appeared in the episode. Vassey thought things were moving in the direction of Wendy being in the field more when she was sent to Las Vegas to do a ride-along and watch an autopsy.

Wendy developed feelings for David Hodges (Wallace Langham), who worked in the lab with her. Vassey said Wendy liked Hodges because she could see something else in him, rather than the "suck-up" everyone else saw. She commented "I think these two characters work well together because it doesn't quite make sense, but it doesn't make sense in all the right ways. It makes me root for them." Langham believed that Wendy's feelings were reciprocated by Hodges and that she was just waiting for him to realise and "take some action." Langham told TV Guide's Tim Molloy that his character was also going wrong when it came to making a move on Wendy, as he was not sure of the right thing to say to her. In "A Space Oddity" (2009), Wendy and Hodges become closer and Langham stated that it would be the closest they get for a while without anything happening.

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