Pierce attended UCLA and after graduating landed roles on series like CSI: NY and recurring roles on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. She has also appeared in Desperate Housewives, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, and Rules of Engagement, among others. She also had a small role on the 2007 blockbuster Transformers.
In 2009, she starred on the Rules of Engagement-episode 'Jeff's New Friend' as 'Amanda', Russell's new girlfriend. The problem: Russell sees a photo of her mother, with whom he had a 'one night stand.' He doesn't know if Amanda is his daughter until he gets the results of the DNA test back.
On March 2, 2010, Pierce made her debut as a recurring character on CBS’s show NCIS, playing the girlfriend (later fiancée and now wife) of series co-star Brian Dietzen’s character Jimmy Palmer.
Pierce also has a role in the 2013 horror film The Monkey's Paw. The film is based on the W.W. Jacobs short story, and also stars Stephen Lang, C.J. Thomason, Corbin Bleu, and Charles S. Dutton. The film was released in theaters and on demand on October 8, 2013.
