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<font color=yellow>Lauren Lee Smith</font> (Riley Adams) is glad she was able to join <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> during the show's ninth season.<p>Smith has been acting for more than 15 years, but <I>CSI</I> is her biggest role yet. "This is the first opportunity that I've had to work on a network television series that is wildly popular," the actress told the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.bostonherald.com/">Boston Herald</a>. "It definitely opened up my eyes. It's amazing to have that sense of stability. I've never had that before."<p>"It's very nice," Smith continued. "Just getting to work with this group of people, I had no idea it could be this good. I really didn't. Everyone is so humble and grateful for their jobs, still after nine seasons. I think that's a good way to come to work."<p>The actress isn't sure why she got the role. "I'm very lucky," she revealed. "I don't know how it all came about. I sort of blinked and suddenly I'm here and living in L.A. on the No. 1 TV show. I just feel very, very blessed."<p>The character of Riley is still a bit of an enigma. "They've played with this whole idea of her being mysterious and always telling a different story about her background, which I like and which keeps the character very open," Smith explained. "Every episode I get, I'm like, 'Oh, this is what they're doing with her.' It keeps it more interesting for me personally not to know too much in advance."<p>The original interview is from the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/general/view/2009_03_11_\%E2\%80\%98Crime__recruit:_Newest_\%E2\%80\%98CSI__investigator_takes_center_stage/srvc=home&position=also">Boston Herald</a>.<center></center>
