<Dd> Played by Britney Spears ; appears in `` Ten Sessions '' and `` Everything Must Go '' . Abby is Stella 's receptionist . Very energetic and scatterbrained , she developed an obsessive crush on Ted while he was pursuing Stella . Barney ended up sleeping with her . It was announced Spears would appear on the show in March 2008 ; most critics complimented her acting in `` Ten Sessions '' , with Segel noting that she improvised a few `` really good '' lines . However , her scenes in `` Everything Must Go '' were described as `` rushed and awkward '' , and her character as `` silly '' . An article in Bustle ranked her top in a list of guest stars on How I Met Your Mother . </Dd>
<Dd> Played by Britney Spears ; appears in `` Ten Sessions '' and `` Everything Must Go '' . Abby is Stella 's receptionist . Very energetic and scatterbrained , she developed an obsessive crush on Ted while he was pursuing Stella . Barney ended up sleeping with her . It was announced Spears would appear on the show in March 2008 ; most critics complimented her acting in `` Ten Sessions '' , with Segel noting that she improvised a few `` really good '' lines . However , her scenes in `` Everything Must Go '' were described as `` rushed and awkward '' , and her character as `` silly '' . An article in Bustle ranked her top in a list of guest stars on How I Met Your Mother . </Dd>
who plays the receptionist in how i met your mother
who plays the receptionist in how i met your mother
Britney Spears
Britney Spears