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Jessica Collins
Collins in 2013
Born	Jessica Lynn Capogna (1971-04-01) April 1, 1971 (age 53) Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Spouses	Robert Tyler ​ ​(m. 1996; div. 2002)​ Michael Cooney ​(m. 2016)​
Children	1

Jessica Collins (born Jessica Lynn Capogna; April 1, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Dinah Lee Mayberry on the ABC soap opera Loving (1991–1994) and Avery Bailey Clark on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (2011–2015), for which she won a Daytime Emmy. She also starred as Meredith Davies on Fox's Tru Calling, and appeared in recurring and guest roles in many other shows.

Early life

Collins was born in Schenectady, New York. She attended Amsterdam High School in Amsterdam, New York. In 1988, she won the title Miss New York Teen USA and was the first runner-up for the Miss Teen USA Pageant in that same year. Collins later attended London's Royal National Theatre Studio and the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Los Angeles.

Career

Collins starred in ABC daytime soap opera Loving as Dinah Lee Mayberry from 1991 to 1994. After leaving daytime, Collins appeared in the films Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996), Best of the Best: Without Warning (1998), and Beautiful (2000), and guest-starred in primetime shows such as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Star Trek: Voyager, Beverly Hills 90210, and Dawson's Creek.

Collins played Meredith Davies on the Fox Network's Tru Calling from 2003 to 2004. She had a major recurring role in the NBC period drama, American Dreams, and later appeared in the short-lived series Unscripted and Scoundrels. She also starred in the short-lived ABC comedy-drama Big Shots from 2007 to 2008. In film, Collins played roles in Ritual (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Dirty Love (2005), Live! (2007), and Open House (2010). Her other television credits include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Two and a Half Men, Nip/Tuck, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and NCIS.

In 2011, Collins returned to soaps with a role as Avery Bailey Clark on CBS's The Young and the Restless. In 2013 and 2016, she was nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role, winning in 2016. In May 2015, Soap Opera Digest reported that Collins was leaving the show, with Avery's last appearance airing on July 21, 2015.

Collins guest-starred on 9-1-1 and Grey's Anatomy and in 2019 starred in an episode entitled "Cracker Jack" of the Netflix anthology series, Dolly Parton's Heartstrings. In 2021, she began starring in the Apple TV+ comedy series, Acapulco.

Personal life

Collins married Robert Tyler, her co-star from Loving, on November 11, 1996. The couple divorced February 15, 2002, citing irreconcilable differences.

On May 4, 2016, she married writer and producer Michael Cooney. She and Cooney have a daughter, born in January 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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6. Mitovich, Matt Webb (May 1, 2016) "2016 Daytime Emmy Winners List". 2 May 2016. Tvline.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016
7. "Jessica Collins Off Y&R". Soap Opera Digest. American Media. March 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
8. Porter, Rick (2019-02-11). "Dolly Parton's Heartstrings: All The Details On The Netflix Series". Hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
9. "Jessica Collins Married". Soapoperadigest.com. 4 May 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
10. Young, Candace (May 5, 2016). "Jessica Collins Marries Michael Cooney". Soaps.sheknows.com. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
11. Pollier, Bobby (January 28, 2016). "Jessica Collins Gives Birth To Baby Girl". Heavy.com. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
12. Iannucci, Rebecca (February 11, 2019). "Sarah Shahi, Scandal's Bellamy Young, thirtysomething Alums and More Join Netflix's Dolly Parton Anthology". TVLine.
13. "The 40th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations". New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. May 1, 2013. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
14. "Daytime Emmy Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. New York City: Prometheus Global Media. May 1, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
15. "The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 24, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.

External links

• Jessica Collins at IMDb
• Jessica Collins on Facebook
• Jessica Collins Archived 2015-10-22 at the Wayback Machine at TV.com Archived 2019-04-12 at the Wayback Machine

• 1971 births
• American television actresses
• American film actresses
• 20th-century Miss Teen USA delegates
• American people of Italian descent
• Actors from Schenectady, New York
• Living people
• Actresses from New York (state)
• American soap opera actresses
• 20th-century American actresses
• 21st-century American actresses
• Daytime Emmy Award winners
• Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winners