Jessica Collins

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Jessica Collins (born April 1, 1971) is an American actress. Collins was born Jessica Lynn Capogna 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. She played Meredith Davies on the Fox Network's Tru Calling, and also Dinah Lee Mayberry on the ABC soap opera Loving. Collins portrayed Lauren in the upcoming Lionsgate thriller film Open House. She is currently portraying the role of attorney Avery Bailey Clark on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. On November 2, 1996, she married Robert Tyler, divorcing him in February 2002. On May 4, 2016, she married writer and producer Michael Cooney. She and Cooney have a daughter, born in January 2016. 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.