Editing Heather McComb

{{short description|American actress}}
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{{BLP sources|date=March 2013}}
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| years_active = 1989–present
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'''Heather McComb''' (born 2 March 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Maggie on ''[[Party of Five]]'' (1998–1999) and Frances Malone in ''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]'' (1997–1998).

==Career==
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McComb started acting at age two in a commercial for [[Publisher's Clearing House]]. In 1989, she played the title character in [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s segment, "Life Without Zoë", of the anthology film ''[[New York Stories]]''. She played the part of Scout on the 1990 television program ''[[The Outsiders (American TV series)|The Outsiders]]''. The show only lasted one season. When she appeared in the telefilm ''[[Generation X (film)|Generation X]]'' in 1996, she became the first actress to portray the [[X-Men]] character [[Jubilee (comics)|Jubilee]] on screen. In 1997, McComb starred in the television series ''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]'' as Frances Malone. The next year she joined the cast of ''[[Party of Five]]'' in the part of Maggie.

==Personal life==
[[McComb (surname)|McComb]] was born in [[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood Township]], and raised in [[Barnegat Township, New Jersey|Barnegat Township]], both in [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean County]], [[New Jersey]]. Her elder sister Jennifer Lynn McComb is also an actress.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}} 

On July 5, 2003, McComb married actor [[James Van Der Beek]]. They separated in April 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/james-van-der-beek-wife-split-200996|title=James Van Der Beek, Wife Split|work=Us Magazine|date=June 9, 2009|access-date=March 15, 2011}}</ref> and on November 20, 2009, Van Der Beek filed for divorce.<ref>{{cite news|first=Adam|last=Bryant|title=James Van Der Beek Files for Divorce| url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/vander-beek-divorce-1012355/|work=TVGuide}}</ref> The divorce was finalized on March 31, 2010.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/03/31/james-van-der-beek-divorce-settlement/|title= James Van Der Beek reaches divorce settlement with ex|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Kate|last=Ward|date=March 31, 2010|access-date=November 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808023900/http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/03/31/james-van-der-beek-divorce-settlement/|archive-date=August 8, 2012}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row"| 1989
| ''[[New York Stories]]''
| Zoe
|
|-
! scope="row"| 1991
| ''[[Kickboxer 2: The Road Back]]''
| Jo
| 
|-
! scope="row"| 1992
| ''[[Stay Tuned (film)|Stay Tuned]]''
| Diane Knable
| 
|-
! scope="row"| 1993
|''[[Beethoven's 2nd (film)|Beethoven's 2nd]]'' 
|Michelle
|
|-
! scope="row"| 1996
| ''God's Lonely Man''
| Christine Birch
| 
|-
! scope="row"| 1996
| ''[[No One Would Tell (1996 film)|No One Would Tell]]''
| Nicki
| [[Television film]]
|-
! scope="row"| 1996
| ''[[Generation X (film)|Generation X]]''
| [[Jubilee (comics)|Jubilation Lee/Jubilee]]
|  
|-
! scope="row"| 1998
|''Wild Horses''
|Autumn
|
|-
! scope="row"| 1999
|''[[Freak Talks About Sex]]''
| Nichole
|
|-
! scope="row"| 1999
|''[[The Joyriders]]''
|Crystal
|
|-
! scope="row"| 1999
|''2 Little, 2 Late'' 
|Holly Shannon
|
|-
! scope="row"| 1999
|''[[Anywhere but Here (film)|Anywhere but Here]]'' 
|Janice Pearlman
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2000
|''[[If These Walls Could Talk 2]]'' 
|Diane
|Television film
|-
! scope="row"| 2001
|''[[Don's Plum]]''
|Constance
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2001
|''Nice Guys Finish Last''
|Suzie
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2002
|''Devious Beings''
|Jodie
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2002
|''Artie''
|Emily Miller
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2003
|''[[All the Real Girls]]''
|Mary-Margaret
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2006
|''Steel City''
|Lucy James
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2008
|''[[Ocean of Pearls]]''
|Susan Clark 
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2008
|''[[Chasing the Green]]''
|Lynn
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2008
|''[[Shark Swarm]]''
|Amy Zuckerman
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2009
|''[[2012: Supernova]]''
|Laura
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2011
|''Cornered''
|Jannete 
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2012
|''Pretty Bad Actress''
|Gloria
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2012
|''Paranormal Abduction''
|Rebekah
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2015
|''[[Battle Scars (film)|Battle Scars]]''
|Michelle 
|Also producer
|-
! scope="row"| 2016
|''[[Silver Skies]]''
|Francine
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2016
|''Day of Reckoning''
|Laura
|Television film
|-
! scope="row"| 2017
|''Girl Followed''
|Abby
|Television film
|-
! scope="row"| 2017
|''Sweet Home Carolina''
|Diane
|Television film
|-
! scope="row"| 2018
|''A Stolen Life'' (''Deadly Lessons'')
|Beth
|Television film
|-
! scope="row"| 2019
|''Seduced by a Killer''
|Nancy
|Television film
|-
! scope="row"| 2019
|''[[Most Likely to Murder]]''
|Laura
|Television film
|-
! scope="row"| 2019
|''Manipulated''
|Sara
|
|-
! scope="row"| 2020
|''Forgotten Abduction''
|Lena
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
|''Shooting Star''
|Mary
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
|''Heirlooms''
|Laura Russell 
|
|-2020 "Mommy is a Murderer" played Lena
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" |1990
|''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]''
|Cindy
|Episode: "Crossing the Line"
|-
! scope="row" |1990
|''[[The Outsiders (American TV series)|The Outsiders]]'' 
|Belinda "Scout" Jenkins 
|8 episodes
|-
!scope="row" |1990
|''[[Thirtysomething]]''
|Melodie Kline
|Episode: "Happy New Year"
|-
!scope="row" |1991
|''[[Midnight Caller]]''
|Katherine Marino
|Episode: "That's Amoré"
|-
!scope="row" |1991
|''[[Who's The Boss]]''
|Patricia 
|Episode: "Days of Blunder"
|-
!scope="row" |1991
|''[[The Wonder Years]]''
|Cindy
|Episode: "Full Moon Rising"
|-
!scope="row" |1994
|''[[Grace Under Fire]]'' 
|Julia Shirley
|Episode: "Dear Grace"
|-
!scope="row" |1994
|''[[Sirens (1993 TV series)|Sirens]]'' 
|Laura Downey 
|Episode: "Guns, Bombs and Fantasies"
|-
!scope="row" |1995
|''[[Chicago Hope]]''
|Mellisa Connell
|Episode: "Great White Hope"
|-
!scope="row" |1995
|''[[The X Files]]''
|Shannon Asbury
|Episode: "[[Die Hand Die Verletzt]]"
|-
!scope="row" |1995
|''[[Weird Science (TV series)|Weird Science]]''
|Tori
|Episode: "Quantum Wyatt"
|-
!scope="row" |1996
|''[[Due South]]''
|Celine
|Episode: "Some Like It Red"
|-
!scope="row" |1996
|''[[Boston Common (TV series)|Boston Common]]''
|Meredith
|Episode: "Conspiracy of Dunces"
|-
!scope="row" |1996
|''[[Townies]]''
|Stacy
|Episode: "It's Go Time"
|-
!scope="row" |1997
|''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]''
|Maddie Haskell
|Episode: "[[The Wild and the Innocent (Millennium)|The Wild and the Innocent]]"
|-
!scope="row" |1997
| ''[[Cracker (American TV series)|Cracker]]''
|Dee Dee Wilder
|Episode: "An American Dream"
|-
! scope="row" |1997&ndash;1998
|''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]''
|Frances Malone
|17 episodes
|-
!scope="row" |1999
| ''[[The Practice]]''
|Lynette Hayes
|Episode: "Crossfire"
|-
! scope="row" |1998&ndash;1999
|''[[Party of Five]]''
|Maggie 
|11 episodes
|-
! scope="row" |2001
|''[[NYPD Blue]]''
|Molly
|Episode: "Dying to Testify"
|-
! scope="row" |2001
|''[[The Guardian (TV series)|The Guardian]]''
|Dina Jameson
|Episode: "Indian Summer"
|-
! scope="row" |2002
|''[[Strong Medicine]]''
|Cecilia "Cissy"
|Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
|-
! scope="row" |2002
|''[[CSI: Miami]]''
|Ginny Taylor
|Episode: "A Horrible Mind"
|-
! scope="row" |2003
|''[[The Handler (TV series)|The Handler]]''
|Jackie
|Episode: "Body of Evidence"
|-
! scope="row" |2005
|''[[Crossing Jordan]]'' 
|Kate
|Episode: "Gray Murders"
|-
! scope="row" |2005
|''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
|Annabelle Frost
|Episode: "Spark of Life"
|-
! scope="row" |2005
|''[[The Inside (TV series)|The Inside]]''
|Holly Lynn Krandall
|Episode: "Declawed"
|-
! scope="row" |2005
|''[[Killer Instinct]]''
|Sarah Miller
|Episode: "Five Easy Pieces"
|-
! scope="row" |2005
|''[[CSI: NY]]''
|Heather Davison
|Episode: "Bad Beat"
|-
! scope="row" |2006
|''[[Without a Trace]]''
|Meghan Sullivan
|Episode: "Expectations"
|-
! scope="row" |2007
|''[[Shark (American TV series)|Shark]]''
|Janet Butler
|Episode: "Wayne's World"
|-
! scope="row" |2008
|''[[Prison Break]]''
|Rita Morgan
|4 episodes
|-
! scope="row" |2010
|''[[Drop Dead Diva]]''
|Caitlin Tanner
|Episode: "The Long Road to Napa"
|-
! scope="row" |2010
|''[[The Event]]''
|FBI Agent Angela Collier
|7 episodes
|-
! scope="row" |2011
|''[[The Mentalist]]''
|Peregrine Hartley
|Episode: "The Red Mile"
|-
! scope="row" |2011
|''[[Memphis Beat]]''
|Lisa
|Episode: "Lost"
|-
! scope="row" |2011
|''[[House M.D.]]''
|Theresa
|Episode: "[[Transplant (House)|Transplant]]"
|-
! scope="row" |2013
|''[[Body of Proof]]''
|Mandy Wells
|Episode: "Dark City"
|-
! scope="row" |2013
|''[[Rizzoli & Isles]]''
|Leslie Cabot
|Episode: "Partners in Crime"
|-
! scope="row" |2014
|''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' 
|Erika Stamp
|Episode: "The Ghost in the Killer"
|-
! scope="row" |2014
|''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]'' 
|Wendy
|Episode: "[[Emily (Shameless)|Emily]]"
|-
! scope="row" |2014
|''[[Ray Donovan]]''
|Patty 
|4 episodes
|-
! scope="row" |2015
|''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'' 
|Nicole Morris
|Episode: "Castle, P.I."
|-
! scope="row" |2015
|''[[CSI: Cyber]]'' 
|Elaine
|Episode: "The Evil Twin"
|-
! scope="row" |2019
|''[[The Rookie (TV series)|The Rookie]]'' 
|Marilyn
|Episode: "Caught Stealing"
|-
! scope="row" |2020
|''[[Station 19]]''
|Rachel Burke
|Episode: "Into the Woods"
|-
! scope="row" |2020
|''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' 
|Rachel Burke
|Episode: "A Diagnosis"
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0566187}}
* {{Twitter}}

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