Heather Ann McComb (born March 2, 1977) is an American actress.
Career
McComb started acting at age two in a commercial for
Publisher's Clearing House
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It was founded in 1953 by Harold Mertz to replace door-to-door magazine subscription sales ...
. In 1989 she played the title character in
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five A ...
'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''. The show only lasted one season. When she appeared in the telefilm ''
Generation X'' in 1996, she became the first actress to portray the
X-Men character
Jubilee on screen. In 1997, McComb starred in the television series ''
Profiler'' as Frances Malone. The next year she joined the cast of ''
Party of Five'' in the part of Maggie.
Personal life
McComb was born in
Lakewood Township, and raised in
Barnegat Township, both in
Ocean County,
New Jersey. Her elder sister Jennifer Lynn McComb is also an actress.
On July 5, 2003, McComb married actor
James Van Der Beek
James William Van Der Beek (; born March 8, 1977) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery in the WB series ''Dawson's Creek'' and Johnny "Mox" Moxon in '' Varsity Blues'' (1999). He played a fictionalized version of hi ...
. They separated in April 2009, and on November 20, 2009, Van Der Beek filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized on March 31, 2010, and enforced on June 3, 2010.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from New Jersey
American child actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
People from Barnegat Township, New Jersey
People from Lakewood Township, New Jersey