Jessica Ann Collins

Jessica Collins (born Jessica Lynn Capogna; April 1, 1971) is an American actress known for her roles in soap operas and television shows. She gained recognition for portraying Dinah Lee Mayberry in the ABC soap opera Loving from 1991 to 1994, and later won a Daytime Emmy for her role as Avery Bailey Clark in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2011 to 2015. Collins has also appeared in various other shows, including a starring role as Meredith Davies in Fox's Tru Calling. Outside of television, she has acted in films such as Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996), Best of the Best: Without Warning (1998), and Beautiful (2000). Collins attended Amsterdam High School in New York and studied acting at London's Royal National Theatre Studio and the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Los Angeles.