# Heather McComb

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 (1997–1998).

## Career

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. 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. They separated in April 2009, and on November 20, 2009, Van Der Beek filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized on March 31, 2010.

## Filmography
### Film

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

### Television

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