  jessica collins (born jessica lynn capogna; april 1, 1971) is an american actress. she is best known for portraying dinah lee mayberry on the abc soap opera loving and avery bailey clark on the cbs soap opera the young and the restless. she also starred as meredith davies on fox's tru calling, and appeared in recurring and guest roles in many other shows. ==early life== collins was born 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. collins later attended london's royal national theatre studio and the howard fine acting studio in los angeles. ==career== collins starred in abc daytime soap opera loving as dinah lee mayberry from 1991 to 1994. after leaving daytime, collins appeared in films like leprechaun 4: in space (1996), best of the best: without warning (1998), and beautiful (2000), and guest-starred in primetime shows such as lois & clark: the new adventures of superman, star trek: voyager, beverly hills 90210, and dawson's creek. collins played meredith davies on the fox network's tru calling from 2003 to 2004. she had a major recurring role in the nbc period drama, american dreams, and later appeared in the short-lived series unscripted and scoundrels. she also starred in the short-lived abc comedy-drama big shots from 2007 to 2008. in film, collins played roles in ritual (2002), catch me if you can (2002), dirty love (2005), live! (2007), and open house (2010).lionsgate hosts open house in august her other television credits include csi: crime scene investigation, two and a half men, nip/tuck, it's always sunny in philadelphia, and ncis. in 2011, collins returned to soaps with a role as avery bailey clark on 
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