Emmy Award-winning actress Jessica Collins is known for a variety of dramatic and comedic roles in film and television including Catch Me If You Can, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Tru Calling. She is an American actress of Italian, Irish, French, Polish and English ancestry, and was born in Schenectady, New York. At 18, she moved to New York City to pursue an acting career, landing work right away in national commercials and television and would later study at the prestigious Royal National Theatre in London. Jessica is also professional chef, graduating with highest honors from the acclaimed cooking school, Le Cordon Bleu. She has been married to writer/director Michael Cooney since May 4th, 2016. They have one daughter, Jemma Kate Collins Cooney.
Jessica Collins
Movies
Heroine
Tru Davies, a medical grad student in Boston whose grant is suddenly pulled out from under her, takes a job at a local morgue. There, she discovers that she has the power to “re-live” the previous day over again to help the people who wrongly ended up dead. She uses…
Fun Facts
In 1988 was first runner-up in Miss Teen USA Pageant.
Attended the Royal National Theatre Studio in London and The Howard Fine Actor's Studio in Los Angeles.
Graduated with honors from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in 2009.
On May 4, 2016, married her partner of a year-and-a half, Michael Cooney. The couple have been in a relationship since December 2014 and have a daughter, Jemma Kate Collins Cooney (b. January 23, 2016). She was 44 at the time of her daughter's birth.
Is a published food writer for numerous magazines, and has made multiple television appearances as guest chef on such shows as The Talk (2010) and Home & Family (1996).
Is the oldest of five children, including brothers Chad and Zachary Capogna, who are fraternal twins, a brother Justin Capogna and one sister Olivia Capogna.