Zoe McLellan

Zoe McLellan born November 6 1974 is an American actress known for roles in JAG Dirty Sexy Money NCIS New Orleans and Designated Survivor McLellan was born in La Jolla California and raised in Washington In 1992 she was homecoming queen at South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard Washington In 1995 she began her career on television appearing over the next five years on episodes of Sliders Diagnosis Murder and Star Trek Voyager In 2000 McLellan had her first major movie role in the fantasy film Dungeons Dragons In 2001 McLellan joined the cast of CBS procedural JAG in a recurring role as Navy Petty Officer Jennifer Coates For the final season of the show she was elevated to series regular After the series ended McLellan was cast as the wife of Peter Krauses character in the ABC soapy comedydrama series Dirty Sexy Money The series was canceled after two seasons in 2009 McLellan later gueststarred on House and The Mentalist and also had roles in Lifetime TV movies In 2014 she began playing the female leading role in the CBS procedural drama NCIS New Orleans In July 2016 it was reported that she would not return for season three In 2017 McLellan was cast in a series regular role in the second season of ABCs Designated Survivor as White House Counsel Kendra Daynes McLellan was married to actor JeanPierre Guy Gillain until 2016 They have a son In April 2019 McLellan allegedly disappeared with her son Sebastian amid a contentious custody battle with her exhusband JeanPierre JP Gillain Gillian reported that he had not seen or heard from McLellan and their son since that time In May 2021 a felony warrant for kidnapping was issued for McLellan with charges including child custody deprivation and child stealing The National Center for Missing Exploited Children lists Sebastian as missing since April 16 2019 and indicates that he was allegedly abducted by his mother Despite the warrant she has not been located and her whereabouts remain unknown