Zoe McLellan

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. Her first film appearance as a named character was a minor role in the 1997 film, Inventing the Abbotts. 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 Krause's character, in the soapy comedy-drama series Dirty Sexy Money. The series was canceled after two seasons in 2009. McLellan later guest-starred on House and The Mentalist, and also had roles in Lifetime TV movies. In 2014, she began playing the female leading role, Meredith Brody, in the procedural drama NCIS: New Orleans. In July 2016, it was reported that she would not return for season three, with her lead role character replaced with one played by Vanessa Ferlito. In 2017, McLellan was cast in a series regular role in the second season of Designated Survivor as White House Counsel Kendra Daynes; she was not brought back for the following season.

McLellan was married to actor Jean-Pierre Guy Gillain; they had one child together, a son born c. 2013, before they divorced in 2016.