- Born
- Birth nameMercedes Alicia McNab
- Height5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
- Mercedes McNab has been acting professionally since she was 10 years old. She was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, but moved with her parents to Los Angeles at age 9. She wanted to be an actress and soon landed an agent.
Her first role, at age 10, is probably her best-known: a bit part as the young Girl Scout in the hit film The Addams Family (1991). She even landed a similar role as Amanda in the sequel, Addams Family Values (1993). But the role she is most famous for is a recurring role as dimwitted Harmony Harmony Kendall on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) for four years, then its spinoff, Angel (1999) in a guest spot in 2001 and later as a regular for its final season from 2003-2004.
Some of her television appearances include the unaired Fox television pilot for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and appearances in Harry and the Hendersons (1991), Touched by an Angel (1994), and Walker, Texas Ranger (1993).
- IMDb mini biography by: Brendan Hill
- SpouseMark Henderson(May 12, 2012 - present) (1 child)
- ChildrenVaunne Sydney Henderson
- Parents
- RelativesAdam McNab(Cousin)
- Auditioned for the role of "Buffy" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) but lost out to Sarah Michelle Gellar. Like a number of other actresses who tried out for the part (Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia), Julie Benz (Darla) & Elizabeth Anne Allen (Amy)), she was given another role on the series, Harmony Kendall. The character made 15 guest appearances on the show over 5 years and played a pivotal role on the spinoff, Angel (1999).
- Became a regular character and was added to the credits in Angel (1999) on her 12th appearance on the show.
- Retired from acting upon getting married and becoming a mother.
- After having returned to school from 2001 to 2003, she rejoined the acting world full time and straight away found herself with the cast of Angel (1999) in season five in her long-running role of Harmony Kendall.
- She and Sarah Michelle Gellar were the only cast members to be actual teenagers when Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) started filming. They were 16 and 19 years old respectively when the unaired pilot was shot.
- [About the cancellation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)] I was a little disappointed. The show was a part of my life for six years, so to have that taken away was kind of a bummer.
- It's funny. My real name sounds like a stripper name, too. But, that's what I was given at birth. I always asked my mom why and she would say, "Oh, it's because I really liked it." But I'm convinced it's because they had a Mercedes when I was born and that I was conceived in it.
- Everybody tells me I'm better at comedy, so that makes me want to do drama! I think I'm equally as good at both, so now I better prove to people I have chops for drama.
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