Mercedes McNab has been acting professionally since she was 10 years old. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, she moved with her parents to Los Angeles at age nine where she had a desire to become an actress and soon landed an agent. Her first role, at age 10, is probably the one where she is most widely recognized for in a bit part as the young girl scout in the hit film, _The Addams Family .
Her father, Bob McNab , was a member of Arsenal Football Clubs league and FA Cup-winning side of 1971.
Auditioned for the role of "Buffy" on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" 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" .
Became a regular character and was added to the credits in "Angel" on her 12th appearance on the show.
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" in season five in her long-running role of Harmony Kendall.
Is an only child.
Voted one of the 25 sexiest Celebrities by Playboy Magazine (February 2007).
The first name "Mercedes," although today most-associated with the German car brand, has been a womans name since the advent of Christianity, since the Spanish-derived word means "our lady of mercies" and refers to Mary, the mother of Jesus. The car company was named after the daughter of one of its founders.
Gave birth at the age of 32, a daughter named Vaunne Sydney Henderson was February 25, 2013. Childs father is her husband Mark Henderson.
(July 2003) Had signed to appear in 6 upcoming episodes of "Angel" , but the deal was later extended to 16 episodes only weeks later.
Played a vampire in both Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural.
[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.
