Jessica's fans know they can catch her every week as Colleen Cooper on the popular program "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." For those of you who may have missed the past six years of the show, here's a rundown so you'll be able to catch up this week (and you'll also be able to find out what Jessica's been doing for the past three years)! "Dr. Quinn" is a one-hour drama set in the 1800s, revolving around the life of Dr. Michaela Quinn (played by Jane Seymour). Her father, Josef, had wanted a son, so when she was born he named her Michaela (nicknamed Mike). Her father was a doctor, and he spawned Michaela's passion for medicine: she practiced alongside him for seven years until he died. After her father's death, Michaela packed up her bags and moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado (where the show takes place). She soon became the town doctor, and moved into the boarding house ran by the town's midwife, Charlotte Cooper. After staying and befriending Charlotte, she rented a homestead from a loner man named Sully. Eventually, Sully and Michaela's friendship turned into romance--they got married and Michaela gave birth to their daughter, Katie, in 1871. In the meantime, Michaela's good friend Charlotte died of a snakebite. While she was on her deathbed, Michaela promised she would look after Charlotte's three children: Matthew, Brian, and Colleen (Ethan Cooper, Charlotte's husband, had left the family long ago). Colleen (Jessica) was understandably devastated by the death of her mother, but she eventually grew very close to Michaela, and decided to pursue the field of medicine as well. Colleen is very intelligent, and excels in mathematics (believe it or not, that's Jessica's favorite subject as well!). Did you know Jessica won the 1996 Young Artists Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Dramatic Series? Not only that, but she was also nominated for a 1997 Hollywood reporter Young Star Award. You go, Jess! Lately, Colleen has been involved in a romance with Dr. Andrew Cook (played by Brandon Douglas). Dr. Cook was brought to town to help with the birth of Michaela's daughter Katie, and it seemed they had a chemistry right from the start. However, Andrew first pursued Colleen's best friend Becky, but that never blossomed into anything. Eventually, Colleen and Andrew grew closer, and they decide to become partners in his medical practice when she graduates from college. As this season began, an epidemic of diphtheria struck the town, killing both Becky and Colleen's Aunt Marjorie. Despite the tragedies, Andrew and Colleen grow closer and closer in a sweet and touching way. How touching? Well, there is even a website devoted strictly to the romance between Andrew and Colleen! Jessica had been involved in acting, commercials, and modeling for quite awhile before the call came to audition for the part of Colleen. Although it was for a great role, Jessica was hesitant at first. "I was about to turn 14 when I went on the audition," she remembers. "At first I didn't want to go, because it was replacing another character, so I didn't want to do that. And also, I was scared of Chad Allen--I thought he'd be snobby because he's a famous teenager and he's really hot and all that stuff. So I didn't want to work with him because I was very intimidated. And I didn't want to replace another character. But then finally I was like, oh get it over with and go, just be professional. I went to one call back and I was on the set two weeks later." So, was Chad the frightening snob you thought he'd be? "No!" she laughs. "Chad was so sweet. To this day he's one of my favorite people there." When Jessica and her buds are just kickin' it, they blast the tunes and dance around the room. Their favorite dancing CDs? The Spice Girls ("I despise them so much that I love them!"), Puff Daddy, and Notorious B.I.G. The cast and crew finished shooting this season's episodes, and won't return to Paramount Ranch (where the show is filmed) until July. But they all still seem to bump into each other, even when they're not on the set. "Jane and I live five minutes apart from each other," she tells us. So, do you go over each other's house to borrow sugar? we ask. "Well, we're not that close. Her driveway is about a mile long, so....her gate is near me," she laughs. "And I see Chad a lot, too, because he lives nearby. Whenever we have to do "Dr. Quinn" publicity events, Chad and I will go together and hang on each other's arms all day; it's really fun. He's a sweetheart."