Sandra McCoy

McCoy is primarily known for being featured in the music video of NSYNC's 2001 single, "Pop" and as Vanessa in Porky's Pimpin' Pee Wee.

Instead, her brother took a friend, Mark Guitterez (both students of Quimby Oak Jr. High School at the time of death), who also perished in the crash.

[1] McCoy has trained in dance and gymnastics since she was eight years old and was on the cheerleading squad and soccer and diving teams at Independence High School.

[citation needed] McCoy moved to Los Angeles, where she still resides today, to pursue a career in show business after attaining a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Santa Clara University.

She is best known for her starring role as Mercedes in 2005's Cry Wolf, where she met her long-term boyfriend Jared Padalecki; however, the two ended their relationship in 2008.