Born in Barcelona, and after a childhood between Italy and Spain, Vanessa Incontrada began her career at the age of 17 as a model. She then became the face of major advertising brands like Pupa, Wind, Persona, Sky, Zalando, and Elena MirĂ². She worked as an announcer on the radio, on Hit Channel and later on RTL 102.5, and as a host on various TV and music shows. She debuted on the big screen in 2003 with Pupi Avati, in Il cuore altrove (Incantato), a movie that would be presented at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globes in Los Angeles. The partnership with that director would continue in 2006 with the movie La cena per farli conoscere (A Dinner for Them to Meet). Many are the feature-length films she has starred in, including Quale amore (The Kreutzer Sonata: What is Love?) by Maurizio Sciarra and Todos estamos invitados by Manuel Gutierrez Aragon. Her recognition as a TV star came with Zelig, which she hosted with Claudio Bisio from 2004 to 2010 as she affirmed herself by hosting various other shows including 11 years of the Music Awards at the Arena in Verona and 20 Anni che siamo italiani. Since 2014 she has become one of the most loved and popular faces on Rai, starred in numerous TV hits like Anna & Yusef and Un'altra vita by Cinzia Th. Torrini, Non dirlo al mio capo by Giulio Manfredonia, Il capitano Maria, La classe degli asini, I nostri figli and Come una madre by Andrea Porporati. She is also entrusted with hosting on Sky for Italia's Got Talent and Dance Dance Dance. In September 2020 she closed a two-year exclusive deal for TV movies/series and entertainment with Mediaset and in 2021 will be back in movie theaters with the movie Ostaggi by Eleonora Ivone.
Vanessa Jackson is an actress, known for Star Trek: Discovery (2017), Dark Phoenix (2019) and Workin' Moms (2017).
Vanessa Joli is known for Love Island Australia (2018).
Born in the German town Leonberg, Vanessa enrolled at The Munich Film School in 1993 - graduating in 1999 with a Film & TV degree. During that period, Vanessa already directed several short films and music videos and directed skits for the comedy series "The Weekly Show". After "Honolulu" (1999), a collaboration with five fellow students, Vanessa caused a stir with her first feature; the adolescent love triangle story "Forget America" (2000), that won the First Steps Award among several other prizes. Her next feature shortly followed with "Engel + Joe" (2001), based on a true story, written by the acclaimed German journalist Kai Hermann. After a successful stage adaptation of novel "Film B", and a TV stint, Vanessa's third feature "Happy as One" (2006) premiered at Berlinale and was nominated for Best Film at the German Film Awards. In 2007, Vanessa's "Messy Christmas", a star-studded ensemble comedy and a remake of the Swedish success "In Bed with Santa", was then released. Vanessa went on to direct the TV-movie screen adaptation of the novel "Ladylike", a comedy about two aging women who support themselves by becoming con artists, and the TV series "Midlife Crisis" winning the prestigious Grimme Award for the latter. Her next directorial and co-written feature "Lies and Other Truths" (2014) was successfully released by Wild Bunch. After directing the acclaimed TV entry "Crime Scene: Amour Fou" (2017), Vanessa helmed the screen adaptation of the bestselling novel "Love Virtually", co-produced and successfully released by Sony Pictures as "The Space Between the Lines" (2019). Vanessa is next picture was the International Netflix feature, "Faraway". Vanessa has travelled widely across continents, enabling her to tap into the rich tapestry of cultures - inspiring her and her emotionally grounded characters, elevating stories and broadening their international appeal. Vanessa lives in Berlin with her family.
Vanessa Jung was born on February 29, 1980 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Hand aufs Herz (2010) and 100 Pro (2001).
An actor, collaborator, and native New Yorker, Vanessa Kai was born Vanessa Kwong. After her parents divorced, Kai legally changed her name to combine the surnames of both her parents: (K)wong & Ng(ai). Kai studied acting at New York City's LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, also known as the "FAME" school. She is also a graduate of New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study where she concentrated her studies in Sociobiology and Psychology. Most recently, Kai was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in KPOP, a new immersive musical sensation produced by Ars Nova (Broadway's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) in association with Ma-Yi Theater + Woodshed Collective. Book by Jason Kim (HBO's Girls). Music & Lyrics by Helen Park & Max Vernon. Directed by Teddy Bergman. Other Off Broadway credits include The Architecture of Becoming at Women's Project Theater, Somebody's Daughter by Chisa Hutchinson, in an extended run at Second Stage Theater, and Henry VI (Parts 1-3) by William Shakespeare (a NYT Critics' Pick) with the National Asian American Theater Company. Regional theater credits include Top Girls by Caryl Churchill. Directed by TONY Award Nominee, Liesl Tommy (Trevor Noah's Born a Crime, Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (2019), Respect (2021), and Insecure (2016)). Other regional theater credits include Brownsville Song (B-side for Tray), Far East (Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Debut by the Connecticut Critics Circle), Infinite Ache by David Schulner, and The Christians by Lucas Hnath. In addition to her theater, television and film work, Kai has also helped develop new works at the The New Group, Lark Play Development Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, New Dramatists, and others. Upcoming, Kai will be performing with Halley Feiffer & Hamish Linklater in The Pain Of My Belligerence written by Halley Feiffer at Playwrights Horizons. Directed by Trip Cullman (Broadway's Choir Boy (MTC), Lobby Hero (TONY Award Nominated for Best Revival) (Second Stage), Significant Other (Roundabout Theatre).
Vanessa Kanu is a Nigerian screenwriter who has worked on several projects, including The Weekend (in production) and Sylvia. Sylvia is a supernatural thriller which has received several awards and was nominated for the Best Writer category at the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards. Vanessa has a flair for horror, irreverent comedy, and slow burn supernatural and psychological thrillers. The darker, the better.
Vanessa Kirby is an English stage, TV, and film actress. From 2016 to 2018, Kirby portrayed Princess Margaret in Peter Morgan's Netflix series The Crown, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series in 2018. She starred as Estella in the BBC adaptation of Great Expectations, Joanna in Richard Curtis' romantic comedy About Time and Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018). She is known mostly for her stage work, having won acclaim and awards for various productions, including Streetcar Named Desire with Ben Foster which transferred to New York; with Variety in 2016 called her "the outstanding stage actress of her generation, capable of the most unexpected choices." After MI6, she had a leading role in another action blockbuster, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Vanessa Knutsen is a producer and writer, known for Only Humans (2018), The Promised Land (2011) and What About Brian (2006).