Vanessa Villalovos
Vanessa Villalovos was born on September 16, 1977 in Mission Viejo, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Just Go with It (2011), Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011) and Black and Blue (2009). She was previously married to Sam Lloyd.
Vanessa Villela
Vanessa Villela was born on 28 January 1978 in Mexico. She is an actress, known for El Cuerpo Del Deseo (2005), Gotita de amor (1998) and Amores de Mercado (2006).
Vanessa Walsh
Vanessa Walsh started appearing on stage at age 8 when she sang the part of the Third Spirit in her father's production of The Magic Flute. She was hooked from that point forth. Her television work includes Freeform's Motherland: Fort Salem (2020); portraying the revengeful Frida Novikov on The Flash and the titular "best friend" alongside Mary Grill in Best Friend's Betrayal. She was recently part of the stellar ensemble in the short film A.T.A.C.K. directed by Nathalie Boltt, which she also produced with her husband, Nelson Leis. Vanessa trained in London at The Globe Theatre and with The London International School of Performing Arts. She graduated from The University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theatre BFA Actor Training Program. Vanessa and Nelson welcomed their daughter, Stella, in July 2021.
Vanessa Walton-Bone
Vanessa Walton-Bone was born on July 27, 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Room Service (2012), All the Wrong Reasons (2013) and Lilly (1993). She was married to Ralph Alan Walton-Bone Urquhart . She died on October 9, 2013 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Vanessa Wasche
Vanessa Wasche is an actress, known for Mouse (2017), The Good Wife (2009) and Person of Interest (2011).
Vanessa Waters
The Los Angeles Times said of Vanessa, "...but certain performers stand out. As Olga, the oldest sister, Vanessa Waters brings delicate warmth to a role too often played as a pinched spinster." Vanessa grew up in New Jersey and moved to California with her family and after college in Upstate New York, eventually came to Los Angeles.
Vanessa Weill
Vanessa Weill is known for Aphrodite (1982).
Vanessa White-Smith
Vanessa White-Smith is known for Lockwood & Co. (2023), Over & Over and A Woman at Night (2021).
Vanessa Wiebe
Vanessa Wiebe is an actress, known for The Miracle Season (2018).
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Lynne Williams was born on March 18, 1963 in Tarrytown, Greenburgh, New York and raised in Millwood, New Castle, New York to Helen Williams & Milton Williams, both music teachers. Vanessa and her brother grew up in suburban New York in comfortable surroundings. Vanessa sang and danced in school productions and signed her high school yearbook with a promise to "see you on Broadway". After winning a performing scholarship to Syracuse University, she left school and tried to make it in New York show business. She began entering beauty contests in 1984, eventually winning Miss New York and then becoming the first African-American Miss America. During her reign, some nude girl-girl photos, taken while she was in New York, surfaced in Penthouse magazine. Although the photos were taken before her beauty contest victories, she was forced to resign her crown. Many predicted that her future in show business was over. She went on to land a recording contract and released several albums, including "The Comfort Zone" and "The Sweetest Days". Vanessa made her film debut in 1986 in Under the Gun (1988) and appeared in the films The Pick-up Artist (1987), Another You (1991) and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991). She starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Eraser (1996), opposite Laurence Fishburne and Andy Garcia in Hoodlum (1997) and the box office hit, Soul Food (1997). She also starred in Dance with Me (1998), Light It Up (1999), Shaft (2000), opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Johnson Family Vacation (2004). She starred recently in the independent features, My Brother (2006) and And Then Came Love (2007) (aka "Somebody Like You"). On television, Vanessa starred in such movies and mini-series as Stompin' at the Savoy (1992), The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990), The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), ABC's revival of Bye Bye Birdie (1995), Nothing Lasts Forever (1995), The Odyssey (1997), Don Quixote (2000) and Keep the Faith, Baby (2002), and she executive-produced and starred in Lifetime's The Courage to Love (2000) for Lifetime and the VH1 Original Movie, A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000). Her albums "The Right Stuff", "The Comfort Zone and "The Sweetest Days" earned multiple Grammy nominations and have yielded the Academy Award-winning single "Colors of the Wind", from Disney's Pocahontas: The Musical Tradition Continues (1995). Her recordings also include two holiday albums, "Star Bright" and "Silver & Gold", "Vanessa Williams Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years" and "Everlasting Love", a romantic collection of love songs from the 1970's. In 1994, Vanessa took Broadway by storm when she replaced Chita Rivera in "Kiss of the Spider Woman", winning the hearts of critics and becoming a box-office sensation. She garnered rave reviews and was nominated for a Tony Award for the 2002 revival of "Into the Woods". She also headlined a limited special engagement of the classic, "Carmen Jones", at the Kennedy Center and starred in the Encore! Series staged concert production of "St. Louis Woman". She stars in ABC's critically-acclaimed hit series, Ugly Betty (2006), for which she has won or been nominated for numerous individual and ensemble awards, including the Emmy, SAG Award, Golden Globe and NAACP Image Awards. Vanessa achieved a career pinnacle, with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her accomplishments as a performer. Her charitable endeavors are many and varied, embracing and supporting such organizations as Special Olympics and many others.