Vanessa Pitusi
Vanessa Pitusi is an actress, known for Arctic Void (2022).
Vanessa Piunno
Vanessa Piunno is an actress, known for Mirador (2010), 18 to Life (2010) and Grace (2008).
Vanessa Pottiger
Vanessa Pottiger is known for 30 & Dating (2024) and By Deception (2022).
Vanessa Przada
Vanessa Przada is an up and coming multi-award winning Canadian actress. Vanessa's many on-screen credits include the blockbuster Feature Film "Good Boys" written and produced by Lee Eisenberg and Seth Rogen. Also featured in the 2019 pop culture media favorite "College Admissions Scandal", Lifetime's adaptation of one of Hollywood's major misconducts "The Varsity Blues Operation". Versatile and talented, she has an impressively diverse list of TV credits that include several popular CW series such as fan favorite "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" portraying a younger version of Jes Macallan, and CBS superhero television series "Supergirl". Przada most recently recurs in Netflix's comedy "The Healing Powers of Dude". Displaying her diversity, Vanessa makes an appearance on Warner Bros. Television supernatural series "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina". Vanessa now splits her time between Vancouver and Los Angeles as she continues to regularly audition and train with some of Hollywood's top acting coaches. She is represented by not only the highly regarded Sarah Davis of Premiere Talent Management, based in Vancouver, BC, but is also managed by Kim Matuka of Schuller Talent, an esteemed full service management company located in Beverly Hills, California.
Vanessa R. Butler
Vanessa R. Butler is an actress, known for FBI (2018), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Law & Order (1990).
Vanessa Rae Bent
The moment you learn that Vanessa Rae Bent was named after Hollywood icon Vanessa Redgrave, it is clear that her path towards stardom began at birth. In fact, the name Vanessa itself means butterfly in Greek, which is why it is so easy to understand how she continues to grow more and more beautiful as a human and an artist. Vanessa is one of those rare souls who actually live in the proverbial moment; she recognizes and embraces the importance of the journey, which is why she will never stop reaching for more. It is easy to look at Vanessa and see why she is a talented model, but the passion that Vanessa holds in her heart is what defines her as a gifted artist and performer. Her chameleon-like ability to transform herself onstage and on camera is a talent that can be honed, however, it comes naturally to Vanessa and always has, which has made people stop and take notice of her artistic abilities for quite some time. Vanessa began at an early age taking ballet, competing in pageants, playing the piano and flute during academic years. Vanessa has always had a passion for the arts and loves to expand her creative side anyway possible. Vanessa believes in the philosophy that "Positive Minds ,Create Positive Realities", a phrase she created when she decided to follow her dreams and she lives by that everyday. Vanessa loves people and being on set gives her the opportunity to meet all different walks of life. It feeds her soul and she loves any chance she gets, to be able to make new friends and touch someone's life in a positive way.
Vanessa Rare
Vanessa Rare is an actress and director, known for Mataku (2002), The Z-Nail Gang (2014) and Jack of All Trades (2000).
Vanessa Ray
Vanessa Ray was born on June 24, 1981 in Alameda County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Pretty Little Liars (2010), Frances Ha (2012) and Damages (2007). She has been married to Landon Beard since June 14, 2015. She was previously married to Derek Baynham.
Vanessa Ready
Vanessa Ready is known for Blue Heelers (1994), Point of No Return (1996) and Phoenix (1992).
Vanessa Redgrave
On January 30, 1937, renowned theatre actor Michael Redgrave was performing in a production of Hamlet in London. During the curtain call, the show's lead, Laurence Olivier, announced to the audience: "tonight a great actress was born". This was in reference to his co-star's newborn daughter, Vanessa Redgrave. Vanessa was born in Greenwich, London, to Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, both thespians. Three quarters of a century after her birth (despite numerous ups and down) this rather forward expectation has definitely been lived up to with an acclaimed actress that has won (among many others) an Academy Award, two Emmys, two Golden Globes, two Cannes Best Actress awards, a Tony, a Screen Actors Guild award, a Laurence Olivier theatre award and a BAFTA fellowship. Growing up with such celebrated theatrical parents, great expectations were put on both herself, her brother Corin Redgrave and sister Lynn Redgrave at an early age. Shooting up early and finally reaching a height just short of 6 foot, Redgrave initially had plans to dance and perform ballet as a profession. However she settled on acting and entered the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1954 and four years later made her West End debut. In the decade of the 1960s she developed and progressed to become one of the most noted young stars of the English stage and then film. Performances on the London stage included the classics: 'A Touch of Sun', 'Coriolanus', 'A Midsummer's Night Dream', 'All's Well that Ends Well', 'As You Like It', 'The Lady from the Sea', 'The Seagull' and many others. By the mid 1960s, she had booked various film roles and matured into a striking beauty with a slim, tall frame and attractive face. In 1966 she made her big screen debut as the beautiful ex-wife of a madman in an Oscar nominated performance in the oddball comedy Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), as well as the enigmatic woman in a public park in desperate need of a photographer's negatives in the iconic Blow-Up (1966) and briefly appeared in an unspoken part of Anne Boleyn in the Best Picture winner of the year A Man for All Seasons (1966). She managed to originate the title role in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" the same year on the London stage (which was then adapted for the big screen a few years later, but Maggie Smith was cast instead and managed to win an Oscar for her performance). Her follow up work saw her play the lead in the box office hit adaptation Camelot (1967), a film popular with audiences but dismissed by critics, and her second Academy Award nominated performance as Isadora Duncan in the critically praised Isadora (1968). Her rise in popularity on film also coincided with her public political involvement, she was one of the lead faces in protesting against the Vietnam war and lead a famous march on the US embassy, was arrested during a Ban-the-Bomb demonstration, publicly supported Yasar Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and fought for various other human rights and particularly left wing causes. Despite her admirably independent qualities, most of her political beliefs weren't largely supported by the public. In 1971 after 3 films back to back, Redgrave suffered a miscarriage (it would have been her fourth, after Natasha Richardson, Joely Richardson and Carlo Gabriel Nero) and a break up with her then partner and father of her son, Franco Nero. This was around the same time her equally political brother Corin introduced her to the Workers Revolutionary Party, a group who aimed to destroy capitalism and abolish the monarchy. Her film career began to suffer and take the back seat as she became more involved with the party, twice unsuccessfully attempting to run as a party member for parliament, only obtaining a very small percentage of votes. In terms of her film career at the time, she was given probably the smallest part in the huge ensemble who-dunnit hit, Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and given another thankless small part as Lola Deveraux in the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976). After a celebrated Broadway debut, she created further controversy in 1977 with her involvement in two films, firstly in Julia (1977) where she acted opposite Jane Fonda as a woman fighting Nazi oppression and narrated and featured in the documentary The Palestinian (1977) where she famously danced holding a Kalashnikov rifle. She publicly stated her condemnation of what she termed "Zionist hudlums", which outraged Jewish groups and as a result a screening of her documentary was bombed and Redgrave was personally threatened by the Jewish Defense League (JDL). Julia (1977) happened to be a huge critical success and Redgrave herself was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, but Jewish support groups demanded her nomination to be dropped and at the event of the Academy Awards burned effigies of Redgrave and protested and picketed. Redgrave was forced to enter the event via a rear entrance to avoid harm and when she won the award she famously remarked on the frenzy causes as "Zionist hoodlums" which caused the audience to audibly gasp and boo. The speech reached newspapers the next morning and her reputation was further damaged. It came as a surprise when CBS hired her for the part of real life Nazi camp survivor Fania Fenelon in Playing for Time (1980), despite more controversy and protesting (Fenelon herself didn't even want Redgrave to portray her) she won an Emmy for the part and the film was one of the highest rating programs of the year. Her follow up film work to her Oscar had been mostly low key but successful, performances in films such as Yanks (1979), Agatha (1979), The Bostonians (1984), Wetherby (1985) and Prick Up Your Ears (1987) further cemented her reputation as a fine actress and she received various accolades and nominations. However mainly in the 1980s, she focused on TV films and high budget mini-series as well as theatre in both London and New York. She made headlines in 1984 when she sued the Boston Symphony Orchestra for $5 million for wrongful cancellation of her contract because of her politics (she also stated her salary was significantly reduced in Agatha (1979) for the same reason). She became more mainstream in the 1990s where she appeared in a string of high profile films but the parts often underused Redgrave's abilities or they were small cameos/5-minute parts. Highlights included Howards End (1992), Little Odessa (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Cradle Will Rock (1999), as well as her leading lady parts in A Month by the Lake (1995) and Mrs Dalloway (1997). In 2003 she finally won the coveted Tony award for her performance in 'The Long Day's Journey Into Night' and followed up with another two Tony nominated performances on Broadway, her one woman show 'The Year of Magical Thinking' in 2007 and 'Driving Miss Daisy' in 2010 which not only was extended due to high demand, but was also transferred to the West End for an additional three months in 2011. Vanessa continues to lend her name to causes and has been notable for donating huge amounts of her own money for her various beliefs. She has publicly opposed the war in Iraq, campaigned for the closure of Guantanamo Bay, supported the rights of gays and lesbians as well as AIDs research and many other issues. She released her autobiography in 1993 and a few years later she was elected to serve as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. She also famously declined the invitation to be made a Dame for her services as an actress. Many have wondered the possible heights her career could have reached if it wasn't for her outspoken views, but being a celebrity and the artificial lifestyle usually attached doesn't seem to interest Redgrave in the slightest. Vanessa has worked with all three of her children professionally on numerous occasions (her eldest daughter, Natasha Richardson tragically died at the age of 45 due to a skiing accident) and in her mid 70s she still works regularly on television, film and theatre, delivering time and time again great performances.
