Vanessa Marcil Add to My Celebs Age 43 Birthday Oct. 15th, 1968 Born in Indio, California, USA Height 5' 4

Vanessa Marcil's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Las Vegas Sam Marquez High Incident Kerry Andrews The Sharon Osbourne Show Vanessa Mar…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - The Bannen Way 1996 - The Rock

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Vanessa Marcil was born on October 15, 1968, in Indio, California, USA, to Peter Ortiz, a contractor, and Patricia Marcil Ortiz, an herbalist. She grew up in Palm Desert with her parents and her two older sisters Tina and Sherry and her older brother Sam. When Vanessa was 8, she started acting in plays and even performed her own song at a 6th grade talent show in which she won. Soon afterward, she began pursuing an acting career and starred in several theatre productions before landing the role of Brenda Barrett on the ABC daytime soap opera "General Hospital" (1963) in 1992.

She made her feature film debut in The Rock (1996) starring opposite Nicolas Cage as well as starring in a made-for-television movie To Love, Honor and Deceive (1996) (TV) in 1996. She stayed with "General Hospital" (1963) until 1998 and then left to join the cast of "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) as Gina Kincaid, a former ice skater replacing Tiffani Thiessen as the show's vixen. She met actor Brian Austin Green on the show and the two had a baby together named Kassius Lijah Marcil-Green born in March of 2002.

In the fall of 2002, she made her long awaited return to "General Hospital" (1963) reprising her role as Brenda Barrett, garnering her a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actress" in 2003. Vanessa later joined the cast of the NBC drama "Las Vegas" (2003) in which she stars as Sam Marquez, a casino host. Currently, she resides in Los Angeles with her son Kassius.


TRIVIA:

• Has a grandmother named Sally.
• Named #92 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
• Performed her own song at a 6th grade talent show and won.
• Loves to ride motorcycles.
• Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1996. Was offered the cover and a layout in Playboy but she declined. She is reportedly very shy about revealing her body.
• Has two dogs named Woof and Joey.
• Attended College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California, where she studied law.
• Auditioned for the part of Nancy in _I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)_ (qv) however, the part was eventually given to 'Jennifer Esposito' (qv), since the director felt her beauty would give less attention to the lead actors of the film.

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