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Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Hudgens, also Vanessa Anne Hudgens, is an American actress and singer born 1988 in Salinas, California, famous as Gabriella Montez in Disney's High School Musical (2006), with albums V and Identified, adult roles in Spring Breakers, and Masked Singer season 11 win.

Vanessa Ives

Vanessa Ives is the female lead of Penny Dreadful (Showtime/Sky, 2014–2016), an original character created by John Logan and played by Eva Green in a Golden Globe-nominated role: a Victorian Catholic medium, witch, and reincarnation of Amunet, shot dead by Ethan Chandler in the 2016 series finale.

Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby (born 1988) is an English actor known as Princess Margaret in The Crown, an Oscar nominee for Pieces of a Woman, the White Widow in Mission: Impossible, and Sue Storm in the MCU's Fantastic Four films.

Vanessa Lee Chester

Vanessa Lee Chester (born 1984) is an American actress known as Becky in A Little Princess, Janie Gibbs in Harriet the Spy, and Kelly Curtis in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

Vanessa Lengies

Vanessa Lengies (born 1985) is a Canadian actress from Montreal, known as Roxanne Bojarski on American Dreams, Kelly Epson on HawthoRNe, and Sugar Motta on Glee.

Vanessa Marano

Vanessa Nicole Marano, born 1992, Los Angeles, is an American actress known as Bay Kennish in Switched at Birth (104 episodes, 2011–2017) and April Nardini on Gilmore Girls; she produces films with sister Laura Marano.

Vanessa Marcil

Vanessa Marcil (Sally Vanessa Ortiz), American actress born 1968 or 1969 in Indio, California; Brenda Barrett on General Hospital, Gina Kincaid on Beverly Hills 90210, Sam Marquez on Las Vegas; 2003 Daytime Emmy winner.

Vanessa Marquez

Vanessa Marquez was an American actress best known as Ana Delgado in Stand and Deliver (1988) and nurse Wendy Goldman on the first three seasons of ER.

Vanessa Marshall

Vanessa Marshall (born 1969) is an American voice actress, daughter of Joan Van Ark, known as Hera Syndulla in Star Wars Rebels, Gamora, Black Widow, Black Canary, and Wonder Woman, and for 143 video game credits.

Vanessa Morgan

Vanessa Morgan (Vanessa Morgan Mziray), Canadian actress born 1992 in Ottawa, known as Toni Topaz on Riverdale (2017–2023), Sarah in My Babysitter's a Vampire, and Max Mitchell in Wild Cards (2024).

Vanessa Ray

Vanessa Ray (Vanessa Ray Liptak), American actress born 1981 in California, known as Eddie Janko-Reagan on Blue Bloods (2013–2024, 220 episodes), CeCe Drake/Charlotte Drake on Pretty Little Liars, Jenny on Suits, and Teri Ciccone on As the World Turns; theater roots in Footloose, Finding Nemo: The Musical, and Hair.

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) is an English actor whose stage, film, and television career spans seven decades and includes an Academy Award, an Emmy, and a Tony.

Vanessa Scalera

Vanessa Scalera (born 1977, Mesagne, Italy) is an Italian actress trained at Rome's La Scaletta theater school, known for Imma Tataranni on Rai 1 (2019–2026), L'arminuta, Filumena Marturano, Avetrana, and the Premio Pasinetti-winning Il fuoco che ti porti dentro.

Vanessa Simmons

Vanessa Jean Simmons (born 1983), daughter of Run-DMC's Rev Run, star of MTV's Run's House and Daddy's Girls, co-founder of the Pastry footwear brand with sister Angela Simmons, and actress in Monogamy and Games People Play.

Vanessa Vanjie Mateo

Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, also Miss Vanjie, is an American drag performer, drag daughter of Alexis Mateo, first eliminated on Drag Race season 10 with a viral backwards "Miss Vanjie" exit, then 5th on season 11 and All Stars 9 runner-up.

Vanguard (film)

Vanguard (急先锋) is a 2020 Chinese action film, Stanley Tong's ninth collaboration with Jackie Chan, about a security firm rescuing a kidnapped businessman; delayed from Chinese New Year 2020 by COVID-19, released September 30, 2020, poorly reviewed (RT 29%).

Vani Bhojan (வாணி போஜன்)

Vani Bhojan (வாணி போஜன்), born in 1988 in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, is an Indian actress known for the serial Deivamagal and films like Oh My Kadavule.

Vani Rani (வாணி ராணி) (TV series)

Vani Rani (வாணி ராணி) is a Tamil Sun TV family drama (2013–2018, about 1,743 episodes) produced by Radaan Mediaworks, starring Radhika Sarathkumar in a dual role as twin sisters married to two brothers; remade for Zee TV in Hindi. Not the 1974 Sivaji film of the same name.

Vani Viswanath

Vani Viswanath (വാണി വിശ്വനാഥ്), born 1971 in Ollur, Thrissur, is a Malayalam film actress known as the 'Action Queen', with 50 Malayalam and 41 Telugu films, the award-winning Susanna (2000), marriage to actor Baburaj, and a 2024 comeback in Rifle Club.

Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky (2001), Cameron Crowe's psychological thriller starring Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz, remakes Amenábar's Abre los ojos; cryonics lucid-dream plot, $68M budget, 41% critics versus 72% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

Vanillamace

Vanillamace (Em, first name Emily) is an American Twitch streamer and TikTok creator whose 2025 pistachio-donut reaction video grew her TikTok from 300,000 to 3.8 million followers; UTA-signed, TIME100 Creators 2026.

Vanished (2026 TV series)

Vanished (2026) is a four-part MGM+/Prime Video mystery thriller miniseries starring Kaley Cuoco as Alice Monroe and Sam Claflin as Tom Parker, created by David Hilton and Preston Thompson, directed by Barnaby Thompson, about a boyfriend vanishing from a train in France.

Vanished into the Night

Vanished into the Night (Svaniti nella notte) is a 2024 Italian Netflix thriller directed by Renato De Maria, starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Annabelle Wallis; a remake of Séptimo about a kidnapping in Bari.

Vanisher

Vanisher (Telford Porter) is a Marvel Comics mutant supervillain and teleporter, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in The X-Men #2 (November 1963). He stole US defense plans, was stopped by Professor X's memory wipe, joined X-Force, and was played invisibly by Brad Pitt in Deadpool 2.

Vanishing on 7th Street

Vanishing on 7th Street (2010) is a Brad Anderson horror thriller starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, and John Leguizamo, set in Detroit during a blackout that makes the population vanish, leaving survivors to hide in light.

Vanishing Point (1971 film)

Vanishing Point is a 1971 American-British road movie directed by Richard C. Sarafian, starring Barry Newman as a driver racing a Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco.

Vanishing Point (消失的人) (2026 film)

Vanishing Point (消失的人) is a 2026 Chinese crime thriller written and directed by Cheng Wei-hao, adapted from Beikebang's novel Hai Kui. Three crimes in one Chongqing apartment building converge; it topped China's 2026 May Day box office with about $75 million worldwide.

Vanisri

Vanisri (వాణిశ్రీ), born Ratna Kumari in 1948, is a Telugu cinema golden-era actress named by S.V. Ranga Rao; heroine of Marapurani Katha, Ganga Manga, and Prem Nagar, Filmfare South winner, later character roles.

Vanita Kharat

Vanita Kharat (वनिता खरात), born 1992 in Mumbai, is a Marathi film, television, and theatre actress famous for Maharashtrachi Hasya Jatra and roles in Kabir Singh, Thappad, and Gulkand, known for body-positivity advocacy.

Vanitha Vijayakumar

Vanitha Vijayakumar (வனிதா விஜயகுமார்), Tamil actress, producer, and screenwriter born 1980 in Chennai, daughter of actors Vijayakumar and Manjula; debuted in Chandralekha (1995) opposite Vijay and competed in Bigg Boss Tamil 3.