Vanessa Downing was born on 5 May 1958 and known as Vanessa Ryan, is an Australian actress and singer, voice artist and lawyer.
10 Facts About Vanessa Downing
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Vanessa Downing other than her TV and film roles, is a prominent actor in theatre, who has appeared in numerous productions.
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Vanessa Downing is a lawyer with law firm Craddock Murray Neumann, a role she juggles alongside her acting career.
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Vanessa Downing subsequently trained in drama at the Australian Theatre for Young People.
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Vanessa Downing is a well-known and prominent stage actress and has featured in many productions.
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Vanessa Downing is best known for her regular role as an original cast member of the television soap opera Home and Away playing a role many years her senior as foster mother Pippa Fletcher, replacing Carole Willesee, the wife of newsreader Mike Willesee, at short notice.
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When Vanessa Downing left the series in 1990, the part was recast, and taken over at short notice by Debra Lawrance who went on to play the character from 1990 to 1998, with subsequent guest appearances.
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Post-Home and Away, Vanessa Downing has continued to work extensively in theatre, though she has has appeared on TV.
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Vanessa Downing specialised in immigration law for many years and worked for a law firm in Sydney.
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Vanessa Downing appeared in several shorts during 2020 and 2022, the most recent being Voice Activated.