1. Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw was born on July 19,1976 and is an American film actress and model.
26 Facts About Vinessa Shaw
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Vinessa Shaw began her career as a child actress, making her feature film debut in the slasher film Home Sweet Home.
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Vinessa Shaw had her breakout role in Disney's Halloween comedy-fantasy film Hocus Pocus.
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In 2014, Vinessa Shaw was a supporting cast member in the Showtime drama Ray Donovan.
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Vinessa Shaw later starred as Dr Jane Mathis in the 2017 horror thriller Clinical.
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In 2021, Vinessa Shaw starred in the horror film We Need to Do Something, as well as the biographical sports drama 12 Mighty Orphans.
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Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw was born in Los Angeles, California, to Larry Shaw and actress Susan Damante.
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Vinessa Shaw's father, a native of Los Angeles, is a psychologist and former adjunct professor of psychology at Antioch University.
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Vinessa Shaw's name, Vinessa, spelled with an "i" rather than the common "a", was a variation of her grandfather's name, Vincent.
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Vinessa Shaw is of mixed Russian-Jewish, Italian, Irish, German, English, Mexican, Swedish, and Dutch ancestry.
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Vinessa Shaw made her first formal performance in a UCLA acting camp short at age 10, and subsequently toured with children's folk singer Peter Alsop at age 11.
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Vinessa Shaw signed on with the Elite Models agency in 1989 at the age of 13 before beginning her acting career.
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Vinessa Shaw had made her feature film debut in the independent 1981 slasher film Home Sweet Home, which dealt with a serial killer targeting a family at Thanksgiving.
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Vinessa Shaw then landed parts in a handful of television roles, including the 1991 NBC television film Long Road Home, which marked her television debut.
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Vinessa Shaw played a considerably larger role in the Disney Halloween-themed family film Hocus Pocus alongside Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, and Thora Birch.
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Vinessa Shaw was attending the college when she was approached by Stanley Kubrick for her role in Eyes Wide Shut, playing a prostitute who is encountered by Tom Cruise's character and who discovers she has HIV.
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Vinessa Shaw had a minor supporting role in Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda.
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Vinessa Shaw had a supporting role as a barmaid in James Mangold's remake of the classic Western film 3:10 to Yuma, co-starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale.
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Vinessa Shaw subsequently had a lead role in the romantic drama Two Lovers opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Vinessa Shaw next appeared in the Eddie Dodson biopic Electric Slide, followed by the crime thriller Cold in July, a film adaption of the 1989 novel of the same name, opposite Michael C Hall, Sam Shepard, and Don Johnson.
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Vinessa Shaw had a multi-episode arc on the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan in its second season.
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Vinessa Shaw starred as a psychiatrist in the 2017 horror film Clinical, which was distributed via Netflix.
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Vinessa Shaw follow this with a lead in another Netflix-released horror film, Family Blood which was produced by Blumhouse Productions.
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Vinessa Shaw had a supporting role in the depression-era sports drama 12 Mighty Orphans, based on American football coach Rusty Russell.
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In 2023, Vinessa Shaw returned to television, guest-starring in seven episodes of the Apple TV+ sports drama series Swagger.
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Vinessa Shaw gave birth to their son, Jack, in February 2018.