An appealing fair-haired player who got her start as a teen model, Vinessa Shaw has been a working actress... (Learn more)
Top Projects: The Hills Have Eyes, Corky Romano, New York Undercover (View All)
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Vinessa Shaw’s Milestones
| Modeled for Seventeen Magazine, British Vogue and French Elle | |
| Raised in Los Angeles, California | |
| 1986 | Made acting debut at age 10 in the UCLA graduate film "My Day at Camp" |
| 1987 | Recorded and toured with folk singer Peter Alsop at age 11 |
| 1988 | Made television commercial debut at age 12 |
| 1989 | Signed with Elite Models at age 13 |
| 1991 | Appeared in the NBC TV-movie "Long Road Home" |
| 1992 | First supporting role, playing Jonathan Brandis' love interest in "Ladybugs" |
| 1992 | Had a recurring role as Tobey Maguire's love interest on the short-lived FOX sitcom "Great Scott!" |
| 1993 | Acted in the Showtime anthology series "Fallen Angels" |
| 1993 | Had a supporting role in the supernatural children's comedy "Hocus Pocus" |
| 1994 | Cast in the pilot/premiere of ABC's "McKenna" (although she subsequently was replaced by Jennifer Love Hewitt) |
| 1995 | Had a memorable guest turn on FOX's "New York Undercover" as a young model who is the victim of a disfiguring attack |
| 1996 | Starred in the coming-of-age drama "Coyote Summer" |
| 1999 | Breakthrough role as prostitute Domino in Stanley Kubrick's final film "Eyes Wide Shut" |
| 1999 | Featured in the quirky independent feature "L.A. Without a Map" |
| 2000 | Co-starred in the Kathryn Bigelow feature "Weight of Water" opposite Sean Penn and Sarah Polley |
| 2000 | Played a suburban golden girl turned on to the feminist movement in the NBC miniseries "The '70s" |
| 2001 | Featured as Josh Hartnett's ex-girlfriend in the comedy "40 Days and 40 Nights" |
| 2005 | Cast in Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda" |
| 2006 | Co-starred in a remake of the Wes Craven thriller, "The Hills Have Eyes" |
| 2007 | Co-starred in James Mangold's Western "3:10 to Yuma" |
| 2008 | Played a hustling realtor in the "Garden Party" |
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