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Vanessa Marcil (born Vanessa Sally Ortiz
on October 15, 1968 in Indio, California) is an American
actress known for her roles in the TV series General
Hospital and Las Vegas.
Personal life: Marcil was born to Peter (of
Mexican descent) and Patricia (of French, Italian and
Portuguese descent), and has three siblings. She was
named after actress Vanessa Redgrave. Although it is
widely reported that her middle name is Sally (also the
name of her grandmother.)
Marcil has occasionally denied that she married actor
Corey Feldman, but Las Vegas marriage records show that
the two married in a legal ceremony on August 6, 1988.
Vanessa dated actor Carmine Giovinazzo from 1998-1999.
She was engaged to General Hospital co-star Tyler
Christopher, but the two never married. She dated former
Beverly Hills 90210 castmate Brian Austin Green until
early 2003 (they were widely reported to have been
engaged, but Marcil denied this in an interview with
Stuff magazine). They have a son, Kassius Lijah
Marcil-Green, born on March 30, 2002. She is currently
living with her boyfriend Ben Younger and her son in Los
Angeles.
Career: Marcil acted in a number of theatre
productions before landing the role of Brenda Barrett on
the soap opera General Hospital in 1992. She garnered
three Daytime Emmy Award nominations (1997, 1998 and
2003) for her portrayal, winning in 2003 as
"Outstanding Supporting Actress." In February
1998, she was named "Outstanding Lead Actress"
at the Soap Opera Digest Awards.
After six years on General Hospital, she left the show
in 1998 (returning briefly in '03) to star in the
made-for-television movie To Love, Honor and Deceive,
and had a recurring guest role on the police drama High
Incident produced by Steven Spielberg. Marcil joined the
cast of Beverly Hills 90210 in November 1998 as Gina
Kincaid and remained with the show for one-and-a-half
seasons.
Marcil made her feature film debut in the 1996 film The
Rock, in which she starred opposite Nicolas Cage, Sean
Connery and Ed Harris. In 1999, she starred in two
independent films: Nice Guys Sleep Alone with Sean
O'Bryan and This Space Between Us with Jeremy Sisto.
In 2004, stalker David Evan Spevak of Bellmore New York
was arrested after trying to fondle her at a local club.
He is currently in prison.
Marcil was awarded the 2001 "Sojourn Service
Award" and has supported Sojourn Services for
Battered Women and their children by hosting charity
events and making appearances on Wheel of Fortune,
playing for funds for the organization. Through her
fundraising efforts, she hopes to increase awareness of
domestic violence and inspire battered woman to take
control of their lives.
Marcil currently stars in the television series Las
Vegas as Samantha Jane Marquez. She's been featured in
several Men's magazines, including Stuff, FHM, and
Maxim. She was named #19 on Maxim's Hot 100 of 2005 list
and was featured on the cover of the issue that included
the list, as well as #92 in the 2006 FHM Hot 100 list.
This petite, alluring actress earned widespread
attention and two Daytime Emmy nominations for her
powerhouse performance as Brenda Barrett on the ABC
daytime drama "General Hospital". A native
Californian and youngest of four, Vanessa Marcil
frequently traveled with her family living in such
far-flung locations as Anchorage, Alaska and Reno,
Nevada before they settled in Palm Desert, California.
At age eight, she began her acting career, appearing in
local theatrical productions. Originally intending to
become a lawyer, Marcil dropped out of college to pursue
a full-time career in show business.
Spotted in a stage production of "Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof", she was cast in her star-making soap role.
Over the course of her six-year (1992-98) tenure on
"General Hospital", the character of Brenda
developed from spoiled rich girl to complex, assured
businesswoman. Paired onscreen with actors Maurice
Bernard (as gangster Sonny Corinthos) and Ingo
Rademacher (as wealthy businessman Jasper Jax), Marcil
was involved in two very popular romantic storylines.
When her character underwent a nervous breakdown, the
actress demonstrated her range and capabilities and
netted an Emmy nomination.
It was only a matter of time before
Marcil began fielding other offers. In 1994, she starred
alongside Dwight Yoakam and Sally Kirkland in the Peter
Fonda-directed stage play "Southern Rapture"
and received rave reviews. ABC tapped the rising star to
host the popular weekly late-night music series "In
Concert" (1995) and to star in the 1996 TV-movie
"To Love, Honor, and Deceive". In the latter,
she portrayed a young wife and mother who discovers her
husband had a secret life. Marcil made the jump to the
big screen in the brief role of Nicolas Cage's fiancee
in "The Rock" (1996). She went on to appear in
the short "976-WISH" (1997) and co-star in two
independent features, "This Space Between Us",
opposite Jeremy Sisto, and "Nice Guys Sleep
Alone", with Sean O'Bryan.
In the fall of 1998, Marcil traded her daytime stint for
a regular role as sultry Gina Kincaid on the Fox
primetime series "Beverly Hills, 90210" from
1998 to the series' conclusion in 2000. After a pair of
brief guest-starring stints as a detective on "NYPD
Blue" in 2001 and 2003, and a leading role in the
low-budget sci fi actioner "Storm Watch"
(2002), Marcil returned to primetime network television
in NBC's populat lighthearted drama "Las
Vegas" (2003- ), playing Samantha “Sam” Jane,
handler to Sin City's highest rollers at the Montecito
hotel and casino. |
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