Vinessa Shaw

Vinessa has the same birthday as Lizzie Borden.

She shared a Young Artist Award nomination in 1993 for Outstanding Ensemble Cast for the film Ladybugs.

In 1990 both Vinessa and her mother worked with director Peter Werner in Maine workshops.

In 1993 she was nominated for Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Motion Picture for Ladybugs.

The unusual spelling Vinessa's name is because she was named after her grandfather Vincent.

She got a Young Artist Award nomination for her role in Hocus Pocus in 1994.

Vinessa has the same birthday as Lizzie Borden.

In 1990 both Vinessa and her mother worked with director Peter Werner in Maine workshops.

She received a nomination at the 1995 Young Artist Awards in the Best Performance by a Youth Actress in a Drama Series category for her part in McKenna.

Her major motion picture debut was in the 1992 comedy Ladybugs.

Her acting debut was in a UCLA student film when she was ten years old.

In 1995 she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her guest starring performance on Murder, She Wrote.

Vinessa is 5'8" tall.

Her mother Susan Damante-Shaw appeared alongside Vinessa in Coyote Summer.

She is also a highly successful model.

She was ranked at #66 on Stuff magazine's 2002 list of the 102 Sexiest Women in the World.

She was nominated as Best Young Actress Recurring in a Television Series for her role in Great Scott at the 1993 Young Artist Awards.

Her sister, Natalie Shaw, is also an actress.

She is the daughter of actress Susan Damante-Shaw.

Vinessa's sister Natalie recently appeared on the series House, in the episode titled "Babies and Bathwater".