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Vinessa has the same birthday as Lizzie Borden.
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She shared a Young Artist Award nomination in 1993 for Outstanding Ensemble Cast for the film Ladybugs.
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In 1990 both Vinessa and her mother worked with director Peter Werner in Maine workshops.
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In 1993 she was nominated for Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Motion Picture for Ladybugs.
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The unusual spelling Vinessa's name is because she was named after her grandfather Vincent.
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She got a Young Artist Award nomination for her role in Hocus Pocus in 1994.
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Vinessa has the same birthday as Lizzie Borden.
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In 1990 both Vinessa and her mother worked with director Peter Werner in Maine workshops.
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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.
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Her major motion picture debut was in the 1992 comedy Ladybugs.
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Her acting debut was in a UCLA student film when she was ten years old.
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In 1995 she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her guest starring performance on Murder, She Wrote.
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Vinessa is 5'8" tall.
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Her mother Susan Damante-Shaw appeared alongside Vinessa in Coyote Summer.
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She is also a highly successful model.
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She was ranked at #66 on Stuff magazine's 2002 list of the 102 Sexiest Women in the World.
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She was nominated as Best Young Actress Recurring in a Television Series for her role in Great Scott at the 1993 Young Artist Awards.
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Her sister, Natalie Shaw, is also an actress.
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She is the daughter of actress Susan Damante-Shaw.
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Vinessa's sister Natalie recently appeared on the series House, in the episode titled "Babies and Bathwater".
