Vanessa Marcil

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Biography

Recent Role:
Brenda Barrett Corinthos on General Hospital
Gender:
Female
Born:
10-15-1968
Birthplace:
Indio, California, USA
Birth Name:
Vanessa Ortiz
AKA:
Sally Vanessa Ortiz, Vanessa Ortiz Marcil
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.



She grew up in poverty and her father was an alcoholic and abusive. Marcil herself had problems with alcohol and drugs while she was a teen and went to juvenile hall after being arrested several times. She dropped out of high school briefly, but eventually graduated and moved to Newport Beach, California to live on her own. She struggled financially before deciding to become an actor and taking



More acting school.



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.



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 latest T.V work was in the television series Las Vegas. 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.



Marcil was rumored to have married actor Corey Feldman in 1989, but she has denied this in interviews. 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 currently lives with her son in Los Angeles.

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    Marry Me Vanessa! A guy can dream cant he! hide show

    What can I say, This Lady Is an angel sent from heaven.I was in love the moment I laid eyes on her!(the movie the Rock) Who ever has her heart is one lucky S.O.B.She is the total package. The show was good but she was the only real reason I tuned in. The show could have been about her just walking around in a circle and I would have been in front of the TV. NBC has made another huge mistake in giving the show the axe! to the heads of NBC I say only this: IDIOTS!! I guess I will just have to watch the reruns.

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    An amazing actress hide show

    Vanessa Marcil is one of the actresses I simply adore. I've enjoyed her performances in the many television shows that she's been casted in. Any character that is given to her is portrayed with all of her effort. Along with her excellent acting she brings her beauty and grace to these wonderful shows. As "Brenda" in the soap opera GH we know her best to her chemistry with "Sonny." We've seen her talent used into 90210, but her full potential wasn't given the chance to fully bloom. In the current television show Las Vegas we see her doing what she is best at. It is quite a treat to see her in that show.

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    10 Perfect
    Vanessa Marcil is one of the most talented actress' on tv. I am an immediate fan of any television show she joins the cast of hide show

    Vanessa Marcil is one of my absolutle favorite actresses. in the early nineties I became an immediate general hospital fan because of the awesome chemistry bettween her and Antonio Sabato jr. I was a high school freshman and i blew off hangin out with my friends after school to go home and watch GH. Then years later I began to once again watch 90210 after havins stopped a couple years earlier when I,d heard she had joined the cast. Even now I watch primarily reruns of shows i used to like and some reality tv like I love new york and Hogan knows best. The only actual current show I like is Las Vegas

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    10 Perfect
    i love vanessa! hide show

    I really miss her playing brenda on gh with the whole sonny and brenda distructive love. omg it was the best years gh ever had. the whole lilly and jax coming into play was brilliant. this was way before they even started the whole carly sonny disaster. Vanessa is so very talented and can always play the innocent deviant type. i just cant help but love her. she to me is a role model. her very own baby cloth line was adorable. her role on beverly hills was underated! you know why i never liked that show? because somehow kelly was the one everyone wanted to be with. what is up with that? please! vanessa is way more gorgeouse then she was and still is the sexiest by far! rock on vanessa!

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    I love this woman! hide show

    I couldn't believe it when I read it, this girl, who is acctually a woman, turn 39 this year???? How did that happend? I don't know many 39 year olds with that kind of body. But it's not only her body, its everything about this woman! She is gorgeous and If I were to pick one women to go on a date with right now, it would be Vanessa! In my eyes she will remain 25-30.

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