Full Name | Vanessa Marcil |
Net Worth | $2 Million |
Date Of Birth | October 15, 1968 |
Height | 1.63 m |
Profession | Presenter, Actor |
Education | College of the Desert, Indio High School |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Carmine Giovinazzo, Corey Feldman |
Children | Kassius Lijah Marcil-Green |
Parents | Peter Ortiz, Patricia Marcil Ortiz |
Siblings | Tina Ortiz, Sam Ortiz, Sherry Ortiz |
Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/vanessamarcilm |
Awards | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
Movies | The Rock, To Love, Honor and Deceive, Nice Guys Sleep Alone, This Space Between Us, Storm Watch, Fish Without a Bicycle, The Nanny Express, One Hot Summer, The Bannen Way |
TV Shows | Blush: The Search for the Next Great Makeup Artist, Las Vegas, Beverly Hills, 90210, High Incident, General Hospital, In Concert |
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Has naturally curly hair. |
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Her favorite movies are The Godfather (1972), Urban Cowboy (1980), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Terms of Endearment (1983), and Life Is Beautiful (1997). |
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The role of Gina Kincaid on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) was written specifically for her in mind and created by Aaron Spelling. |
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Signed on to take a regular role on NYPD Blue (1993) in that series' 9th season (2001-02) as Det. Carmen Olivera, a newly promoted officer who was being pushed aside at another precinct by sexist, racist, and just plain stupid male superiors, and who would join the 15th Precinct after impressing them on a case. However, after Marcil filmed her debut episode (which aired as the 2nd part of a two-episode season premiere in November 2001), the producers and cast agreed the part wasn't working and dropped the story thread in favor of bringing in another young Latina detective in a later episode (who was played by Jacqueline Obradors). Marcil did return for one episode to play Det. Olivera in Season 11 but did not interact with any of the regular characters nor return again after that. |
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Had 2 miscarriages during her 2nd marriage to Carmine Giovinazzo. [2011] |
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 33, a son Kassius Lijah Marcil-Green on March 30, 2002. Child's father is her now ex-boyfriend, Brian Austin Green. |
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Was in a relationship with Brian Austin Green from 1999 to 2003. They have a son together. |
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One of her best friends is Suzanne Whang of HGTV's House Hunters (1999). They first met when Suzanne was cast as Polly on NBC's Las Vegas (2003). She is also the second godmother to her son Kassius. |
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Married Carmine Giovinazzo, from CSI: NY (2004), on July 11, 2010 in New York. |
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Former best friend of The Biggest Loser (2004) trainer Jillian Michaels who was the godmother of her son Kassius. |
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Named on People magazine's "100 Most Beautiful People" list (2008), reportedly for being a muse to musician Prince, who wrote his 1994 song "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" about her. |
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Loves to ride motorcycles. |
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Named #92 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006). |
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Has a grandmother named Sally. |
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Named #19 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list. Named #92 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006). |
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She remarked on Today (1952), 5 November 2004 that she is the great granddaughter of French mime Marcel Marceau, though she never met him. |
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She has suffered from agoraphobia. |
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Opened Patricia House in Los Angeles, which will aid women who can no longer care for their children. Created a hotline for these women to have their babies placed in good homes. |
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Auditioned for the part of Nancy in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) however, the part was eventually given to Jennifer Esposito, since the director felt her beauty would give less attention to the lead actors of the film. |
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Was offered the role of Nelle Porter on Ally McBeal (1997) but was forced to turn it down because she had already signed on to Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990). The role was then given to Portia de Rossi. |
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She has designed a line of children's clothing called, 'Kass' (named in honor of her son Kassius) for Africa. A portion of the proceeds will go to help build schools and open centers to support and empower mothers and their children in Africa. |
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Named in honor of actress Vanessa Redgrave. |
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Performed her own song at a 6th grade talent show and won. |
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Has two dogs named Cowboy and Whiskey. |
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Is a vegetarian. |
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Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1996. Was offered the cover and a layout in Playboy but she declined. She is reportedly very shy about revealing her body. |
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Has a tattoo on her lower back of a tribal symbol representing peace and love in the universe. |
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Attended College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California, where she studied law. |
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Attended Indio High School, Indio, California. Was part of the Circle Theatre Acting Company in Indio. |
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As a child, she was given the option of skipping second grade along with a friend. She and her parents decided against it. |
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Her father Peter is of Mexican descent. Her mother Patricia is of French, Italian, and Portuguese descent. She is the youngest of four children. All of her family remains living in Indio, California, USA. |
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What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men. |
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I balance things better and don't kill myself so much, but conflict makes me a more interesting actress to watch. The places I go to pull emotions from, I think if you have a perfect, happy life, you just don't have those places. And I want those places. I'm proud of those places. |
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I'm not ready to be a woman yet. I'd like it if my body were more boyish. Maybe I'll like my curves when I'm older but right now they kind of make me squirm. |
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I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit. I was on the show (General Hospital (1963)) for two years before they got me to wear a bathing suit and I almost had a heart attack the whole time. |
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"Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and have it be OK." - in having it be an outlet. |
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"Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it." - on driving to work while changing clothes. |