Vanessa Marano
Biography
Vanessa Nicole Marano is an American actress born on October 31, 1992, in Los Angeles, California, USA. Known professionally for her work in television and film, she has a total of fifty-one known credits in acting on The Movie Database. Throughout her career, she has starred in movies and taken on recurring television roles. Her television credits include appearances on Without a Trace, Gilmore Girls, Scoundrels, and The Young and the Restless. As a performer, her biographical and professional data identifies her as female. She continues to be recognized in the entertainment industry for her acting credits across various film and television projects.
Career overview
Vanessa Nicole Marano is an American actress born on October 31, 1992, in Los Angeles, California, United States. Active in the entertainment industry with fifty-one known credits, she has built a career spanning both television and film appearances.
In television, Marano has accumulated several notable recurring roles throughout her career. Her television credits include appearances on Without a Trace, Gilmore Girls, Scoundrels, and The Young and the Restless. In addition to her television work, she has also starred in various movies.
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- A Make or Break Holiday (2025) Writer
- Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story (2025) Screenplay
- The Royal Treatment (2022) Producer
- One Delicious Christmas (2022) as Abby Richmond
- This Game's Called Murder (2021) as Jennifer Wallendorf
- How to Deter a Robber (2021) as Madison Williams
- This Is the Year (2021) as Molly
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- Saving Zoë (2019) as Zoë
- Saving Zoë (2019) Producer
- Confessional (2019) as Noelle
- 9-1-1 (2018) as Sydney
- Station 19 (2018) as Molly
- Bad Boy (2018) as Vanessa
- Daphne & Velma (2018) as Carol
- The Dead Girls Detective Agency (2018) as Nancy
- Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) as April Nardini
- Senior Project (2015) as Sam
- NCIS: New Orleans (2014) as Natalie
- Silicon Valley (2014) as Stanford Student
- Radio Disney Music Awards (2013) as Self
- The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013) as Samantha
- Restless Virgins (2013) as Emily
- Perception (2012) as Riley
- Switched at Birth (2011) as Bay Kennish
- Love Bites (2011) as Becky Lerner
- Parenthood (2010) as Holly
- Past Life (2010) as Susan Charne
- Scoundrels (2010) as Hope West
- Marry Me (2010) as Imogen Hicks
- Dear Lemon Lima (2009) as Samantha Combs
- The Clique (2008) as Layne Abeley
- Private Practice (2007) as Casey
- Dexter (2006) as Rebecca Mitchell
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Holly Wheeler
- The Closer (2005) as Theresa Monroe
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) as Alise Jones
- Medium (2005) as Jennifer Whitten
- The Comeback (2005) as Franchesca
- The Brooke Ellison Story (2004) as Young Brooke Ellison
- Finding Nemo (2003) as Additional Voices (voice)
- Easy (2003) as Little Jamie (uncredited)
- Without a Trace (2002) as Hanna Malone
- Six Feet Under (2001) as Tate Pasquese
- Grounded for Life (2001) as Lexie
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Samantha Cafferty
- Gilmore Girls (2000) as April Nardini
- Malcolm in the Middle (2000) as Gina
- Teen Choice Awards (1999) as Self - Presenter
- When We Collided Director
- When We Collided Co-Producer
- Petunia as Lily Hale