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Vinessa Shaw
Vinessa Shaw | |
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.jpg) Shaw at Nightmare Weekend Richmond in 2023 | |
| Born | Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw July 19, 1976 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
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Kristopher Gifford (m. 2017) |
| Children | 1 |
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Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw (born July 19, 1976)[1][2] is an American film actress and model. She began her career as a child actress, making her feature film debut in the slasher film Home Sweet Home (1981). She had her breakout role in Disney's Halloween comedy-fantasy film Hocus Pocus (1993). Shaw also appeared in Ladybugs (1992) and L.A. Without a Map (1998).
While attending Barnard College, Shaw was cast in a supporting role in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999), after which she decided to continue acting into her adulthood. Subsequent roles include in Kathryn Bigelow's period drama The Weight of Water (2000); the comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002), the 2006 remake of Wes Craven's horror film The Hills Have Eyes, the western 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and the romantic drama Two Lovers (2008).
In 2014, Shaw was a supporting cast member in the Showtime drama Ray Donovan. During this period, she also appeared in several feature films, including Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Side Effects (2013), and the crime drama Cold in July (2014). Shaw later starred as Dr. Jane Mathis in the 2017 horror thriller Clinical. In 2021, Shaw starred in the horror film We Need to Do Something, as well as the biographical sports drama 12 Mighty Orphans.
- ^ "Vinessa Shaw Biography". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on December 15, 2024.
- ^ Legge, Lisa (July 18, 2017). "Famous Birthdays: July 19". The St. Paul Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021.
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