Vanessa Downing is an Australian actress. She was educated in Sydney and holds a Masters Degree in English Literature from Sydney University. She has featured in many Television roles including All Saints

All Saints (TV series)

All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009...

 and classic 80's soap Sons and Daughters

Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)

Sons and Daughters was a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation between 1981 and 1987. The first episode aired in December 1981, during the Christmas/New Year non-ratings period, and the official broadcast date of the final...

 .

She is best known for being an original cast member of the television soap opera Home and Away

Home and Away

Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...

at the age of 32, playing a role many years her senior as foster mother Pippa Fletcher, Replacing Carole Willesee at short notice, the wife of Newsreader Mike Willesee who was originally cast as Pippa. When Downing left the series in 1990, the part was taken over by Debra Lawrance who played the character from 1990–1998. Vanessa has starred in the sitcom Bullpit, along with many Roles in Mini-series; she is also an extremely well known theatre actress.

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