Vanessa Nicole Marano is an American actress. She has appeared on the TV series Without a Trace

Without a Trace

Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...

, Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...

, Scoundrels

Scoundrels (TV series)

Scoundrels is an American television series that aired on the ABC network. It is based on the New Zealand TV series Outrageous Fortune. The one-hour comedy-drama premiered on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 9 pm...

and The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

, among others. She is currently a main character on Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth (TV series)

Switched at Birth is an American television series that premiered on ABC Family on June 6, 2011 at 9:00 ET/PT. The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments...

, where she stars as Bay Kennish.

Personal life

Vanessa Marano was born October 31, 1992 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. She is the older sister of Laura Marano

Laura Marano

Laura Marie Marano is an American teen actress. She has appeared in Without a Trace and Back to You, in both instances playing the daughter of the main characters. In December, she will be starring in a lead role in the new Disney Channel series Austin & Ally...

. Besides English she also speaks Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

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Career

Vanessa Marano began acting professionally when she was two years old. Since then, she worked for productions at the Stage Door Theater. Her biggest roles on television have been as Jack Malone's older daughter in Without a Trace

Without a Trace

Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...

(she and real life sister Laura play sisters), Valerie's stepdaughter in The Comeback

The Comeback (TV series)

The Comeback is a television series produced by HBO that stars actress Lisa Kudrow as sitcom actress Valerie Cherish in modern-day Los Angeles, California. It was created by Kudrow and Michael Patrick King, a former executive producer of Sex and the City...

and as April Nardini in Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...

. She also played Layne Abeley in The Clique

The Clique (film)

The Clique is a direct-to-DVD film based on the popular teen novel series by author Lisi Harrison. The film is produced by Alloy Entertainment, released through Tyra Banks' company Bankable Productions and is a production of Warner Premiere with Tyra Banks as executive producer. Filming began in...

based on the books by Lisi Harrison and Samantha Combs in Dear Lemon Lima

Dear Lemon Lima

Dear Lemon Lima is a 2009 family comedy feature film written and directed by Suzi Yoonessi. Based on her short film of the same name and developed with the support of Film Independent and its Filmmaker Labs, this film is about a 13-year-old half-Yup’ik girl navigating her way through first...

.

Vanessa played Eden on The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

and Hope on Scoundrels

Scoundrels (TV series)

Scoundrels is an American television series that aired on the ABC network. It is based on the New Zealand TV series Outrageous Fortune. The one-hour comedy-drama premiered on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 9 pm...

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She now stars as Bay Kennish on the ABC Family

ABC Family

ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...

 show Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth (TV series)

Switched at Birth is an American television series that premiered on ABC Family on June 6, 2011 at 9:00 ET/PT. The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments...

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On Sep. 6, 2011 it has been reported that Vanessa will guest star on an episode of CSI:Crime Scene Investigation alongside Johnny Messner

Johnny Messner

Johnny Messner is an American actor who has had movie and television series roles.Messner was born in Syracuse, New York. He was in the second season of The O.C., and guest-starred in the second episode of the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...

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Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Easy	Little Jamie (uncredited)
2008		Layne Abeley	Direct-To-DVD film
2009	Dear Lemon Lima Dear Lemon Lima Dear Lemon Lima is a 2009 family comedy feature film written and directed by Suzi Yoonessi. Based on her short film of the same name and developed with the support of Film Independent and its Filmmaker Labs, this film is about a 13-year-old half-Yup’ik girl navigating her way through first...	Samantha Combs
2011		Samantha	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002-2004	Without a Trace Without a Trace Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...	Hanna Malone	8 episodes
2004	Grounded for Life Grounded for Life Grounded for Life is an American television sitcom that debuted on January 10, 2001 as a mid-season replacement on the FOX Network. It was created by Mike Schiff and Bill Martin. It ran for two seasons on the network until being cancelled only two episodes into its third season...	Lexie	Episode: "Tombstone Blues"
2004		Young Brooke Ellison Brooke Ellison Brooke Ellison was the very first quadriplegic to graduate from Harvard University. In 2000, she was selected by her fellow students to speak at the University's commencement ceremonies....	TV movie
2005	Six Feet Under	Tate Pasquese	Episode: "Time Flies" Episode: "The Silence"
2005		Franchesca	12 episodes
2005	Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...	Gina	Episode: "Malcolm Defends Reese"
2005-2007	Gilmore Girls Gilmore Girls Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...	April Nardini	13 episodes
2006	Boys Life	Sheila	TV series
2007	Hell on Earth	Shelly	TV movie
2008	Man of Your Dreams	Maia	TV movie
2008	Miss Guided Miss Guided Miss Guided is an American situation comedy that premiered on March 18, 2008 as a mid-season replacement on ABC. The series follows the life of Becky Freeley, a guidance counselor at a high school that she attended when she was a teenager...	Kelly	Episode: "Homecoming"
2008		Theresa Monroe	Episode: "Problem Child"
2008	Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...	Alise Jones	Episode: "Ghost in the Machine"
2008-2010		Eden Gerick	59 episodes
2009	Trust Me Trust Me (TV series) Trust Me is an American drama series that began airing on TNT on January 26, 2009 at 10 p.m Eastern/ 9 P.M Central. In Canada, Trust Me can be seen on Super Channel.Trust Me premiered with 3.4 million viewers....	Haley McGuire	5 episodes
2009	Without a Trace Without a Trace Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...	Hanna Malone	4 episodes
2009	Dexter Dexter (TV series) Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...	Rebecca Mitchell	5 episodes
2010		Bailey Davidson	TV movie
2010	Past Life Past Life (TV series) Past Life is an American crime drama television series which aired on Fox from February 9, 2010 to June 4, 2010. The series premiered on Tuesday, February 9 at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central...	Susan Charne	Episode: "Dead Man Talking"
2010	Medium Medium (TV series) Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office...	Jennifer Whitten	Episode: "There Will Be Blood... Type A" Episode: "There Will Be Blood... Type B"
2010	Scoundrels Scoundrels (TV series) Scoundrels is an American television series that aired on the ABC network. It is based on the New Zealand TV series Outrageous Fortune. The one-hour comedy-drama premiered on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 9 pm...	Hope West	8 episodes
2010	Parenthood Parenthood (2010 TV series) Parenthood is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Jason Katims and produced by Imagine Television and Universal Media Studios. The first season premiered on March 2, 2010 on NBC...	Holly	Episode: "Date Night"
2010	Marry Me	Imogen Hicks	TV movie
2011	Private Practice	Casey	Episode: "The Hardest Part"
2011	Love Bites Love Bites (TV series) -Episodes:-Development:In January 2010, NBC announced Love Bites as one of many pilots on its early development slate. Becki Newton was cast in late February, followed quickly by Jordana Spiro. Marc Buckland was confirmed to be directing the pilot in early March. In May 2010, NBC announced it had...	Becky Lerner	Episode: "Too Much Information"
2011–present	Switched at Birth Switched at Birth (TV series) Switched at Birth is an American television series that premiered on ABC Family on June 6, 2011 at 9:00 ET/PT. The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments...	Bay Kennish	10+ episodes
2011	CSI:Crime Scene Investigation	Samantha	Episode: "CSI down"

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