Vanessa Marano

WriterProducerActorDirector Oct 31 (age 33) Los Angeles, California, USA 1999–2025 (26 year career)

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Biography

Vanessa Nicole Marano is an American actress. She has starred in movies and had recurring roles on Without a Trace, Gilmore Girls, Scoundrels, and The Young and the Restless.

Known For

Film

Finding Nemo

Additional Voices (voice)

Film

The Royal Treatment

Producer

Film

Switched at Birth

Bay Kennish

Film

Daphne & Velma

Carol

Film

Saving Zoë

Zoë

Film

The Clique

Layne Abeley

Film

The Comeback

Franchesca

Film

This Is the Year

Molly

Filmography

Acting (46)

Movies (16)

One Delicious Christmas

as Abby Richmond

This Is the Year

as Molly

This Game's Called Murder

2021

as Jennifer Wallendorf

3.6

How to Deter a Robber

as Madison Williams

Confessional

as Noelle

Saving Zoë

as Zoë

Daphne & Velma

as Carol

Senior Project

as Sam

Restless Virgins

as Emily

The Secret Lives of Dorks

as Samantha

Dear Lemon Lima

as Samantha Combs

The Clique

as Layne Abeley

The Brooke Ellison Story

2004

as Young Brooke Ellison

6.9

Finding Nemo

2003

as Additional Voices (voice)

7.8

Easy

2003

as Little Jamie (uncredited)

5.6

Petunia

as Lily

Television (30)

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

9-1-1

as Sydney

Station 19

as Molly

Bad Boy

as Vanessa

The Dead Girls Detective Agency

2018

as Nancy

6.6

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

as April Nardini

NCIS: New Orleans

as Natalie

Silicon Valley

as Stanford Student

Radio Disney Music Awards

as Self

Perception

as Riley

Switched at Birth

as Bay Kennish

Parenthood

as Holly

Scoundrels

as Hope West

Marry Me

as Imogen Hicks

Past Life

as Susan Charne

Private Practice

as Casey

Dexter

as Rebecca Mitchell

Grey's Anatomy

as Holly Wheeler

The Closer

as Theresa Monroe

Medium

as Jennifer Whitten

Ghost Whisperer

as Alise Jones

The Comeback

as Franchesca

The Comeback

as Franchesca

Without a Trace

as Hanna Malone

Six Feet Under

as Tate Pasquese

Grounded for Life

as Lexie

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Samantha Cafferty

Gilmore Girls

as April Nardini

Malcolm in the Middle

as Gina

Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

A Make or Break Holiday

2025

Writer

7.4

Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story

Screenplay

The Royal Treatment

Producer

Saving Zoë

Producer

When We Collided

Director