Daughter of Susan Damante-Shaw with whom she appeared in Coyote Summer (1996).
Is also a model.
Dated actor Jonathan Brandis while filming Ladybugs (1992).
Attended Barnard College, but never graduated.
Dated Oliver Hudson.
Vinessa is named after her grandfather, Vincent.
Auditioned for the part of Jenny Everdeane in Gangs of New York (2002).
Ranked #66 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)
Sister of Natalie Shaw.
Fair-haired teen model cum versatile actress Vinessa Shaw has made her mark playing everything from sexy siren to innocent angel, though her breakthrough role came as a mixture of both with her turn as a sympathetic prostitute in director Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
Born in California in July of 1976, Vinessa Shaw began her career in show business early in childhood, though her big break came with her casting in the 1992 Rodney Dangerfield comedy Ladybugs. Soon appearing in such efforts as Hocus Pocus the following year and in the television series Fallen Angels and McKenna shortly after, Vinessa Shaw made a memorable appearance in the girl-tames-wild horse-coming-of-age story Coyote Summer before her affable prostitute loaned Tom Cruise's character a little understanding in Eyes Wide Shut. Vinessa Shaw took on a large role in the made-for-television miniseries The '70s in 2000 and made an appearance in Saturday Night Live alumni Chris Kattan's comedy Corky Romano in 2001.
