Vanessa Marcil was born on October 15, 1968, in Indio, California, to Peter Ortiz, a contractor, and Patricia Marcil Ortiz, an herbalist. She grew up in Palm Desert with her parents and her two older sisters Tina and Sherry and her older brother Sam. When Vanessa was 8 she started acting in plays and even performed her own song at a sixth-grade talent show, which she won. Soon afterward she began pursuing an acting career and starred in several theatre productions before landing the role of Brenda Barrett on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital in 1992.She made her feature film debut in The Rock opposite Nicolas Cage and starred in a made-for-television movie, To Love, Honor and Deceive, in 1996. She stayed with "General Hospital" until 1998 and then left to join the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 as Gina Kincaid, a former ice skater replacing Tiffani Thiessen as the show's vixen. She met Brian Austin Green on the show and the two had a baby together named Kassius Lijah Marcil-Green born in March of 2002.In the fall of 2002 she made her long-awaited return to "General Hospital" reprising her role as Brenda Barrett, garnering her a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actress" in 2003. Vanessa later joined the cast of the NBC drama Las Vegas as Sam Marquez, a casino host. She resides in Los Angeles with her son Kassius. See full bio on IMDb »
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