Vanessa Lengies
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| Vanessa Lengies | |
| Born | Vanessa Lynne-Marie Lengies 21 July 1985 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Occupation | Actress |
Vanessa Lynne-Marie Lengies is a Canadian actress best known for starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Vanessa is of Egyptian and German ancestry.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
Young Vanessa Lengies got her start in Canadian television on shows such as Sponk!, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Radio Active, and Popular Mechanics for Kids. In 2000, she had the lead role in the Showtime movie Ratz
In August 2005, she co-starred with Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear in the comedy The Perfect Man. She also plays a supporting role as the jailbait hostess, Natasha, in the 2005 American film Waiting.... In 2006, she was seen as a gymnast in the movie Stick It.
For The Grudge 2, the role of Vanessa was originally written for Lengies, who eventually turned it down to film My Suicide; the part still bears her name. She has also appeared in CBS show The Ghost Whisperer in an episode titled 'The Vanishing'. She made another appearance in an episode of the short-lived CBS show Moonlight
Lengies was seen as Sophia in the Lifetime original drama series Monarch Cove. Lengies is also co-starring in the ABC online comedy, Squeegees.
She has appeared in two films alongside One Tree Hill Actor Danneel Harris in Still Waiting... and Extreme Movie.
[edit] Filmography
- Ratz (2000) as Marci Kornbalm
- American Dreams (2002–2005) as Roxanne Bojarski
- The Perfect Man (2005) as Amy Pearl
- Waiting... (2005) as Natasha
- The Substance of Things Hoped For (2006) as Daphne
- Stick It (2006) as Joanne Charis
- My Suicide (2008) as Mallory
- Still Waiting... (2008) as Natasha
- Extreme Movie (2008) as Carla
- Foreign Exchange (2008) as Robin
- HawthoRNe (2009) as Nurse Kelly
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