Vanessa Branch
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Vanessa Branch | |
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![]() Branch attending the Maxim's 10th Annual Hot 100 Celebration in Santa Monica, California on May 13, 2009 | |
Born | Vanessa Lynn Branch |
Alma mater | Middlebury College |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Years active | 1999–present |
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Vanessa Lynn Branch is an English-born American actress and model. She is best known in the United States as the Orbit Gum girl for its series of television commercials (her catchphrase is "Fabulous!").
Early life
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Branch holds her dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. She also speaks some French and Mandarin Chinese.[1]
After graduating from Mercersburg Academy, a boarding school located in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Middlebury College in 1994. Branch won the crown as Miss Vermont 1994 and competed in the Miss America 1995 pageant. In 1996, she began tutoring two young girls, in French, and later moved in with the Van Pelt family in Newport Beach, California. She has stayed in Southern California since then and currently resides there.
Filmography
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2000 | The Cell | Stargher's Victim | |
2001 | Ticker | Redhead | |
2001 | Good Advice | TV Newswoman | |
2002 | John Q. | Registered Nurse | |
2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Giselle | |
2004 | In Enemy Hands | Admiral Kentz's Secretary | |
2004 | Almost | Rachel / Samantha | Also producer |
2005 | Dreaming Reality | Doctor | Short film |
2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Giselle | |
2007 | Asylum | Sophie Miller | |
2007 | Suburban Girl | Faye Faulkner | |
2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Giselle | |
2007 | Milk and Fashion | Anna | |
2008 | Cold Play | Indigo Thorpe | |
2008 | All Roads Lead Home | Lillian | |
2008 | Wild Child | Rosemary | Uncredited |
2009 | Post Grad | Receptionist | |
2009 | Feed the Fish | Lorraine | |
2009 | Love in Translation | Sophie | |
2011 | 51 | Claire Felon | |
2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked | Giselle | Short film |
2011 | 6 Month Rule | Wendy | |
2012 | Kung Fu Man | Susan | |
2014 | Cat Run 2 | Wollcroft | |
2014 | 500 Miles North | Claire | |
2015 | Road Hard | Nancy | |
2016 | Love is Color Blind | Ana | Short film |
2017 | American Satan | Leo's Mom | Uncredited |
Television | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1999 | Encore! Encore! | Danielle Bertrand | Episode: "To Soeur with Love" |
2001 | Star Trek: Voyager | Adult Naomi Wildman | Episode: "Shattered" |
2001 | The Invisible Man | Amanda / Mandy | Episode: "Going Postal" |
2001 | The Mind of the Married Man | N/A | Episode: "When We Were Nice" |
2002 | Port Charles | Paige Barrington Smith | Episode: "Episode #1.1182" |
2002 | Livin' Large | Segment Host | Episode: "2002 Tattoo Convention Coverage" |
2004 | She Spies | Kendall Swann | Episode: "Wedding of the Century" |
2005 | Entourage | Chinese Interpreter | Episode: "Chinatown" |
2005 | Eve | Imogene | Episodes: "Shelly and?" and "Brit Better Have My Money" |
2006 | Lost | Karen | Episode: "Fire + Water" |
2006 | Gilmore Girls | Bobbi | Episodes: "The Great Stink" and "Introducing Lorelai Planetarium" |
2007 | Monk | Mrs. Murphy | Episode: "Mr. Monk Is at Your Service" |
2007 | Andy Barker, P.I. | Nadia | Episode: "Pilot" |
2008 | CSI: Miami | Lisa Radley | Episode: "Cheating Death" |
2011 | Turbo Dates | Barbara | Episode: "Chemistry" |
2011 | The Protector | Mrs. Lennox | Episode: "Ghosts" |
2012 | Criminal Minds | Teri Banks | Episode: "Snake Eyes" |
2012 | Bones | Claire Lazebnik | Episode: "The Prisoner in the Pipe" |
2012 | Perception | Michelle Akers | Episode: "Lovesick" |
2013 | Model Employee | Judge | 9 episodes |
2014 | Days of Our Lives | Giselle Van Hopper | Episodes: "Episode #1.12377" and "Episode #1.12317" |
2014 | Satisfaction | Denise | Episode: "...Through Admission" |
References
- ^ Howard, Theresa (August 13, 2007). "Orbit gal glad to do gum's 'dirty' work". USA Today. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
External links
- Actresses from London
- American film producers
- American television actresses
- American video game actresses
- American women film producers
- English emigrants to the United States
- English film producers
- English television actresses
- English video game actresses
- Living people
- Middlebury College alumni
- Miss America 1995 delegates
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- American actor stubs
- American beauty pageant contestant stubs