Vanessa Ray
Vanessa Ray | |
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 Ray at the 2014 PaleyFest | |
| Born | Vanessa Ray Liptak June 24, 1981 Livermore, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Known for | Suits Pretty Little Liars Blue Bloods White Collar |
| Spouse(s) | Derek James Baynham (m. 2003-2009) Landon Beard (m. 2015) |
Vanessa Ray (née Liptak; born June 24, 1981)[1] is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role on Pretty Little Liars as CeCe Drake, Jenny on the legal drama series Suits, Teri Ciccone on As the World Turns, Officer Eddie Janko-Reagan on Blue Bloods, and Maggie "Rocker" Sheldon on White Collar.
Acting career
Ray earned her Actors' Equity Association card while performing the role of Rusty and singing "Let's Hear It For the Boy" in the musical Footloose. She played the role of Nemo in Robert and Kristin Lopez's Finding Nemo: The Musical at Orlando's Disney World. Ray played the character Olive Ostrovsky in the national tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She joined the Broadway cast of Hair in its final year as Crissy, and sang the song "Frank Mills". She made her on-screen debut as Chris in the youth-oriented video short feature The Sparky Chronicles: The Map. (2003)
Between 2013 and 2016, Ray appeared as CeCe Drake, a "beyond-charismatic twenty-something blonde stylist at a boutique that has one heel in the present, one in the past",[2] in the television series Pretty Little Liars. Ray was announced to start filming again for PLL, and spoke about returning, saying, "It's so fun to do, and what a crazy character I get to play. She's sort of a sociopath. I think she's so weird because she's, like, 22 but hangs out with high-schoolers. It's like, 'Hey, girl! Get a life!'”[3]
In 2013, Ray joined the Season 4 cast of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods as Officer Edit "Eddie" Janko,[4] a role she has continued through the show's 10th season.
Personal life
Ray now lives and works between Los Angeles and New York City. She married actor Derek James Baynham on January 8, 2003.[5][6] In 2007, the first season of the HGTV series Marriage Under Construction covered their purchase, renovation and eventual sale of a house in Toronto.[7][8] The couple divorced in 2009.[9] In March 2015, Vanessa announced on Instagram and Twitter that she was engaged to her boyfriend of six years, Landon Beard.[10] On June 14, 2015, they married at the Condor's Nest Ranch in eastern San Diego County, California.[11]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Sparky Chronicles: The Map | Chris | Video short |
| 2004 | Is He... | Steph | Short |
| 2008 | Finding Chance | Katrina | |
| 2010 | Nice Guy Johnny | Best Friend | |
| 2011 | Trust Me | Girlfriend | Video short |
| 2012 | Not Waving but Drowning | Adele | |
| Frances Ha | Random Girl #2 | ||
| The Last Day of August | Phoebe | ||
| 2013 | Mutual Friends | Lucy | |
| Wisdom Teeth | |||
| 2014 | Devil's Due | Suzie | |
| Are You Joking? | Haley Lusky | ||
| 2015 | All in Time | Rachel | |
| The Rumperbutts | Ashlee | ||
| 2016 | Serialized | Hannah |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–2009 | The Battery's Down | Vanessa | "Ro Ro Ro Your Boat," "The Bronx Is Up," "The Party's Over" |
| 2009 | Bored to Death | Claudia | "The Case of the Missing Screenplay" |
| 2009–2010 | As the World Turns | Teri Ciccone | Regular role |
| 2010 | Damages | Tessa Marchetti | Recurring role |
| 2011 | White Collar | Maggie 'Rocker' Sheldon | "What Happens in Burma" |
| Nurse Jackie | Mrs. Donovan | "Have You Met Ms. Jones?" | |
| 2011–2012 | Suits | Jenny Griffith | Recurring role |
| 2012 | Girls | Heather Travis | "The Return" |
| Pretty Dirty Secrets | CeCe Drake | "A Reunion" and "Call Security" | |
| The Right Not to Know | Earthy Chick | TV miniseries | |
| 2012–2017 | Pretty Little Liars | CeCe Drake / Charlotte DiLaurentis | Recurring role |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Cayce Robbins | "Red Lacquer Nail Polish" |
| 2013–present | Blue Bloods | Officer Edit “Eddie” Janko-Reagan | Recurring (season 4), regular (season 5–present) |
| 2014 | My Day | Herself | |
| 2016 | Best-Selling Murder | Hannah | TV movie |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV: Villain | CeCe Drake | Won | [12] |
References
- ^ "Vanessa Ray". HollywoodLife.com. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Friedman, Molly. "Spoiler! Pretty Little Liars Season 3 Spoiler: More Details on CeCe, Connections to "the Past"". Wetpaint. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ Burt, Kayti. "Pretty Little Liars Season 4B Spoilers: CeCe Drake WILL Return!". Wet Paint. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ 'Blue Bloods' Season 4 premiere: 'Unwritten Rules' tested after a cop's murder Bobbin, Jay at zap2it.com, September 27, 2013,
- ^ "Marriage Under Construction 1". HuffPost TV. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ Nevada Marriage Index 1966–2005, Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Records, Carson City, Nevada.
- ^ "Survivor: the Toronto house hunt". Toronto Star. November 3, 2007.
- ^ "Marriage Under Construction - Episodes - HGTV Canada". hgtv.ca. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ Am; PM, aTVScoop 06/18/15 AT 3:54 (June 18, 2015). "'Pretty Little Liars' Star Vanessa Ray Gets Married; Sasha Pieterse Shares Photos From Wedding". International Business Times. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Exclusive: 'Blue Bloods' star Vanessa Ray is engaged!". Hello Magazine. March 13, 2015.
- ^ Claudia Rosenbaum & Mike Vulpo (June 16, 2015). "Exclusive!: Pretty Little Liars Star Vanessa Ray Marries Landon Beard: Details on Their 'Intimate and Relaxed' Wedding". E! News.
- ^ Coggan, Devan (June 9, 2015). "Teen Choice Award nominations pit Zayn Malik against One Direction". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
External links
- Vanessa Ray at IMDb
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