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Vinessa Shaw

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Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw is an American film actress and model. She began her career as a child actor, and had her break-out role in Disney's 1993 Halloween comedy-fantasy film Hocus Pocus. Shaw also appeared in Ladybugs (1992) and L.A. Without a Map (1998). While attending Barnard College, Shaw was cast in a supporting role in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999), after which she decided to pursue acting into her adulthood. Subsequent roles include in the comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002), and the 2006 remake of Wes Craven's horror film The Hills Have Eyes. She was a supporting cast member in the Showtime drama Ray Donovan, and stars as Dr. Jane Mathis in the 2017 horror thriller Clinical.
BornJuly 19, 1976
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Julie Delpy, Vincent Gallo, Vinessa Shaw, and David Tennant in L.A. Without a Map (1998)
Michael Chiklis, Vinessa Shaw, and C.J. Dubeau in Vegas (2012)
Vinessa Shaw in Vegas (2012)
Michael Chiklis, Vinessa Shaw, Ivana Milicevic, and Michael Wiseman in Vegas (2012)
Michael Chiklis and Vinessa Shaw in Vegas (2012)
Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw, and Omri Katz in The Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018)
Vinessa Shaw and Doug Jones in The Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018)
Vinessa Shaw in Side Effects (2013)
Vinessa Shaw, Ivana Milicevic, and Michael Wiseman in Vegas (2012)
Michael Chiklis and Vinessa Shaw in Vegas (2012)
Michael Chiklis and Vinessa Shaw in Vegas (2012)
Carrie-Anne Moss and Vinessa Shaw in Vegas (2012)

Known for

Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
3:10 to Yuma
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  • Emma Nelson
  • 2007
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus (1993)
Hocus Pocus
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  • Allison
  • 1993
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut
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  • Domino
  • 1999
Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, and Rooney Mara in Side Effects (2013)
Side Effects
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  • Dierdre Banks
  • 2013

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Actress

  • Swagger (2021)
    Swagger
  • Martin Sheen and Luke Wilson in 12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
    12 Mighty Orphans
  • We Need to Do Something (2021)
    We Need to Do Something
  • The Blazing World (2021)
    The Blazing World
  • Vinessa Shaw in Family Blood (2018)
    Family Blood
  • Sensum
  • Vinessa Shaw and India Eisley in Clinical (2017)
    Clinical
  • Malcolm McDowell, Keith Carradine, Jane Seymour, and Vinessa Shaw in Bereave (2015)
    Bereave
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
    Ray Donovan
  • Electric Slide (2014)
    Electric Slide
  • Chloë Sevigny in Those Who Kill (2014)
    Those Who Kill
  • After the Fall (2014)
    After the Fall
  • Don Johnson, Sam Shepard, and Michael C. Hall in Cold in July (2014)
    Cold in July
  • Siren (2013)
    Siren
  • Dark Around the Stars (2013)
    Dark Around the Stars

Director

  • Vana Bell and Vassiliki Ellwood in Crossing the Bar (2016)
    Crossing the Bar

Producer

  • We Need to Do Something (2021)
    We Need to Do Something

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Personal details

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    • July 19, 1976
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Kristopher Gifford2017 - present (1 child)
    • Natalie Shaw(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Print ad for Calvin Klein Eyewear (2000)
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    • 3 Interviews
    • 3 Articles
    • 3 Pictorials
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Vinessa is named after her grandfather, Vincent.
  • Quotes
    I would never see this movie because I'm frightened of horror movies. Ever since I was a kid, my friends who always wanted to see them would mortify me by showing me clips from a movie, and I would have to run in the other room, call my parents, and go home -- that kind of thing. (on her film The Hills Have Eyes (2006))

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