The 5’4” vegetarian and super hot Vanessa Marcil was born on October 15, 1968, in Indio, California, USA. Her birth name was Sally Vanessa Ortiz. She grew up in Palm Desert and when Vanessa was 8, she started acting in plays and even performed her own song at a 6th grade talent show in 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 and stayed with the soap until 1998 to join the cast of "Beverly Hills, 90210" as Gina Kincaid.

She made her feature film debut in The Rock in 1996, starring opposite Nicolas Cage. In the fall of 2002, she made her long awaited return to "General Hospital" reprising her role as Brenda Barrett, garnering a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2003. Vanessa later joined the cast of the NBC drama "Las Vegas" in which she stars as Sam Marquez.

She is currently married to Carmine Giovinazzo, and for four years was once married to Corey Feldman whom she divorced in 1993. Feldman? Really? Feldman???

Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1996 and was offered the cover and a layout in Playboy but she declined. She is reportedly very shy about revealing her body. How we know she has a tattoo on her lower back of a tribal symbol representing peace and love in the universe is our little secret! Vanessa was reported as saying, "Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it." Why are we never informed of such important life events?!?!

A BIG, HUGE, CHARITABLE heart is always sexy in our books and she has designed a line of children's clothing called, 'Kass' (named in honor of her son Kassius) for Africa. A portion of the proceeds will go to help build schools and open centers to support and empower mothers and their children in Africa. Vanessa also opened Patricia House in Los Angeles, which will aid women who can no longer care for their children and help in the placement of good homes for the children.

She has suffered from agoraphobia. Agoraphobia you ask? The Mayo Clinic defines it this way: People with agoraphobia often have a hard time feeling safe in any public place, especially where crowds gather. It is basically an anxiety disorder related to fear itself. I think any one of us would gladly step to the plate and help Ms. Marcil feel safe and at ease in a public setting… just give us that chance!

   Named #19 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
   Named #92 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.
   Named on People magazine's "100 Most Beautiful People" list I 2008.
   A muse to musician Prince, who wrote his 1994 song "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" about her.



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