Vanessa Marano

Vanessa Marano Biography

Vanessa Nicole Marano (born October 31, 1992) is an American actress. She has starred in television movies and had recurring roles in such series as Without a Trace, Gilmore Girls, Ghost Whisperer, Scoundrels, Grey's Anatomy and The Young and the Restless. Since June 2011, she has starred as Bay Kennish on Switched at Birth.

Career

Vanessa Marano began acting professionally when she was seven years old. According to an interview with her sister, her mother did not want either of her children to have careers in show business, and took the girls to an agent that she believed was most likely to turn kids down, only to find that Vanessa was accepted. Her sister Laura, who was on the scene with her, also impressed the agency. Since then, she worked for productions at the Stage Door Theater. Vanessa's first major roles on television have been as Jack Malone's older daughter in Without a Trace (she and real life sister Laura play sisters), Valerie's stepdaughter in The Comeback and as April Nardini in Gilmore Girls. She also played Layne Abeley in The Clique based on the books by Lisi Harrison and Samantha Combs in Dear Lemon Lima. Marano starred in an episode of Ghost Whisperer alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt. Marano played Eden on The Young and the Restless and Hope on Scoundrels. Since June 2011, she has starred as Bay Kennish on the ABC Family TV show Switched at Birth. In 2013, she starred in Restless Virgins which was inspired by a true story.

Personal life

Vanessa Marano was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Ellen, is the owner of Agoura Children's Theatre. Her younger sister, Laura, was a star on Disney Channel's Austin & Ally and is now a Big Machine recording artist. Her father is of Italian descent. Besides English, Marano speaks Italian.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002-09	Without a Trace	Hanna Malone	Recurring role (12 episodes)
2004	Grounded for Life	Lexie	Episode: "Tombstone Blues"
2004	'	Young Brooke Ellison	Movie
2005	Six Feet Under	Tate Pasquese	Episodes: "Time Flies", "The Silence"
2005	'	Franchesca	Regular role (12 episodes)
2005	Malcolm in the Middle	Gina	Episode: "Malcolm Defends Reese"
2005-07,	Gilmore Girls	April Nardini	Recurring role (13 episodes)
2006	Boys Life	Sheila	Movie
2007	Hell on Earth	Shelly	Movie
2008	Man of Your Dreams	Maia	Movie
2008	Miss Guided	Kelly	Episode: "Homecoming (Season1 Episode 1)"
2008	'	Theresa Monroe	Episode: "Problem Child (Season 4 Episode 6)"
2008	Ghost Whisperer	Alise Jones	Episode: "Ghost in the Machine"
2008-10	'	Eden Baldwin	Regular role (59 episodes)
2009	Trust Me	Haley McGuire	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2009-11	Dexter	Rebecca Mitchell	Recurring role (6 episodes)
2010	Untitled Michael Jacobs Pilot	Bailey Davidson	Unsold pilot movie
2010	Past Life	Susan Charne	Episode: "Dead Man Talking"
2010	Medium	Jennifer Whitten	Episodes: "There Will Be Blood.. Type A", "There Will Be Blood... Type B"
2010	Scoundrels	Hope West	Main role (8 episodes)
2010	Parenthood	Holly	Episode: "Date Night"
2010	Marry Me	Imogen Hicks	Miniseries
2011	Private Practice	Casey	Episode: "The Hardest Part"
2011	Love Bites	Becky Lerner	Episode: "Too Much Information"
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Samantha Cafferty	Episode: "CSI Down"
2011-present	Switched at Birth	Bay Kennish	Lead role
2012	Grey's Anatomy	Holly Wheeler	Episode: "The Girl with No Name"
2012	Boys Are Stupid, Girls Are Mean	Narrator	9 episodes
2013	Restless Virgins	Emily	Movie
2013	Perception	Riley	Episode: "Toxic"
2014	NCIS: New Orleans	Natalie Lane	Episode: "The Recruits"
2016	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	April Nardini

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Easy	Little Jamie	Uncredited
2003	Finding Nemo	Additional voices
2008	'	Layne Abeley	Direct-to-DVD film
2009	Dear Lemon Lima	Samantha Combs
2012	Your Father's Daughter	Luciana	Short film
2013	'	Samantha
2014	Senior Project	Samantha "Sam" Willow

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result	Ref
2011	Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Star - Female	Switched at Birth
2013	Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Drama	Switched at Birth

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