Vanessa: Now people are starting to think outside the box with me. I've played Latino parts, but I'm Italian.
Vanessa: I admire Cate Blanchett, because she does so many different roles.
Vanessa: I do all kind of accents and I haven't had a coach yet.
Vanessa: I was looking onto a screen, I had to be intimate with a face on the screen. It was pretty bizarre!
Vanessa: I'm so interested in seeing what my upcoming movies are going to be like. I love doing all of them. I've played a bunch of different roles—Latin, Italian, all-American, Southern—and been doing a bunch of different accents so far.
Vanessa: I might even get a boyfriend on the show. I could use one. I'm single right now.
Vanessa: People [make-up artists] always go over the top with my lips.
Vanessa's character on CSI: New York, Aiden Burn, was once named Abigail Martin.
Vanessa was among the first actors cast in CSI: NY.
Vanessa grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
Vanessa's father died before she was 3.