Vanessa Marano
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Vanessa Marano started acting in the theater when she was seven years
old, performing in numerous plays at A.C.T. in Agoura Hills,
California. She began her professional career with several national
commercials.
Marano is most recognized for her roles as "April Nardini", the
daughter of "Luke", in the highly popular show,
Gilmore Girls (2000) and for
the role of "Francesca", the daughter of the Emmy Award-winning
Lisa Kudrow, in the HBO original series,
The Comeback (2005). Recently,
she starred in Scoundrels (2010),
playing the scheming, school-skipping daughter of
Virginia Madsen. She has had recurring
roles in shows including
Dexter (2006),
Without a Trace (2002),
Trust Me (2009) and
The Young and the Restless (1973).
Her guest-starring credits include
Parenthood (2010),
Medium (2005),
Ghost Whisperer (2005),
Past Life (2010),
Six Feet Under (2001),
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
and
Grounded for Life (2001).
She starred as a young girl who becomes a quadriplegic in the
critically acclaimed television movie,
The Brooke Ellison Story (2004),
directed by Christopher Reeve.
Marano's first film was the animated hit,
Finding Nemo (2003), followed by the
independent films, Easy (2003),
The Clique (2008), Stopping
Power (2000),
Dear Lemon Lima (2009) and, most
recently,
The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013).
Vanessa is working with Lucy Liu on a
miniseries, playing the troubled foster teenager, "Imogene 'Immy'
Hicks" in Marry Me (2010).
Vanessa speaks Italian and is enrolled in her sophomore year in
college.
old, performing in numerous plays at A.C.T. in Agoura Hills,
California. She began her professional career with several national
commercials.
Marano is most recognized for her roles as "April Nardini", the
daughter of "Luke", in the highly popular show,
Gilmore Girls (2000) and for
the role of "Francesca", the daughter of the Emmy Award-winning
Lisa Kudrow, in the HBO original series,
The Comeback (2005). Recently,
she starred in Scoundrels (2010),
playing the scheming, school-skipping daughter of
Virginia Madsen. She has had recurring
roles in shows including
Dexter (2006),
Without a Trace (2002),
Trust Me (2009) and
The Young and the Restless (1973).
Her guest-starring credits include
Parenthood (2010),
Medium (2005),
Ghost Whisperer (2005),
Past Life (2010),
Six Feet Under (2001),
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
and
Grounded for Life (2001).
She starred as a young girl who becomes a quadriplegic in the
critically acclaimed television movie,
The Brooke Ellison Story (2004),
directed by Christopher Reeve.
Marano's first film was the animated hit,
Finding Nemo (2003), followed by the
independent films, Easy (2003),
The Clique (2008), Stopping
Power (2000),
Dear Lemon Lima (2009) and, most
recently,
The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013).
Vanessa is working with Lucy Liu on a
miniseries, playing the troubled foster teenager, "Imogene 'Immy'
Hicks" in Marry Me (2010).
Vanessa speaks Italian and is enrolled in her sophomore year in
college.