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Trivia
Birth Name: Vanessa Ferlito
Date of birth: 28 December 1980
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Nickname: Ven
Height: 5'
6" (168 cm)
Grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Parents have a shop in Brooklyn.
Vanessa's parents own a shop in Brooklyn.
Vanessa grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
Vanessa's father died before she was 3.
Vanessa's beauty idol is Angelina
Jolie.
Vanessa's character on CSI: New York, Aiden Burn, was once named Abigail
Martin.
She is of Italian descent.
She once told in an interview, that her father died before she was three, and that her childhood consisted of 'stooping'.
She had guest appearances on the hit shows “Law and Order,” “Third Watch,” and “The Sopranos,” and has a recurring role as Claudia, the wife of a crime lord, on Fox’s “24.”
Vanessa was among the first actors cast in CSI: NY.
Was 'discovered' while visiting friends in LA
Vanessa originally auditioned for the role of Stella Bonasera on CSI: NY, which eventually went to Melina
Kanakaredes.
She made her big break on the big screen as an Internet sex worker in the independent drama “On_Line,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002.
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