Born in Los Angeles, Vanessa Marano began her acting career in the theater when she was seven years old, and began her professional career with several national commercials. She has appeared alongside her younger sister Laura in Without a Trace and in the 2019 film Saving Zoë.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Dead Girls Detective Agency (2018)
Starring as Nancy Graves
(17 episodes)
- Episode 3x02: In the Hole (Aug 12, 2019)
- Episode 3x01: Grace (Aug 11, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Goodbyes (Nov 27, 2018)
- Episode 2x06: Proof (Nov 26, 2018)
- Episode 2x05: Breakthrough (Nov 23, 2018)
- Episode 2x04: Besties (Nov 22, 2018)
- Episode 2x03: Possession (Nov 21, 2018)
- Episode 2x02: Olivia (Nov 20, 2018)
- Episode 2x01: Aftermath (Nov 19, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: Burial (Oct 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x07: No Strings Attached (Oct 30, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Borough Bound (Oct 29, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Radio Waves (Oct 26, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Unsolved Murders (Oct 25, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Impermanence (Oct 24, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Apparation (Oct 23, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Checking In (Oct 22, 2018)
Station 19 (2018)
Guest starring as Molly
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x01: No Recovery (Oct 4, 2018)
- Episode 1x10: Not Your Hero (May 17, 2018)
9-1-1 (2018)
Guest starring as Sydney Grossman
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x13: Suspicion (May 17, 2021)
- Episode 4x03: Future Tense (Feb 1, 2021)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
Guest starring as April Nardini
- Episode 1x03: Summer (Nov 25, 2016) [Co-Star]
Silicon Valley (2014)
Guest starring as Female Student
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x04: Teambuilding Exercise (May 14, 2017)
- Episode 4x03: Intellectual Property (May 7, 2017)
ARDYs: A Radio Disney Music Celebration (2013)
Guest starring as Vanessa Marano
- Episode 2016-05-01: The 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards (May 1, 2016)
Switched at Birth (2011)
Starring as Bay Kennish
(89 episodes)
- Episode 5x10: Long Live Love (Apr 11, 2017)
- Episode 5x09: The Wolf is Waiting (Apr 4, 2017)
- Episode 5x08: Left in Charge (Mar 28, 2017)
- Episode 5x07: Memory (The Heart) (Mar 21, 2017)
- Episode 5x06: Four Ages in Life (Mar 7, 2017)
- Episode 5x05: Occupy Truth (Feb 28, 2017)
- Episode 5x04: Relation of Lines and Colors (Feb 21, 2017)
- Episode 5x03: Surprise (Feb 14, 2017)
- Episode 5x02: This Has to Do with Me (Feb 7, 2017)
- Episode 5x01: The Call (Jan 31, 2017)
- Episode 4x20: And Always Searching for Beauty (Oct 26, 2015)
- Episode 4x19: A Mad Tea Party (Oct 19, 2015)
- Episode 4x18: The Accommodations of Desire (Oct 12, 2015)
- Episode 4x17: To the Victor Belong the Spoils (Oct 5, 2015)
- Episode 4x16: Borrowing Your Enemy's Arrows (Sep 28, 2015)
- Episode 4x15: Instead of Damning the Darkness, It's Better to Light a Little Lantern (Sep 21, 2015)
- Episode 4x14: We Mourn, We Weep, We Love Again (Sep 14, 2015)
- Episode 4x13: Between Hope and Fear (Sep 7, 2015)
- Episode 4x12: How Does a Girl Like You Get to Be a Girl Like You (Aug 31, 2015)
- Episode 4x11: To Repel Ghosts (Aug 24, 2015)
- Episode 4x10: There is My Heart (Mar 10, 2015)
- Episode 4x09: The Player's Choice (Mar 3, 2015)
- Episode 4x08: Art Like Love is Dedication (Feb 24, 2015)
- Episode 4x07: Fog and Storm and Rain (Feb 17, 2015)
- Episode 4x06: Black and Gray (Feb 10, 2015)
- Episode 4x05: At First Clear Word (Feb 3, 2015)
- Episode 4x04: We Were So Close That Nothing Used to Stand Between Us (Jan 27, 2015)
- Episode 4x03: I Lock the Door Upon Myself (Jan 20, 2015)
- Episode 4x02: Bracing the Waves (Jan 13, 2015)
- Episode 4x01: And It Cannot Be Changed (Jan 6, 2015)
- Episode 3x22: Yuletide Fortune Tellers (Dec 8, 2014)
- Episode 3x21: And Life Begins Right Away (Aug 18, 2014)
- Episode 3x18: It Isn't What You Think (Jul 28, 2014)
- Episode 3x17: Girl with Death Mask (Jul 21, 2014)
- Episode 3x16: The Image Disappears (Jul 14, 2014)
- Episode 3x15: And We Bring the Light (Jul 7, 2014)
- Episode 3x14: Oh, Future! (Jun 30, 2014)
- Episode 3x13: Like a Snowball Down a Mountain (Jun 23, 2014)
- Episode 3x12: Love Among the Ruins (Jun 16, 2014)
- Episode 3x11: Love Seduces Innocence, Pleasure Entraps, and Remorse Follows (Mar 24, 2014)
- Episode 3x10: The Ambush (Mar 17, 2014)
- Episode 3x09: The Past (Mar 10, 2014)
- Episode 3x08: Dance Me to the End of Love (Mar 3, 2014)
- Episode 3x07: Memory is Your Image of Perfection (Feb 24, 2014)
- Episode 3x06: The Scream (Feb 17, 2014)
- Episode 3x05: Have You Really the Courage? (Feb 10, 2014)
- Episode 3x04: It Hurts to Wait with Love If Love is Somewhere Else (Feb 3, 2014)
- Episode 3x03: Fountain (Jan 27, 2014)
- Episode 3x02: Your Body is a Battleground (Jan 20, 2014)
- Episode 3x01: Drowning Girl (Jan 13, 2014)
- Episode 2x21: Departure of Summer (Aug 19, 2013)
- Episode 2x20: The Merrymakers (Aug 12, 2013)
- Episode 2x19: What Goes Up Must Come Down (Aug 5, 2013)
- Episode 2x18: As the Shadows Deepen (Jul 29, 2013)
- Episode 2x17: Prudence, Avarice, Lust, Justice, Anger (Jul 22, 2013)
- Episode 2x16: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (Jul 15, 2013)
- Episode 2x10: Introducing the Miracle (Mar 11, 2013)
- Episode 2x09: Uprising (Mar 4, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: Tightrope Walker (Feb 25, 2013)
- Episode 2x07: Drive in the Knife (Feb 18, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: Human/Need/Desire (Feb 11, 2013)
- Episode 2x05: The Acquired Inability to Escape (Feb 4, 2013)
- Episode 2x04: Dressing for the Charade (Jan 28, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: Duel Between Two Women (Jan 21, 2013)
- Episode 2x02: The Awakening Conscience (Jan 14, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: The Door to Freedom (Jan 7, 2013)
- Episode 1x30: Street Noises Invade the House (Oct 22, 2012)
- Episode 1x28: We Are the Kraken of Our Own Sinking Ships (Oct 8, 2012)
- Episode 1x27: The Declaration of Independence (Oct 1, 2012)
- Episode 1x26: The Tree of Forgiveness (Sep 24, 2012)
- Episode 1x25: The Shock of Being Seen (Sep 17, 2012)
- Episode 1x24: The Intruder (Sep 10, 2012)
- Episode 1x23: This is the Color of My Dreams (Sep 3, 2012)
- Episode 1x22: Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (Mar 20, 2012)
- Episode 1x21: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Mar 13, 2012)
- Episode 1x20: Game On (Mar 6, 2012)
- Episode 1x19: Write a Lonely Soldier (Feb 28, 2012)
- Episode 1x18: The Art of Painting (Feb 21, 2012)
- Episode 1x17: Protect Me from What I Want (Feb 14, 2012)
- Episode 1x16: Las Dos Fridas (Feb 7, 2012)
- Episode 1x14: Les soeurs d'Estrees (Jan 24, 2012)
- Episode 1x13: Self-Portrait with a Bandaged Ear (Jan 17, 2012)
- Episode 1x12: The Tempest (Jan 10, 2012)
- Episode 1x06: The Persistence of Memory (Jul 11, 2011)
- Episode 1x05: Dogs Playing Poker (Jul 4, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: Dance Amongst Daggers (Jun 27, 2011)
- Episode 1x03: Portrait of My Father (Jun 20, 2011)
- Episode 1x02: American Gothic (Jun 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: This is Not a Pipe (Jun 6, 2011)
Scoundrels (2010)
Starring as Hope West
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf (Aug 15, 2010)
- Episode 1x07: That's the Way the Money Goes (Aug 8, 2010)
- Episode 1x06: Birds of a Feather Flock Together (Aug 1, 2010)
- Episode 1x05: Yes, Sir, Yes, Sir, Three Bags Full (Jul 25, 2010)
- Episode 1x04: Where Have You Been, Charming Billy? (Jul 18, 2010)
- Episode 1x03: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire (Jul 11, 2010)
- Episode 1x02: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (Jun 27, 2010)
- Episode 1x01: And Jill Came Tumbling After (Jun 20, 2010)
Trust Me (2009)
Guest starring as Haley McGuire
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: The More Things Change (Apr 7, 2009)
- Episode 1x09: Odd Man Out (Mar 17, 2009)
- Episode 1x08: What's the Rush (Mar 17, 2009)
- Episode 1x04: Au Courant (Feb 16, 2009)
- Episode 1x01: Before and After (Jan 26, 2009)
Dexter (2006)
Guest starring as Rebecca Mitchell
(5 episodes)
- Episode 4x12: The Getaway (Dec 13, 2009)
- Episode 4x09: Hungry Man (Nov 22, 2009)
- Episode 4x08: Road Kill (Nov 15, 2009)
- Episode 4x06: If I Had a Hammer (Nov 1, 2009)
- Episode 4x05: Dirty Harry (Oct 25, 2009)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Guest starring as Holly Wheeler
- Episode 8x20: The Girl with No Name (Apr 19, 2012)
Without a Trace (2002)
Guest starring as Hanna Malone
(6 episodes)
- Episode 3x01: In the Dark (Sep 23, 2004) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x24: Bait (May 20, 2004) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x01: The Bus (Sep 25, 2003) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x23: Fall Out (2) (May 15, 2003) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x18: The Source (Apr 3, 2003) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x10: Midnight Sun (Dec 12, 2002) [Co-Star]
Grounded for Life (2001)
Guest starring as Lexie
- Episode 4x20: Tombstone Blues (Feb 27, 2004) [Co-Star]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Samantha Cafferty
- Episode 12x05: CSI Down (Oct 19, 2011)
Gilmore Girls (2000)
Guest starring as April Nardini
(13 episodes)
- Episode 7x20: Lorelai? Lorelai? (May 1, 2007)
- Episode 7x18: Hay Bale Maze (Apr 17, 2007)
- Episode 7x16: Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore? (Feb 27, 2007)
- Episode 7x11: Santa's Secret Stuff (Jan 23, 2007)
- Episode 7x09: Knit, People, Knit! (Nov 28, 2006)
- Episode 7x08: Introducing Lorelai Planetarium (Nov 21, 2006)
- Episode 7x06: Go, Bulldogs! (Nov 7, 2006)
- Episode 7x04: 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous (Oct 17, 2006)
- Episode 6x20: Super Cool Party People (Apr 25, 2006)
- Episode 6x18: The Real Paul Anka (Apr 11, 2006)
- Episode 6x13: Friday Night's Alright for Fighting (Jan 31, 2006)
- Episode 6x12: Just Like Gwen and Gavin (Jan 17, 2006)
- Episode 6x09: The Prodigal Daughter Returns (Nov 15, 2005)
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Guest starring as Gina
- Episode 7x09: Malcolm Defends Reese (Dec 16, 2005)