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name: "Vanessa Lee Chester"
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born: "2 July 1984"
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updated: "2026-09-19T16:30:23.108712+00:00"
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# Vanessa Lee Chester

Actor. Born 2 July 1984 in Brooklyn.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 July 1984, Brooklyn
- **Also known as:** Vanessa Chester
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Lee_Chester, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321199, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4938

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Lost World: Jurassic Park*](https://film.one/film/the-lost-world-jurassic-park.md) (64)

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## Biography

Vanessa Lee Chester (also credited as Vanessa Chester) is an American actress. Born on 2 July 1984 in Brooklyn, New York, to Guyanese immigrant parents, she began her career as a child performer after moving to Los Angeles, where she appeared in commercials. Her early film roles included Becky in *A Little Princess* (1995) and Janie Gibbs in *Harriet the Spy* (1996).

She gained wider recognition for her role as Kelly Curtis in Steven Spielberg's *The Lost World: Jurassic Park* (1997). Chester later appeared in supporting parts in films such as *She's All That* (1999) and *17 Again* (2009), and in television series including *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), *The West Wing* (1999), *How I Met Your Mother* (2005) and *Veronica Mars* (2004). She graduated from the University of Southern California in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics. Chester received a Young Artist Award for her performance in *Harriet the Spy* and was nominated for Saturn and Image Awards for *The Lost World: Jurassic Park*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Lost World: Jurassic Park* (1997), Fi1m 64, as Kelly Curtis — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-world-jurassic-park.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Napa Boys* (2026), as Loretta
- *The Errand* (2025), as Vanessa
- *The Invisible Raptor* (2024), as DJ Malcolm
- *The Pink* (2023), as Emily
- *Pretty Problems* (2022), as Gigi
- *Dollface* (2019), series, as Guy's Girl
- *In Other Words* (2019), Co-Producer
- *Summer Camp Island* (2018), series, as Nancy / Minituni (voice), Nancy (voice)
- *Happily Never After* (2017), as Cara
- *A Night at the Movies* (2016), Art Department Assistant
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Secretary
- *Switched at Birth* (2011), series, as Lizzy
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Mallory — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Lone Star* (2010), series, as Tamar Hill
- *17 Again* (2009), as Cheerleader
- *Extreme Movie* (2008), as Charlotte
- *I Think I Love My Wife* (2007), as Hannah Thomas
- *Justice* (2006), series, Actor
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Mia
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), series, as Maureen Thorthon — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Dori
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Andrea
- *Dreams in the Attic* (2000), as Vanessa Lee Chester
- *Stepsister from Planet Weird* (2000), as Michelle
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, as Student
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Youth Voter #2 — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Once and Again* (1999), series, Actor
- *Family Law* (1999), series, as Girl
- *Get Real* (1999), series, as Rude Girl
- *She's All That* (1999), as Girl #2
- *The Lost World: Jurassic Park* (1997), as Kelly Curtis — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-world-jurassic-park.md)
- *Harriet the Spy* (1996), as Janie
- *A Little Princess* (1995), as Becky
- *Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child* (1995), series, as School Child #3 (voice)
- *CB4* (1993), as Talona
- *Hangin' with Mr. Cooper* (1992), series, as Stephanie

## Gallery

- ![Lindsay Garrison, Almitra Corey, Vanessa Lee Chester at 2025 Toronto International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/1086594/gallery-2b62c575d499.jpg) Lindsay Garrison, Almitra Corey, Vanessa Lee Chester at 2025 Toronto International Film Festival — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Lindsay_Garrison%2C_Almitra_Corey%2C_Vanessa_Lee_Chester_at_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Lindsay_Garrison%2C_Almitra_Corey%2C_Vanessa_Lee_Chester_at_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Vanessa Lee Chester at 2025 Toronto International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/1086594/gallery-be5c48974205.jpg) Vanessa Lee Chester at 2025 Toronto International Film Festival — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Vanessa_Lee_Chester_at_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Vanessa_Lee_Chester_at_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Vanessa Lee Chester](https://film.one/media/person/1086594/gallery-8bfe743a9362.jpg) Vanessa Lee Chester — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Vanessa_Lee_Chester_at_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Vanessa_Lee_Chester_at_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Vanessa Lee Chester](https://film.one/media/person/1086594/gallery-0372d1905673.jpg) Vanessa Lee Chester — Image via TMDB

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