---
name: "Vanessa Marcil"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vanessa-marcil"
fi1m_id: "vanessa-marcil"
imdb_id: "nm0000522"
tmdb_id: 169586
wikidata_id: "Q231584"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 October 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:59:13.280192+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Vanessa Marcil

## Identity

Vanessa Marcil

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vanessa-marcil
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vanessa-marcil
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000522
- **TMDB ID:** 169586
- **Wikidata ID:** Q231584
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Marcil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231584, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000522/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/169586

Actor. Born 15 October 1968 in Indio, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 October 1968, Indio, California, USA
- **Active:** 1990–1996
- **Also known as:** ونسا مارسیل
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Marcil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231584, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000522/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/169586

## Biography

Vanessa Marcil is an American actress. She was born on 15 October 1968 in Indio, California.

She is known for playing Brenda Barrett on the daytime soap *General Hospital* (1992–1998 and 2002–2003), for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003. Other television roles include Gina Kincaid on *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1998–2000) and Samantha Marquez on *Las Vegas* (2003–2008).

Her film work includes the role of Carla Pestalozzi in *The Rock* (1996). She has been married to actors Corey Feldman and Carmine Giovinazzo.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Rock* (1996), Fi1m 78, as Carla Pestalozzi — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Fi1m 74, as Gina Kincaid — [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *My Stepfather's Secret* (2019), as Tina
- *Bad Tutor* (2018), as Kelly
- *The Wrong Mother* (2017), as Kaylene
- *The Convenient Groom* (2016), as Dr. Kate Lawrence
- *Borrowed Moments* (2015), as Christine
- *Stranded in Paradise* (2014), as Tess Nelson
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Dr. Olivia Victor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *The Bannen Way* (2010), series, as Madison
- *The Bannen Way* (2010), as Madison
- *One Hot Summer* (2009), as Margarita Silva Santos
- *The Nanny Express* (2009), as Kate Hewitt
- *Lipstick Jungle* (2008), series, as Josie Scotto
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, as Samantha Marquez
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Kim Marcus
- *Storm Watch* (2002), as Tess Woodward
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Sam Marquez
- *Nice Guys Sleep Alone* (1999), as Erin
- *This Space Between Us* (1999), as Maggie Harty
- *To Love, Honor and Deceive* (1996), as Sydney Carpenter
- *Spin City* (1996), series, as Kara
- *The Rock* (1996), as Carla Pestalozzi — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *High Incident* (1996), series, as Kerry Andrews
- *Prince: The Beautiful Experience* (1994), Actor
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, as Detective Maria Olivera — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Prince: The Undertaker* (1993), as The Groupie
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Gina Kincaid — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *The Daytime Emmy Awards* (1974), series, Actor
- *In Concert* (1972), series, as Hostess

## Gallery

- ![Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/86943/gallery-a94646be531f.jpg) Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet (2014) — Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/General_Hospital_cast_2014.jpg/1280px-General_Hospital_cast_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/86943/gallery-50b07a05a9c7.jpg) Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet (2014) — Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/General_Hospital_cast_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-General_Hospital_cast_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Soap Opera Digest Award for Hottest Female Star 1997: Soap Opera Digest Award for Hottest Female Star (won), for *General Hospital*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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