Biography
Fair-haired teen model cum versatile actress Vinessa Shaw has made her mark playing everything from sexy siren to innocent angel, though her breakthrough role came as a mixture of both with her turn as a sympathetic prostitute in director
Stanley Kubrick's final film,
Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
Born in California in July of 1976, Shaw began her career in show business early in childhood, though her big break came with her casting in the 1992
Rodney Dangerfield comedy
Ladybugs. Soon appearing in such efforts as
Hocus Pocus the following year and in the television series
Fallen Angels and
McKenna shortly after, Shaw made a memorable appearance in the girl-tames-wild horse-coming-of-age story
Coyote Summer before her affable prostitute loaned
Tom Cruise's character a little understanding in
Eyes Wide Shut. Shaw took on a large role in the made-for-television miniseries
The '70s in 2000 and made an appearance in
Saturday Night Live alumni
Chris Kattan's comedy
Corky Romano in 2001. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide