Vanessa Marcil was born on October 15, 1969 in Palm Desert, California. When she was born her name wasn't Marcil, it was Ortiz. When she was in the second grade she and a friend had the opportunity to skip second grade, but her parents and her decided it wouldn't be good for her. She attended Indio High School. She also lived in Alaska with her family.

Although she was acting at an early age, Marcil studied law after graduating from high school. She finally decided to pursue a career in acting and took her theatrical talents to the stage in performances such as Neil Simon's Fools; Pygmalion; The Miracle Worker; Southern Rapture, co-starring country music singer Dwight Yoakam and Sally Kirkland, and under the direction of Peter Fonda; and Sweet Bird of Youth, to name a few. While in college, she starred in the fantasy film 976-Wish.

In 1989, She got married to actor, Corey Feldman, but they are currently divorced. She auditioned for the movie I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, but she didn't get the part because the director thought her beauty would take away from the other actresses. She played the part of Brenda Barrett Jacks in General Hospital from 1992-1998. In 1997, she won Hottest Female Star at the Soap Opera Awards. She also played Nicolas Cage's girlfriend in the Rock in 1996. For two years, 1998-2000, she played the part of Gina Kincaid on the tv show Beverly Hills 90210. She left the show to work on her movie career. Vanessa was offered the cover and layout in Playboy Magazine but didn't take the offer because she doesn't like to show her body off.

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