Vanessa Nicole Marano (born October 31, 1992) is an American actress. She has starred in movies and had recurring roles on Without a Trace, Gilmore Girls, Scoundrels, and The Young and the Restless.

Filmography

• 2025A Make or Break Holiday — Writer
• 2025Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story — Screenplay
• 2022One Delicious Christmas — Abby Richmond
• 2022The Royal Treatment — Producer
• 2021How to Deter a Robber — Madison Williams
• 2021This Game's Called Murder — Jennifer Wallendorf
• 2021This Is the Year — Molly
• 2019Confessional — Noelle
• 2019Saving Zoë — Zoë, Producer
• 9-1-1 — Sydney
• Bad Boy — Vanessa
• 2018Daphne & Velma — Carol
• Station 19 — Molly
• The Dead Girls Detective Agency — Nancy
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life — April Nardini
• 2015Senior Project — Sam
• NCIS: New Orleans — Natalie
• Silicon Valley — Stanford Student
• 2013Restless Virgins — Emily
• 2013The Secret Lives of Dorks — Samantha
• Perception — Riley
• Love Bites — Becky Lerner
• Switched at Birth — Bay Kennish
• Marry Me — Imogen Hicks
• Parenthood — Holly
• Past Life — Susan Charne
• Scoundrels — Hope West
• 2009Dear Lemon Lima — Samantha Combs
• 2008The Clique — Layne Abeley
• Private Practice — Casey
• Dexter — Rebecca Mitchell
• Ghost Whisperer — Alise Jones
• Grey's Anatomy — Holly Wheeler
• Medium — Jennifer Whitten
• The Closer — Theresa Monroe
• The Comeback — Franchesca
• 2004The Brooke Ellison Story — Young Brooke Ellison
• 2003Easy — Little Jamie (uncredited)
• 2003Finding Nemo — Additional Voices (voice)
• Without a Trace — Hanna Malone
• Grounded for Life — Lexie
• Six Feet Under — Tate Pasquese
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Samantha Cafferty
• Gilmore Girls — April Nardini
• Malcolm in the Middle — Gina
• Petunia — Lily Hale
• Ring Leader — Producer
• When We Collided — Director, Co-Producer

Appearances as themselves (3)

• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Radio Disney Music Awards — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self - Presenter