Vanessa Zima
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vanessa Zima
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|12|17}}
| birth_place = Phillipsburg, New Jersey, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1995–present
| relatives = {{plainlist|
- Madeline Zima (sister)
- Yvonne Zima (sister)
}}
}}
Vanessa Zima (born December 17, 1986) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as a child actress in the 1990s films The Baby-Sitters Club, Ulee's Gold, and Wicked, and for her recurring role on the first season of the 1995 television legal drama Murder One.
Career
Zima has appeared in films such as The Baby-Sitters Club (1995), Ulee's Gold (1997),{{Cite web |author=Janet Maslin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C06E7DA173FF930A25755C0A961958260 |title=From the Company of Bees to That of Humans |work=The New York Times |date=June 13, 1997 |access-date=May 6, 2017}} Wicked (1998), and The Brainiacs.com (2000). She has also appeared in television series such as Murder One, Family Law, Judging Amy, House, and Scandal.
Life
Zima was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, the daughter of Dennis and Marie. Her surname means "winter" in Polish and comes from her maternal grandfather, who was of Polish descent.{{Cite web|url=http://thebiz.fancast.com/2008/09/interview_californications_mad.html|title=Interview: Californication's Madeline Zima is 'Haute'|access-date=December 20, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080919030418/http://thebiz.fancast.com/2008/09/interview_californications_mad.html | archive-date = September 19, 2008 | url-status = dead | quote = Madeline Zima: "[...] my grandfather on my mom's side was Polish. It means 'winter.' Zima comes from that; it's my mother's maiden name."}}
Zima has an older sister, Madeline, and a younger sister, Yvonne, both of whom are actresses.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television roles |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1995–1996
|Elizabeth Hoffman |Recurring role (season 1), 9 episodes |
| 1997
|Jenny Maxfield |Episode: "It's a Family Affair" |
| 1997
|{{sortname|The|Visitor|The Visitor (TV series)}} |Melissa |Episode: "Remember" |
| 2000
|Marie Cameron |Episode: "One Mistake" |
| 2004
|Katie Hadlock |Episode: "Werewolves of Hartford" |
| 2008
|Becca |Episode: "Joy" |
| 2012
|Jill |Episode: "The Other Woman" |
| 2016
|Killing Mommy |Becky |Television film |
Awards and nominations
In 1998, Zima was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress for Ulee's Gold (1997); the award was won by her co-star in the film, Jessica Biel.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms19.htm|title=19th Youth In Film Awards|website=YoungArtistAwards.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222144713/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms19.htm|archive-date=December 22, 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0956528|name=Vanessa Zima}}
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Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American people of Polish descent
Category:People from Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Category:Actresses from New Jersey
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actors from Warren County, New Jersey
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