Vanessa Johansson
Vanessa Johansson (born 12 January 1980) is an American actress. She recently finished filming a lead role in the film Sharks in Venice, in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Background
Johansson was born in New York City. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was a screenwriter and director. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from a Jewish American family from the Bronx. Johansson's parents met in Denmark, where her mother lived with Johansson's maternal grandmother, Dorothy, a former bookkeeper and schoolteacher. Johansson's younger sister is actress Scarlett Johansson. She also has two brothers, Adrian and Hunter; and a half-brother, Christian, from her father's re-marriage.
Johansson grew up in a household of "little money" with a mother who was a "film buff".
Filmography
Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
2008 |
Sharks in Venice |
Laura |
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2007 |
Day of the Dead |
Receptionist |
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Reservations |
Tara |
||
Terra |
(voice) |
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2006 |
Shifted |
Catherine |
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1996 |
Manny & Lo |
Golf Course Family |
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External links
- The World's First Vanessa Johansson Fansite!
- Johansson at Voice Bank, Independent Artists Agency, Inc.