Actor
Vanessa Marquez
Born December 21, 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, USADied August 30, 201813 films
Vanessa Marquez was born on December 21, 1968 in Los Angeles County, California. She decided that she wanted to be an actress after she first saw The Wizard of Oz (1939) when she was only 3 or 4. She made her film debut as Ana Delgado in Stand and Deliver in 1988. In the Nineties Miss Marquez was very much in demand as an actress, appearing in such films as Twenty Bucks (1993), Bound by Honor (1993, also known as Blood In, Blood Out), and Father Hood (1993). On television she guest starred on such shows as Wiseguy, Seinfeld, Nurses, and Melrose Place. She appeared in the first three seasons on the hit TV show ER in the role of Nurse Wendy Goldman. Vanessa Marquez died on August 30, 2018 in South Pasadena, California.
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First watchBound by Honor19938.2as Montana's DaughterBased on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
13 films as actor- 2001Fire & IceWanda
- 2000Under SuspicionSinger (voice)
- 1997All Lies End in MurderYvonne Valesquez
- 1994State of EmergencyVioletta
- 1993Twenty BucksMelanie
- 1993Father HoodDelores
- 1993Bound by HonorMontana's Daughter
- 1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of SilenceTerrry
- 1991Locked Up: A Mother’s RageYo-Yo
- 1990To My DaughterStudent #1
- 1990Sweet 15Lupe
- 1989Night ChildrenRunt
- 1988Stand and DeliverAna Delgado