Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw is an American film actress and model. She had her break-out role in Disney’s 1993 Halloween comedy-fantasy film Hocus Pocus. Shaw was cast in a supporting role in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. She was a supporting cast member in the Showtime drama Ray Donovan.
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Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw is an American film actress and model. She began her career as a child actor, and had her break-out role in Disney’s 1993 Halloween comedy-fantasy film Hocus Pocus. While attending Barnard College, Shaw was cast in a supporting role in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Subsequent roles include in the comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights, and the 2006 remake of Wes Craven’s horror film The Hills Have Eyes. She was a supporting cast member in the Showtime drama Ray Donovan, and stars as Dr. Jane Mathis in the 2017 horror thriller Clinical.
Shaw was born on July 19, 1976, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Larry Shaw and actress Susan Damante. She is of Jewish, Italian, German, Irish, English, Mexican, and Swedish ancestry. Her name, Vinessa, spelled with an ‘i’ rather than the common ‘a’, was a variation of her grandfather’s name, Vincent. Shaw’s father is a psychologist and former adjunct professor of psychology at Antioch University. She embraced Buddhist philosophy as a member of the Soka Gakkai International.
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