American actress and model, Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw made her break-out role in Disney's 1993 Halloween comedy-fantasy hit movie, Hocus Pocus.
She has appeared in other films such as Ladybugs (1992), Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999), 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002), and the 2006 remake of Wes Craven's horror film The Hills Have Eyes.
Early Life Of Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw
Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw was born on July 19, 1976, in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an American film Actress and model too. She has done a marvelous job in a motion picture by performing a role acting in the 1990s she had also a memorable role in Disney’s 1993.
She is the daughter of Larry Shaw and actress Susan Damante-Shaw. Her nickname was “Schwartz”. Her ancestry includes Jewish, Italian, Swedish, and Irish.
At age 10 she did her first formal performance in UCLA acting camp and she also did a toured with folk singer Peter Alsop at age 11. Before beginning her acting career at age 13 in 1989 she was also signed on with Elite Models agency.
Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw's Career
Shaw started an acting career by debuting in a little known of 1981 slasher film Home Sweet Home which dealt with a serial killer at Thanksgiving time. In Disney’s 1993 family film Hocus Pocus, she played a large role alongside Bette Milder, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and a young Thora Birch.
In the 1990s he completed various roles in independent films for the remainder. In final film Eyes Wide Shut she did a small yet significant role by the legendary Stanley Kubrick playing an Hiv positive who is encountered by Tom Cruise’s Character.
She said that she is very influential by director Kubrick. She also performed roles in the independent 2000 mystery drama The Weight of water with Sarah Polley and Sean Penn.
After doing a low budget film and independent film until 2006, she returned to the big screen in Alexander Aja’s remake of Wes Craven’s exploitation- horror film The Hills Have Eyes where she played a young mother role on a camping trip with her family who is attacked by bloodthirsty mutants in the New Mexico desert.
After seeing she in Eyes Wide shut director Aja wanted to cast her in the film. She also got a chance to be a leading role in Two Lovers alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow. In 2008 that film Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and it was released in February 2009 in the theater.
Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw's Net Worth And Salary
Her net worth is $500 thousand at present. She has starred in the movies Ladybugs, Hocus Pocus, Eyes Wide Shut, Corky Romano, 40 Days and 40 Nights, The Hills Have Eyes, 3:10 to Yuma, and Two Lovers. She is also an SGI-USA facilitator lay Buddhist Association for peace, culture, and Education.
Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw's Personal Life
To pursue acting she dropped out from Barnard College in New York. She was approached by Stanley Kubrick for a role in Eyes Wide Shut when she was attending her college. During her first attending college in 1996, she embraced the Nichiren Buddhist.
Shaw chants Daimoku daily. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times in February 2009, she mentioned her practicing of religion. Since 2008 she and Kristopher Gifford have been engaged. He is also a film artist. She has got many awards.
by sanjeet, 31 May, 2014
