Vanessa Branch

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Vanessa Branch
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Branch at Maxim's 10th Annual Hot 100 Celebration in 2009
Alma mater Middlebury College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1999–present
Known for

Vanessa Branch (born March 21. 1973 in London as Vanessa Lynn Branch ) is an English-born American actress and model. She is best known in the United States as the Orbit Gum girl for its 2002 to 2010 television marketing campaign, as well as Giselle in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, specifically Gore Verbinski's trilogy and James Ward Byrkit's short film Tales of the Code: Wedlocked .

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Early life

Branch filming a television commercial for Orbit Gum in Toronto, Canada in 2007 Vanessa Branch (2464729024).jpg
Branch filming a television commercial for Orbit Gum in Toronto, Canada in 2007

Branch holds her dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. She also speaks fluent French and Mandarin Chinese. [1]

After graduating from Mercersburg Academy, a boarding school located in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Middlebury College in 1994 with a double major in French and Theatre. Branch won the crown as Miss Vermont 1994 and competed in the Miss America 1995 pageant. After graduating college she modeled internationally, working for such magazines as Elle and Harper's Bazaar. She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of acting. In 2002, she started her well known appearances in the long running Orbit gum campaign, where she played their quirky British spokesperson for 8 years and appeared in 45 Orbit ads. [1] She also gained attention for her role as Giselle in the first three films of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. She has also played leading roles in numerous Chinese films, in Mandarin Chinese.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 The Cell Stargher's Victim
2001 Ticker Redhead
2001 Good Advice TV Newswoman
2002 John Q. Registered Nurse
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Giselle
2004 In Enemy Hands Admiral Kentz's Secretary
2004AlmostRachel / SamanthaAlso producer
2005Dreaming RealityDoctor Short film
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Giselle
2007AsylumSophie Miller
2007 Suburban Girl Faye Faulkner
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Giselle
2007Milk and FashionAnna
2008Cold PlayIndigo Thorpe
2008 All Roads Lead Home Lillian
2008 Wild Child RosemaryUncredited
2009 Post Grad Receptionist
2009 Feed the Fish Lorraine
2009Love in TranslationSophie
2010 Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic Beatrice
2011 51 Claire Felon
2011Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: WedlockedGiselleShort film
2011 6 Month Rule Wendy
2012 Kung Fu Man Susan
2014 Cat Run 2 Wollcroft
2014500 Miles NorthClaire
2015 Road Hard Nancy
2016Love is Color BlindAnaShort film
2017 American Satan Leo's MomUncredited
2017Silent KingdomShort film
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Encore! Encore! Danielle BertrandEpisode: "To Soeur with Love"
2001 Star Trek: Voyager Adult Naomi WildmanEpisode: "Shattered"
2001 The Invisible Man Amanda / MandyEpisode: "Going Postal"
2001 The Mind of the Married Man N/AEpisode: "When We Were Nice"
2002 Port Charles Paige Barrington SmithEpisode: "Episode #1.1182"
2002Livin' LargeSegment HostEpisode: "2002 Tattoo Convention Coverage"
2004 She Spies Kendall SwannEpisode: "Wedding of the Century"
2005 Entourage Chinese InterpreterEpisode: "Chinatown"
2005 Eve Imogene2 episodes
2006 Lost KarenEpisode: "Fire + Water"
2006 Gilmore Girls Bobbi2 episodes
2007 Monk Mrs. MurphyEpisode: "Mr. Monk Is at Your Service"
2007 Andy Barker, P.I. NadiaEpisode: "Pilot"
2008 CSI: Miami Lisa RadleyEpisode: "Cheating Death"
2011Turbo DatesBarbaraEpisode: "Chemistry"
2011 The Protector Mrs. LennoxEpisode: "Ghosts"
2012 Criminal Minds Teri BanksEpisode: "Snake Eyes"
2012 Bones Claire LazebnikEpisode: "The Prisoner in the Pipe"
2012 Perception Michelle AkersEpisode: "Lovesick"
2013Model EmployeeJudge9 episodes
2014 Days of Our Lives Giselle Van Hopper2 episodes
2014 Satisfaction DeniseEpisode: "...Through Admission"
Video games
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Commander Zhana Agonskaya
2010 Dante's Inferno Beatrice [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Howard, Theresa (August 13, 2007). "Orbit gal glad to do gum's 'dirty' work". USA Today . Archived from the original on May 3, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  2. "Dante's Inferno (2010)". Behind The Voice Actors.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Jacqueline Quirk
Miss Vermont
1994
Succeeded by
Jennifer Faucette