Vanessa Ray | |
|---|---|
 Ray at the 2014 PaleyFest | |
| Born | Vanessa Ray Liptak June 24, 1981 Livermore, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Known for | |
| Spouses |
Landon Beard (m. 2015) |
| Children | 1 |
Vanessa Ray Liptak (born June 24, 1981) [1] is an American actress. She is known for her roles on Pretty Little Liars as Charlotte Drake, on legal drama Suits as Jenny, on soap opera As the World Turns as Teri Ciccone, and on police drama Blue Bloods as Officer Edit "Eddie" Janko-Reagan.
Ray earned her Actors' Equity Association card while performing the role of Rusty and singing "Let's Hear It for the Boy" in the musical Footloose. She played the role of Nemo in Robert and Kristin Lopez's Finding Nemo: The Musical at Orlando's Disney World. Ray played the character Olive Ostrovsky in the national tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee . She joined the Broadway cast of Hair in its final year as Crissy, and sang the song "Frank Mills". She made her on-screen debut as Chris in the youth-oriented video short feature The Sparky Chronicles: The Map (2003).
Between 2012 and 2017, Ray appeared as CeCe Drake, a "beyond-charismatic twenty-something blonde stylist at a boutique that has one heel in the present, one in the past", [2] in the television series Pretty Little Liars. Ray was announced to start filming again for PLL, and spoke about returning, saying, "It's so fun to do, and what a crazy character I get to play. She's sort of a sociopath. I think she's so weird because she's, like, 22 but hangs out with high-schoolers. It's like, 'Hey, girl! Get a life!'" [3]
In 2013, Ray joined the Season 4 cast of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods as Officer Edit "Eddie" Janko, [4] a role she has continued throughout the show's run.
Ray now lives and works between Los Angeles and New York City. She married actor Derek James Baynham on January 8, 2003. [5] [6] In 2007, the first season of the HGTV series Marriage Under Construction covered their purchase, renovation and eventual sale of a house in Toronto. [7] [8] The couple divorced in 2009. [9]
In March 2015, Ray announced on Instagram and Twitter that she was engaged to her boyfriend of six years, Landon Beard. [10] On June 14, 2015, they married at the Condor's Nest Ranch in eastern San Diego County, California. [11]
In December 2020, while being interviewed in The Pink Lemonade podcast, Ray revealed she has bipolar disorder. She was first diagnosed while spending three months in a mental health facility. [12]
On March 1, 2024, it was revealed that Ray and her husband welcomed a baby boy via adoption. [13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Sparky Chronicles: The Map | Chris | Video |
| 2004 | Is He... | Steph | Short |
| 2010 | Nice Guy Johnny | Best Friend | |
| 2011 | Trust Me | Girlfriend | Short |
| 2012 | Not Waving but Drowning | Adele | |
| Frances Ha | Random Girl #2 | ||
| The Last Day of August | Phoebe | ||
| 2013 | Mutual Friends | Lucy | |
| 2014 | Devil's Due | Suzie | |
| Are You Joking? | Haley Lusky | ||
| 2015 | All in Time | Rachel | |
| The Rumperbutts | Ashlee | ||
| 2016 | Serialized | Hannah Ryan | TV movie |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | As the World Turns | Teri Ciccone | Regular Cast |
| 2008–09 | The Battery's Down | Vanessa | Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2 |
| 2009 | Bored to Death | Claudia | Episode: "The Case of the Missing Screenplay" |
| 2010 | Damages | Tessa Marchetti | Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2011 | White Collar | Maggie 'Rocker' Sheldon | Episode: "What Happens in Burma" |
| Nurse Jackie | Mrs. Donovan | Episode: "Have You Met Ms. Jones?" | |
| 2011–12 | Suits | Jenny Griffith | Recurring Cast: Season 1-2 |
| 2012 | Girls | Heather Travis | Episode: "The Return" |
| Pretty Dirty Secrets | CeCe Drake | Episode: "A Reunion" and "Call Security" | |
| 2012–17 | Pretty Little Liars | CeCe Drake | Recurring Cast: Season 3-7 |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Cayce Robbins | Episode: "Red Lacquer Nail Polish" |
| 2013– | Blue Bloods | Officer Edit “Eddie” Janko-Reagan | Recurring Cast: Season 4, Main Cast: Season 5- |
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | "Bring Back The Time" | New Kids on the Block featuring Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley & En Vogue |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV: Villain | CeCe Drake | Won | [14] |
Janel Meilani Parrish Long is an American actress and singer. She starred as Mona Vanderwaal in the mystery-drama television series Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017) and its spinoff Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (2019), and as Margot Covey in the To All the Boys film series (2018–2021). She also portrayed Young Cosette in the Broadway production of Les Misérables (1996), and Jade in the teen comedy film Bratz (2007). She finished in third place on the tenth season of Fox's The Masked Singer in 2023.
Troian Avery Bellisario is an American actress. A graduate of the University of Southern California, in 2010, she received her breakthrough role as Spencer Hastings in the Freeform drama series Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017), for which she received worldwide recognition and multiple awards and nominations.
Shannon Ashley Garcia "Shay" Mitchell is a Canadian actress and entrepreneur. She rose to prominence for her role as Emily Fields in the mystery thriller drama series Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017), which earned her nominations for a People's Choice Award and six Teen Choice Awards. She has garnered wider recognition for starring as Peach Salinger in the psychological thriller series You (2018) and as Stella Cole in the Hulu comedy series Dollface (2019–2022). She voices Alexandra Trese in the Netflix animated series Trese (2021) and executive produces the crime drama series The Cleaning Lady (2022–present).
Alison Lauren DiLaurentis is a fictional character in the Pretty Little Liars book series, its television adaptation, and the spin-off series Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. The character was created by American author Sara Shepard.
The third season of Pretty Little Liars, based on the books of the same name by Sara Shepard, premiered on June 5, 2012, on ABC Family and concluded on March 19, 2013. On November 29, 2011, ABC Family renewed the series for a third season, consisting of 24 episodes.
Pretty Dirty Secrets is an American mystery web series from the television series Pretty Little Liars. The web series is part of the Pretty Little Liars franchise and takes place between the events of the series' third season episodes, "The Lady Killer" and "This Is a Dark Ride". Set in the Rosewood Halloween Spooktacular Store, as the visitors of Rosewood prepared for Halloween.
The fourth season of the American mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars began airing on ABC Family on June 11, 2013. The season consisted of 24 episodes, which were filmed between March 14, 2013, and November 2, 2013. The season concluded its broadcast on March 18, 2014.
The fifth season of the American mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars began airing on ABC Family on June 10, 2014. Shooting for the season began on March 24, 2014, and ended on November 20, 2014. The season aired from June 10, 2014, to March 24, 2015.
"'A' Is for Answers" is the twenty-fourth episode of the fourth season and the ninety-fifth episode of the ABC Family mystery drama series Pretty Little Liars. The episode, serving as the fourth-season finale and the winter finale, was broadcast on March 18, 2014. It was directed and written by I. Marlene King.
Charlotte DiLaurentis is a fictional character created by I. Marlene King for the American television series Pretty Little Liars and its spin-off web series Pretty Dirty Secrets, portrayed by Vanessa Ray. Introduced in the third season under the pseudonym CeCe Drake, Charlotte was a friend and mentor to Alison DiLaurentis before her disappearance. After moving back to Rosewood two years later, Charlotte took over Mona Vanderwaal's reign as "A", an anonymous figure that blackmails, stalks and tortures the main characters of the franchise. Under another anonymous identity known as Red Coat, Charlotte created and led "the A-Team", a group of people who helped "A" in their schemes. During the sixth season, Charlotte is revealed to be Alison's cousin and adoptive sister. After being unmasked as "A", Charlotte revealed she was assigned male at birth as "Charles DiLaurentis" and underwent gender reassignment surgery in her youth. Charlotte was then killed off following the five year time jump, with the killer eventually being revealed as Mona the following season.
The sixth season of the American mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars, based on the books of the same name by Sara Shepard, was renewed on June 10, 2014 for two additional seasons, making the show ABC Family's longest running original series.
"Game Over, Charles" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of the ABC Family mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars, serving as the mid-season finale. It is the 130th episode, overall, originally airing on August 11, 2015, on ABC Family. It was written and directed by showrunner I. Marlene King. ABC Family promoted the finale with the slogan "#facetoface", which served as an indication that the mysterious villain "A" would be revealed in the mid-season finale.
"Of Late I Think of Rosewood" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season and the 131st episode overall of the Freeform mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars. The episode, serving as the sixth season mid-season premiere, was broadcast on January 12, 2016. It was written by Joseph Dougherty, and directed by Ron Lagomarsino. The episode takes place five years after the events of "Game Over, Charles" as the Liars have graduated from high school and college. The episode included a new intro for the show, after using the same intro since the show premiered.
The seventh and final season of the American mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars, based on the books of the same name by Sara Shepard, was renewed on June 10, 2014, for two additional seasons, making the show Freeform's longest running original series.
"Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars" is the twentieth episode and the season finale of the sixth season and 140th episode overall on the Freeform mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars. The episode was broadcast on March 15, 2016. It was written by the series' showrunner I. Marlene King and directed by Ron Lagomarsino.
"How the 'A' Stole Christmas" is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season and 108th episode overall of the mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars, which aired on December 9, 2014, on the cable network ABC Family. The episode was the series' first Christmas special and aired as part of the programming block 25 Days of Christmas. It was directed by I. Marlene King and co-written by King and Kyle Bown.
"Hit and Run, Run, Run" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of the mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars, which aired on July 12, 2016, on the cable network Freeform. The episode was written by Maya Goldsmith and directed by Michael Goi.
"Playtime" is the eleventh episode of Pretty Little Liars' seventh season and the 151st episode overall. It first aired on the Freeform network in the United States on April 18, 2017. The installment was directed by Chad Lowe and written by Allyson Nelson and Joseph Dougherty. Upon its original airing in the United States, the episode was watched by 1.33 million people.
"Till Death Do Us Part" is the series finale of Pretty Little Liars, which premiered on the Freeform network in the United States on June 27, 2017. The twentieth episode of the seventh season and the 160th overall, it was directed by showrunner I. Marlene King, who also co-wrote the episode alongside Kyle Bown and Maya Goldsmith. Shortly after the two-hour final episode, a special titled "A-List Wrap Party" was aired, in which the main cast and King talked about the show's end and behind-the-scenes exclusives.
Alexandra “Alex” Drake is a fictional character created by I. Marlene King and portrayed by Troian Bellisario in the American television series Pretty Little Liars. Officially introduced in the series finale, Alex Drake is both the identical twin of main character Spencer Hastings and the previously anonymous identity known as "A.D."
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
