Vanessa Zima

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Vanessa Zima
Born (1986-12-17) December 17, 1986 (age 36)
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
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Vanessa Zima (born December 17, 1986) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as a child actress in the 1990s films The Baby-Sitters Club , Ulee's Gold , and Wicked , and for her recurring role on the first season of the 1995 television legal drama Murder One .

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Career

Zima has appeared in films such as The Baby-Sitters Club (1995), Ulee's Gold (1997), [1] Wicked (1998), and The Brainiacs.com (2000). She has also appeared in television series such as Murder One , Family Law , Judging Amy , House , and Scandal .

Life

Zima was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, the daughter of Dennis and Marie. Her surname means "winter" in Polish and comes from her maternal grandfather, who was of Polish descent. [2]

Zima has an older sister, Madeline, and a younger sister, Yvonne, both of whom are actresses.

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 The Baby-Sitters Club Rosie Wilder
1997 Ulee's Gold Penny Jackson
1998The Rose Sisters
1998 Wicked Inger Christianson
2000 The Brainiacs.com Kelly Tyler
2001ZoeZoe
2004 Cavedweller Amanda Windsor
2006The Far Side of JerichoGreta Van Dam
2011The AbsentAmy Jones
2015 The Automatic Hate Amanda Green [3]
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1995–1996 Murder One Elizabeth HoffmanRecurring role (season 1), 9 episodes
1997 Crisis Center Jenny MaxfieldEpisode: "It's a Family Affair"
1997 The Visitor MelissaEpisode: "Remember"
2000 Family Law Marie CameronEpisode: "One Mistake"
2004 Judging Amy Katie HadlockEpisode: "Werewolves of Hartford"
2008 House BeccaEpisode: "Joy"
2012 Scandal JillEpisode: "The Other Woman"
2016Killing MommyBeckyTelevision film

Awards and nominations

In 1998, Zima was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress for Ulee's Gold (1997); the award was won by her co-star in the film, Jessica Biel. [4]

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References

  1. Janet Maslin (June 13, 1997). "From the Company of Bees to That of Humans". The New York Times . Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  2. "Interview: Californication's Madeline Zima is 'Haute'". Archived from the original on September 19, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2007. Madeline Zima: "[...] my grandfather on my mom's side was Polish. It means 'winter.' Zima comes from that; it's my mother's maiden name."
  3. Dennis Harvey (March 17, 2016). "'The Automatic Hate' review: A family secret comically revealed". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016. Nevertheless, Davis tracks his newfound relative to an upstate New York hamlet where she still lives on the family farm with two sisters (Yvonne and Vanessa Zima)...
  4. "19th Youth In Film Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016.