Vanessa Meadows

Vanessa is an American actress She was born in Bay Shore Long Island and was raised in Syracuse NY She is a lifelong professional story teller She grew up on the stage and has performed in more than 50 productions many of which she held a lead role including a personal favorite Abigail in The Crucible In 2002 she won Syracuse Stages Young Playwright Award for her oneman show Urn In 2003 she stage managed The Diary of Anne Frank at Syracuse Civic Theater From 20012004 she studied classical voice under accomplished opera singer Patti Thompson She attended SUNY Potsdam in 2004 majoring in Political Science and continuing her study of dance In 2007 she began instructing musical theatre at Syracuse Childrens Theater and in 2009 produced Into the Woods Jr for Baldwinsville Theater Guild Vanessa moved to Gettysburg PA in 2010 interning at The Gettysburg Museum of History In 2012 she was cast in the lead role of Vanessa the Intern in the reality show American Museum Since then she has been involved in the award winning indie film TRI the Netflix drama House of Cards embraced lead roles in films such as Mother Son been the casting and personal assistant to casting director Kimberly Skyrme and has produced directed filmed edited her own work Vanessa is passionate about community outreach In 2016 she founded beCause Parties a nonprofit dedicated to providing and hosting memorable birthday parties to underprivileged youth She is also a singersongwriter