Vinessa Shaw

Vinessa Shaw

1976-07-19 Los Angeles, California, USA 42 Credits

Biography

Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw (born July 19, 1976) is an American actress and model. Shaw has starred in numerous motion pictures since the early 1990s, and is probably most well-known for her performances in Disney's 1993 Halloween film Hocus Pocus, Ladybugs, the 2006 remake of Wes Craven's horror picture The Hills Have Eyes, as well as the 2008 romance film Two Lovers, in which she starred alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vinessa Shaw, licen...

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The Blazing World

The Blazing World

2021

as Alice Winter

4.4
Acting

Ever since Margaret was six years old, she has been haunted by the memory of watching her sister drown during an explosive fight between her parents. ...

We Need to Do Something

We Need to Do Something

2021

as Diane

5.3
Acting

Seeking shelter from a storm, a family finds themselves trapped in a bathroom for days with no sign of rescue and untold evils lurking just beyond the...

12 Mighty Orphans

12 Mighty Orphans

2021

as Juanita Russell

7.2
Acting

Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depres...

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

2018

as Self

7.0
Acting

Join us for a night of celebration, packed with celebrity guests and Hocus Pocus throwbacks, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Family Blood

Family Blood

2018

as Ellie

4.6
Acting

Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She has struggled to stay sober in the past and is determ...

Sensum

Sensum

2017

as Lisa Mitchell

Acting

A badly injured man gets new hope with and experimental procedure after losing all touch sensation in an accident.

Clinical

Clinical

2017

as Dr. Jane Mathis

5.3
Acting

A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifyin...

Bereave

Bereave

2015

as Penelope

4.6
Acting

Fatally ill, Garvey thinks he has figured out how to die alone. But when his beloved wife Evelyn goes missing on their anniversary, he must live to sa...

Cold in July

Cold in July

2014

as Ann Dane

6.5
Acting

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s ha...

Electric Slide

Electric Slide

2014

as Mimi

4.9
Acting

A heightened homage to the City of Angels, Electric Slide riffs on the real-life story of Eddie Dodson, the notorious "Gentleman Bank Robber." With a ...

After the Fall

After the Fall

2014

as Susan

4.8
Acting

Bill Scanlin loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. As Bill stays ahead of the law, he discovers that sometimes the only thing worse than getti...

Siren

Siren

2013

as Leigh

6.0
Acting

Leigh has lived a reclusive existence in a secluded old home on the outskirts of town for her entire adult life. You see, Leigh has excreted extremely...

Dark Around the Stars

Dark Around the Stars

2013

as Terry

5.5
Acting

Glen is on a drunken road trip when he plots to commit suicide on his birthday. His decision sends him on a spirited adventure.....

Side Effects

Side Effects

2013

as Dierdre Banks

6.6
Acting

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

Come Out and Play

Come Out and Play

2012

as Beth

5.1
Acting

A couple take a vacation to a remote island - their last holiday together before they become parents. Soon after their arrival, they notice that no ad...

Big Miracle

Big Miracle

2012

as Kelly Meyers

6.7
Acting

A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of...

Puncture

Puncture

2011

as Nurse Vicky Rogers

6.7
Acting

A lawyer who is a drug addict fights a medical-supplies corporation in court while battling his personal demons.

Leave

Leave

2011

as Amy

6.1
Acting

Henry Harper is a successful novelist who has it all. But after surviving a recent trauma he finds himself haunted by a dream that terrifies him. Conv...

Birthday Suit

2009

6.0
Acting

A spoof behind-the-scenes look at Joe Swanberg's (non-existent) new film, Birthday Suit, about a young couple's "on again, off again" sexual relations...

Two Lovers

Two Lovers

2008

as Sandra Cohen

6.9
Acting

A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

Garden Party

Garden Party

2008

as Sally St. Claire

5.8
Acting

Are you young, sexually confused, just trying to get by? Do you sing, dance or possess some other talent? Welcome to the Garden Party. At the center o...

Stag Night

Stag Night

2008

as Brita

4.8
Acting

Four guys on a bachelor party get off the subway at a station that shut down in the 70's and, after watching a transit cop get brutally murdered, find...

Badland

Badland

2007

as Nora Rice

5.8
Acting

Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of...

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

2007

as Emmy Nelson

7.2
Acting

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is ...

The Hills Have Eyes

The Hills Have Eyes

2006

as Lynn

6.4
Acting

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the trave...

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

2005

as Nell

4.6
Acting

Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Antho...

Melinda and Melinda

Melinda and Melinda

2004

as Stacey

6.2
Acting

While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel...

Bereft

Bereft

2004

as Molly

3.7
Acting

A young Vermont widow is haunted by the memory of her dead husband, while trying to date again.

40 Days and 40 Nights

40 Days and 40 Nights

2002

as Nicole

5.5
Acting

Matt Sullivan's last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that...

Corky Romano

Corky Romano

2001

as Agent Kate Russo

4.3
Acting

Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to inf...

The Weight of Water

The Weight of Water

2000

as Anethe Christenson

5.5
Acting

A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.

The 70s

The 70s

2000

as Eileen Wells

5.3
Acting

Four friends, fresh from tragedy at Kent Sate, graduate from college and begin their adult lives during the turbulent 1970s. But Dexter, Eileen, Byron...

Wayward Son

Wayward Son

1999

as Cordelia

3.0
Acting

Former fashion photographer Randall Harris debuts with this gritty drama about justice and redemption in rural Georgia during the Great Depression. Je...

Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut

1999

as Domino

7.5
Acting

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He ...

L.A. Without a Map

L.A. Without a Map

1999

as Barbara

5.9
Acting

An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for...

Coyote Summer

Coyote Summer

1996

as Callie Carpenter

5.5
Acting

Teenage Callie has a wild streak. When her mother goes to London on business, she sends Callie to her sister's ranch for a dose of hard work and respo...

Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus

1993

as Allison

7.0
Acting

After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfou...

Ladybugs

Ladybugs

1992

as Kimberly Mullen

5.6
Acting

To climb the corporate ladder to success, a businessman agrees to coach his company's all-girl soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his fia...

Long Road Home

Long Road Home

1991

as Clara Tarpin

5.3
Acting

A drama depicting the trials of a family of share croppers.

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

1981

as Angel Bradley

4.3
Acting

An escaped mental patient steals a station wagon and makes his way to the Bradleys' Thanksgiving celebration, where he plans to make them a little les...

Nickels

N/A

as Lorraine Diller

Acting

A successful entrepreneur and family man is involved in a bike accident involving his neighbor's son, triggering memories of his older brother's tragi...

The Wilderness

N/A

Acting

Troubled teens attend a Wilderness Therapy program in Utah's desert, navigating personal challenges amidst the harsh Outback environment.