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
2021
as Alice Winter
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
2021
as Diane
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
2021
as Juanita Russell
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
2018
as Self
Join us for a night of celebration, packed with celebrity guests and Hocus Pocus throwbacks, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Family Blood
2018
as Ellie
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
2017
as Lisa Mitchell
A badly injured man gets new hope with and experimental procedure after losing all touch sensation in an accident.

Clinical
2017
as Dr. Jane Mathis
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
2015
as Penelope
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
2014
as Ann Dane
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
2014
as Mimi
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
2014
as Susan
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
2013
as Leigh
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
2013
as Terry
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
2013
as Dierdre Banks
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
2012
as Beth
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
2012
as Kelly Meyers
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
2011
as Nurse Vicky Rogers
A lawyer who is a drug addict fights a medical-supplies corporation in court while battling his personal demons.

Leave
2011
as Amy
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
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
2008
as Sandra Cohen
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

Garden Party
2008
as Sally St. Claire
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
2008
as Brita
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
2007
as Nora Rice
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
2007
as Emmy Nelson
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
2006
as Lynn
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
2005
as Nell
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
2004
as Stacey
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
2004
as Molly
A young Vermont widow is haunted by the memory of her dead husband, while trying to date again.

40 Days and 40 Nights
2002
as Nicole
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
2001
as Agent Kate Russo
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
2000
as Anethe Christenson
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
2000
as Eileen Wells
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
1999
as Cordelia
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
1999
as Domino
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
1999
as Barbara
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
1996
as Callie Carpenter
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
1993
as Allison
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
1992
as Kimberly Mullen
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
1991
as Clara Tarpin
A drama depicting the trials of a family of share croppers.

Home Sweet Home
1981
as Angel Bradley
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
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
Troubled teens attend a Wilderness Therapy program in Utah's desert, navigating personal challenges amidst the harsh Outback environment.