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Vanessa Marcil is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Brenda Barrett on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital, and for her role as Gina Kincaid in the Aaron Spelling-produced TV series Beverly Hills, 90210. From 2003 to 2008, Marcil played Sam Marquez, a casino host on the TV drama Las Vegas.

Her other notable works include Crossing Jordan, Lipstick Jungle, The Nanny Express, Without a Trace, NYPD Blue, The Bannen Way, Hawaii Five-0, Hell’s Kitchen, and The Convenient Groom.

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Born Vanessa Sally Ortiz on October 15, 1968 in Indio, California, to parents Peter and Patricia Marcil Ortiz, she grew up with her older brother Pete Samuel “Sam” Ortiz Jr. and older sisters Tina & Sherry. She is of Mexican descent on her father’s side, and of Italian, French and Portuguese descent on her mother’s side.

She attended Indio High School in Indio, California and studied law at the College of the Desert in Palm Desert. S