| Vanessa Claire Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Other names | Vanessa Perkins |
| Occupation | Actress, writer, producer |
Vanessa Claire Smith is an award-winning actress living and working in Los Angeles, California.
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Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Vanessa Claire Smith attended Webster Conservatory for the Performing Arts in St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating with honors, she won a spot as a student at the prestigious Oxford School of Drama in Great Britain.
In 2004, Vanessa Claire Smith received an LA Weekly Theatre Award for Best Leading Female Performance, for her gender-bending portrayal of Alex in Los Angeles director Brad Mays' controversial multi-media production of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange at the ARK Theatre Company in 2003.[1][2][3] She also directed the popular Return to the Forbidden Planet [4] while at ARK. In 2010, she received an LA Weekly Theatre Award, a Garland and an Ovation Award for Louis and Keely Live at the Sahara, in which she portrayed legendary jazz vocalist Keely Smith.[5][6] Smith has appeared in various film and television productions, including Chase The Slut, Shakespeare's Merchant, and Joan of Arcadia.