Vinessa Shaw

Actor, Director, Producer

Birthdate: Jul 19, 1976

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw is an American film actress and model. She began her career as a child actor, and had her break-out role in Disney's 1993 Halloween comedy-fantasy film Hocus Pocus. Shaw also appeared in Ladybugs (1992) and L.A. Without a Map (1998). While attending Barnard College, Shaw was cast in a supporting role in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999), after which she decided to pursue acting into her adulthood. Subsequent roles include in the comedy 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002), and the 2006 remake of Wes Craven's horror film The Hills Have Eyes. She was a supporting cast member in the Showtime drama Ray Donovan, and stars as Dr. Jane Mathis in the 2017 horror thriller Clinical.

Known For

3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma

(2007)

Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut

(1999)

The Hills Have Eyes
The Hills Have Eyes

(2006)

Vinessa Shaw Movies

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Previous (31)

  • 2025 |

    The Wilderness

    asAudrey
  • 2021 |

    The Blazing World

    asAlice Winter
  • 2021 |

    We Need to Do Something

    asDiane
  • 2021 |

    12 Mighty Orphans

    asJuanita Russell
  • 2018 |
    Family Blood
  • 2017 |
    Clinical
  • 2015 |
    Bereave
  • 2014 |
    After the Fall
  • 2014 |
    Electric Slide
  • 2014 |
    Cold in July
  • 2013 |
    Dark Around the Stars
  • 2013 |
    Siren
  • 2012 |
    Come Out and Play
  • 2013 |

    Side Effects

    asDierdre Banks
  • 2011 |
    Leave
  • 2011 |
    Puncture
  • 2008 |
    Two Lovers
  • 2008 |
    Stag Night
  • 2008 |
    Garden Party
  • 2019 |
    Badland
  • 2007 |
    3:10 to Yuma
  • 2006 |
    The Hills Have Eyes
  • 2004 |
    Melinda and Melinda
  • 2004 |
    Bereft
  • 2001 |
    Corky Romano
  • 1999 |
    Wayward Son
  • 1998 |
    L.A. Without a Map
  • 1996 |
    Coyote Summer
  • 1993 |

    Hocus Pocus

    asAllison Watts
  • 1992 |
    Ladybugs
  • 1981 |
    Home Sweet Home