Personal Info
Birth date
1985-07-21 (39 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Also known as
-Vanessa Lengies
Biography
Vanessa Lengies (born July 21, 1985) is a Canadian actress, dancer and singer. She is known for starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski. She appeared as Charge Nurse Kelly Epson on the TNT medical drama HawthoRNe, and has appeared in the recurring role of Sugar Motta in the third, fourth, and sixth seasons of the Fox series Glee. In 2021, Lengies played Erica on Turner & Hooch.
Filmography
The View
4.5
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.CSI: Miami
7.71
Overview:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.Ghost Whisperer
8.076
Overview:
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.Castle
7.987
Overview:
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.Medium
7.464
Overview:
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.Glee
6.758
Overview:
In this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential as they strive to outshine their singing competition while navigating the cruel halls of McKinley High.Arthur
7.018
Overview:
The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.Are You Afraid of the Dark?
8.1
Overview:
This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each episode opens with members of the Midnight Society at their secret spot in the woods, where they prepare their fire and the night's storyteller announces the title of the his or her offering. However, the cameras soon leave the storyteller and switch to the tale being told.LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
6.731
Overview:
Set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, The Freemaker Adventures centers on a family of three young siblings—young boy Rowan, his sister Kordi, and their brother Zander—known as the Freemakers, who salvage parts from destroyed or damaged ships which they use to build new ones, which they sell in order to make their living. They are accompanied by their salvaged battle droid Roger.Punk'd
5
Overview:
What happens when the biggest stars in the world get too high on the Hollywood hog? When their bank accounts start swelling bigger than their heads? Master prankster Ashton Kutcher is there to punk 'em down to earth.Popular Mechanics for Kids
8.2
Overview:
Popular Mechanics for Kids is an educational Canadian television series based on Popular Mechanics magazine. It was notable for starting the careers of both Elisha Cuthbert and Jay Baruchel. The show's purpose was to teach viewers how things work. It was awarded the Parents Choice Award in 2003, and was nominated for the Gemini Awards. The show was filmed primarily in Montreal, Quebec, and is currently distributed on VHS / DVD by Koch Vision.LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars
6.261
Overview:
An adventure series that spans all Star Wars eras featuring LEGO versions of the fresh faces of the Star Wars galaxy alongside iconic heroes including Kylo Ren, R2-D2, Young Han, Chewie, Young Lando, BB-8 and General Leia.MyMusic
5
Overview:
MyMusic was the primary series that aired on the MyMusicShow YouTube channel. It documented the antics of MyMusic, a transmedia production company where, rather than referring to each other by name, the staff go by the varying music genres with which they associate. CEO and founder Indie heads the team, which consists of people following extremely different–and frequently conflicting–tastes and attitudes. The company claims to have been given the YouTube original channel, which brings along with it a documentary crew filming them day to day. The second season picks up following the burning of the MyMusic building at the conclusion of the first season. After this fire, Indie has the MyMusic team returning to its roots, as well as focus more on social media and the MyMusic blog.Moonlight
7.3
Overview:
Mick St. John is a captivating, charming and immortal private investigator from Los Angeles, who defies the traditional blood-sucking norms of his vampire tendencies by using his wit and powerful supernatural abilities to help the living.8 Simple Rules
6.785
Overview:
Paul and Cate are raising their three children -- Bridget, Kerry and Rory -- which is no easy task. Oldest daughter Bridget is traversing the dating scene. Kerry is cute and smart, but she has a hard time getting in touch with her true feelings because of her lack of self-confidence. The youngest of the three children, and only boy, Rory is beginning to discover one of life's greatest mysteries -- girls.Pet Star
7.3
Overview:
Pet Star was a show on Animal Planet hosted by Mario Lopez. The show is a contest between owners and their trained pets who perform tricks. The tricks are graded by three celebrity judges on a scale of one to 10. In the end, the three pets with the highest score come out as finalists, and the audience votes on who is the episode's Pet Star. Then, at the end of the season, the winners compete to be the year's ULTIMATE PET STAR. The winner of a regular show gets $2,500, while the winner of the finals gets $25,000. There were many celebrity judges, including Gena Lee Nolin, Virginia Madsen, Will Estes, Lindsay Wagner, Matt Gallant, Mackenzie Phillips, Billy West, James Avery, George Wallace, Melissa Peterman, Christopher Rich, John O'Hurley, Vanessa Lengies, Dom Irrera, Carol Leifer, Andy Kindler, Melissa Rivers, Meshach Taylor, Kaley Cuoco, Rosa Blasi, Jeff Cesario, Karri Turner, Peter Scolari, Bruce Jenner, Fred Willard, Shari Belafonte, Josh Meyers, Lori Petty, Ben Stein, Richard Jeni, Ken Howard, Paul Gilmartin, Maria Menounos, Tempestt Bledsoe, David Brenner and Amy Davidson. Pet Star is based on the show Star Search. It is shown in the United Kingdom on Challenge.Radio Active
8.2
Overview:
Radio Active was a Canadian television program broadcast on YTV, based on the Quebec French series Radio Enfer, about group of students at Upper Redwood High managing their own school radio station, called Radio Active. Radio Active had a total of 78 episodes and three seasons dating from 1998–2001.True Lies
6.2
Overview:
Shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband is a skilled international spy, an unfulfilled suburban housewife is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when she's recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they try to revitalize their passionless marriage.Accidentally on Purpose
5.6
Overview:
A newspaper film critic, Billie is a single woman who finds herself "accidentally" pregnant after a one-night stand with a much younger guy, and decides to keep the baby... and the guy.Second Chance
6.777
Overview:
A disgraced, 75-year-old ex-sheriff, whose life ends at the hands of corrupt cops, is brought back to life and given a second chance by a pair of young tech scientists, as a 35-year-old with unpredictable near-superhuman abilities.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.5
Overview:
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.Resident Advisors
6.042
Overview:
Resident Advisors is an outrageous comedy set in the most hormonally-overloaded, sexually active, out-of-control workplace in the world: a college dorm. The show follows a group of resident assistants as they navigate sex, drugs, and midterms.Hawthorne
7.2
Overview:
Christina Hawthorne is a compassionate and headstrong Chief Nursing Officer heading up a group of dedicated nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital on the hospital's front lines. She does everything in her power to help her patients. When necessary, she takes on doctors and administrators who are overworked, distracted or just unable to see the human being behind the hospital chart. But the long days at the hospital and Hawthorne’s intense focus on helping others take a toll on her personal life.For Better or for Worse
10
Overview:
The animated misadventures of Lynn Johnston's acclaimed comic strip family. In 2000, Funbag Animation, based in Ottawa, created an animated "For Better or for Worse" series for Teletoon, which aired from November 5, 2000, to December 16, 2001. The show, introduced by Lynn Johnston, explored three storylines from different periods of the comic strip: the mid-1980s, early 1990s, and late 1990s.Turner & Hooch
7.3
Overview:
A Deputy Marshal inherits an unruly dog who helps him solve crimes and investigate a family mystery.The Little Lulu Show
7.6
Overview:
The Little Lulu Show is an animated television series, based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic book character Little Lulu. The show was produced by CINAR Animation after Marge's death in 1993, and aired on HBO Family and Cartoon Network in the United States and on, CTV, and the Family Channel in Canada from 1995 to 1999. In Canada, reruns are currently being shown on both the English and French versions of Teletoon Retro. The series centered on the life and adventures of Lulu Moppet and Tubby Thompkins. Between stories, they showed stand-up comedy that Lulu hosted. This show is not to be confused with Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, an anime TV series featuring the same characters made in 1976.Monarch Cove
9.5
Overview:
Monarch Cove is a prime time telenovela that premiered on Lifetime Television on November 4, 2006. It ran for 14 episodes, ending on December 16, 2006.Waiting...
6.234
Overview:
Employees at a Bennigan's-like restaurant (called, creatively enough, Shenanigan's), kill time before their real lives get started. But while they wait, they'll have to deal with picky customers who want their steak cooked to order and enthusiastic managers who want to build the perfect wait staff. Luckily, these employees have effective revenge tactics.Acting
2024Sweet Summer Love as Lindie Summer
2023Take Me Back for Christmas as Renee
2023True Lies (6 Episodes) as Quinn
2022Christmas in Toyland as Charlie
2021Turner & Hooch (12 Episodes) as Erica Mouniere
2020Heart of the Holidays as Sam Wallace
2019A Date by Christmas Eve as Chelsea Simms
2019Married Young as Tayla
2019Immortal as Alex
2019I'd Like to Be Alone Now as Lisa
2018LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars (1 Episode) as Kordi Freemaker (voice)
2017The 'S' Word with Vanessa Lengies (6 Episodes) as Self - Host
2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Additional Voices (voice)
2016Happy Birthday as Katie Elizondo
2016LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures (26 Episodes) as Kordi Freemaker (voice)
2016Second Chance (11 Episodes) as Alexa
2015We Are Your Friends as Mel
2015Resident Advisors as Marissa
2015Resident Advisors (5 Episodes) as Marissa Penson
2014Mixology (13 Episodes) as Kacey
2012MyMusic (7 Episodes) as Loco Uno
2009Accidentally on Purpose (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009Hawthorne (30, 5 Episode) as Kelly Epson, Unknown
2009Glee (26 Episodes) as Sugar Motta
2009Castle (1 Episode) as Eliza Winter
2009Still Waiting... as Natasha
2009My Suicide as Mallory
2008Extreme Movie as Carla
2008Foreign Exchange as Robyn
2007Moonlight (1 Episode) as Leni Hayes
2006Monarch Cove (14 Episodes) as Sophia Preston
2006Stick It as Joanne Charis
2006The Substance of Things Hoped For as Daphne
2005Waiting... as Natasha
2005Ghost Whisperer (1 Episode) as Caitlin Emerson
2005The Perfect Man as Amy Pearl
2005Medium (1 Episode) as Zoey Lehman
2003Punk'd (1 Episode) as Self
2002American Dreams (61 Episodes) as Roxanne Bojarski
2002CSI: Miami (1 Episode) as Shea Williamson
20028 Simple Rules (1 Episode) as Monica
2002Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll as Emily (voice)
2002Pet Star (5 Episodes) as Self - Judge
2000Ratz as Marci Kornbalm
2000For Better or for Worse (16 Episodes) as Elizabeth Patterson
1998Radio Active (78 Episodes) as Sarah Leigh
1997Popular Mechanics for Kids (73 Episodes) as Unknown
1997The View (1 Episode) as Self
1997Lassie (51 Episodes) as Charity
1996Arthur (20, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Emily (voice), Emily Leduc (Voice), Emily Leduc, Emily Leduc (voice)
1995The Little Lulu Show (77 Episodes) as Annie Inch
1992Are You Afraid of the Dark? (26 Episodes) as Vange
Production
2017The 'S' Word with Vanessa Lengies (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
Creator
2017The 'S' Word with Vanessa Lengies ... Creator