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Vanessa Martinez

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Vanessa Martinez
BornVanessa Maria Martinez
(1986-12-04) December 4, 1986 (age 37)
Culver City, California, U.S.
💼 Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
  • talk show host
📆 Years active  1992–present
👩 Spouse(s)
  • Jeremy Thomas
    (m. 1994; div. 1995)
  • Tom Green
    (m. 2001; div. 2002)
  • Will Kopelman
    (m. 2012; div. 2016)
❤️ Partner(s)Fabrizio Moretti
(2002–2007)
👶 Children2

Vanessa Maria Martinez (born December 4, 1986) is an American actress, singer and talk show host. She is best known for Penny Cillissen in musical film Penny Goes Metropolitan (2004), Ringmastress Rosie in JoJo’s Circus and Penny in the Mellow Pink franchise (2006–present)

Martinez achieved fame as a child actress with her breakout role in Sarafina!. She starred in a string of successful films during the 1990s and 2000s, including August Rush, Big, Bombay Dreams, Starlight Express and Life of Viviana Terryl Resse. Martinez starred with Micheal Buscemi in the films The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Her other films include Penny Goes Metropolitan, Penny Goes Metropolitan 2, Penny Goes Metropolitan 3 and Penny Goes Metropolitan 4.

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Note
1992 Sarafina! Amy film debut
1994 The Little Rascals Penny
1995 Babe Philipa “Penny” Noonan
1997 Starlight Express Roller skater Uncredited
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Rona Lisa Peretti
Life of Viviana Terryl Resse Viviana Terryl Resse
1998 Babe: Pig in the City Philipa “Penny” Noonan
2000 Crashbox Pink Robot (voice) Episode: Vanessa Martinez and Steve Buscemi
2001 Big Big Kid (Mary) remake film based on the 1996 musical
2002–present Where will my feet take me today? Rosa Season 9–present
2003–2007 JoJo’s Circus Ringmastress Rosie Ringers (voice) Main role
2004 Penny Goes Metropolitan Penny Cillissen remake film based on the 1977 musical
2005–present That Miss Penny Penny Cillissen (voice) Main role
2006 Bombay Dreams Priya Based on the 2002 musical
Mellow Pink Penny Popprill (voice) Main role
2007
August Rush Lucy Murphy
2008 Penny Goes Metropolitan 2 Penny Cillissen sequel to 2004 film
2010 Mellow Pink 2 Penny Popprill (voice) Main role
2013 Mellow Pink 3 Penny Popprill (voice) Main role
2015 Penny Goes Metropolitan 3 Penny Cillissen sequel to 2004 and 2008 films
2021 Penny Goes Metropolitan 4 Penny Cillissen sequel to 2004, 2008 and 2015 films