{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person |image = | caption = | name = Vanessa Dorman | birth_name = Vanessa Brit Dorman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|02|27}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S | death_date = | death_place = | height = | othername = | yearsactive = 1996–2010 | spouse = }}
'''Vanessa Dorman''' (born February 27, 1969) is an American actress, best known for her role as Caitlin Richards Deschanel in the NBC soap opera, ''Sunset Beach''.
==Life and career== Dorman was born in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in Niantic, Connecticut, and later attended East Lyme High School and graduated in 1987.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/person/vanessa-dorman?filter-options=movies|title=Vanessa Dorman|work=Metacritic|accessdate=7 February 2016}}</ref>
Dorman has made her television debut on the ABC soap opera ''All My Children'', before she was cast alongside Lesley-Anne Down and Sam Behrens as Caitlin Richards Deschanel in the NBC soap opera ''Sunset Beach,'' produced by Aaron Spelling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/sunset-beach-1200448458/|title=Sunset Beach|author=John P. McCarthy|work=Variety|date=13 January 1997 |accessdate=7 February 2016}}</ref> She portrayed the role from 9 January 1997 to 18 June 1998, when she hit contract problems and was let go.<ref name=bio/> As of June 24, 1998, she was replaced by Kam Heskin, who portrayed the role until the end of the show 31 December 1999. She later went to guest-starring role on ''Silk Stalkings'', ''Dawson's Creek'', and ''Nash Bridges'', and well as ABC miniseries ''The Beach Boys: An American Family''.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1996 | ''All My Children '' | Josie | Recurring role |- | 1997-1998 | ''Sunset Beach'' | Caitlin Richards Deschanel | Series regular |- | 1999 | ''Suits'' | Angelica | |- | 1999 | ''Silk Stalkings'' |Kimberly | Episode: "A Clockwork Florida Orange" |- | 1999 | '' Dawson's Creek'' | Belinda McGovern | Episodes: "Like a Virgin" and "Escape from Witch Island" |- | 2000 | '' The Beach Boys: An American Family'' | Amy |Miniseries |- | 2000 | ''Damned If You Do'' | Annette | Short film |- | 2000 | '' Nash Bridges'' | Bonnie | Episode: "The Messenger" |- | 2001 | ''Lying in Wait'' | Lying in Wait | |- | 2001 | '' Seven Days'' | Sarah Mitchell | Episode: "Kansas" |- | 2001 | '' Nash Bridges'' |Angie Stark | Episode: "Cat Fight" |- | 2001 | ''Dead Last'' | Sally Storkley | Episode: "Death Is in the Air" |- | 2003 | ''Party Animals'' | Vanessa | Short film |- | 2007 | ''Fighting Words'' | Shelly Lancaster | |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0233784|name=Vanessa Dorman}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorman, Vanessa}} Category:American television actresses Category:American soap opera actresses Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century American actresses Category:21st-century American women