Vanessa Marquez
Actor
Biography
Vanessa Marquez was born on December 21, 1968 in Los Angeles County, California. She decided that she wanted to be an actress after she first saw The Wizard of Oz (1939) when she was only 3 or 4. She made her film debut as Ana Delgado in Stand and Deliver in 1988. In the Nineties Miss Marquez was very much in demand as an actress, appearing in such films as Twenty Bucks (1993), Bound by Honor (1993, also known as Blood In, Blood Out), and Father Hood (1993). On television she guest starred on such shows as Wiseguy, Seinfeld, Nurses, and Melrose Place. She appeared in the first three seasons on the hit TV show ER in the role of Nurse Wendy Goldman. Vanessa Marquez died on August 30, 2018 in South Pasadena, California.
Filmography
Under Suspicion
as Singer (voice) 2000
Stand and Deliver
as Ana Delgado 1988
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
as Terry 1992
Father Hood
as Delores 1993
Twenty Bucks
as Melanie 1993
Hit Me
as Housekeeper 1996
Sweet 15
as Lupe 1990
Night Children
as Runt 1989
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
as Yo-Yo 1991
Fire & Ice
as Wanda 2001
State of Emergency
as Violetta 1994
Ninety Minutes Later
as Self 2024
To My Daughter
as Student #1 1990