Vanessa Burns

Vanessa Burns


in Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Vanessa Burns is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for playing press reporter Shelly on the television show "Designated Survivor". She's a graduate from the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Movies for Vanessa Burns...

The Plot to Kill My Mother
Title: The Plot to Kill My Mother
Character: Teresa (age 43)
Released: January 22, 2023
Type: Movie
A young woman who unknowingly grew up in federal witness protection reels after her mother’s murder, leading her to question everything that she thinks is true. She decides to leave the program and find the killer before he kills again, but reclaiming a life she never knew isn’t going to be easy.
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Nostalgic Christmas
Title: Nostalgic Christmas
Character: Aunt Patty
Released: October 31, 2019
Type: Movie
When Anne helps her father close the family's toy store, what she finds will help inspire an entire town that is need of some Christmas cheer.
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Strange but True
Title: Strange but True
Character: Doctor
Released: October 17, 2019
Type: Movie
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
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Title: The Boys
Character: Reporter
Released: July 25, 2019
Type: TV
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
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Title: Star Trek: Discovery
Character: Holo Security Officer #2
Released: September 24, 2017
Type: TV
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
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The Christmas Cure
Title: The Christmas Cure
Character: Susan
Released: July 15, 2017
Type: Movie
A doctor returns home for Christmas to find that her father has decided to retire from his own practice. After reuniting with her high school sweetheart, she wonders if she should stay and take over her father's practice.
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Title: The Bold Type
Character: Donna Baxter
Released: June 20, 2017
Type: TV
A glimpse into the outrageous lives of Jane, Kat and Sutton, who are working at the nation's top women's magazine, Scarlet, while navigating their careers, identities and individual voices.
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Title: Incorporated
Character: Spiga Realtor
Released: November 30, 2016
Type: TV
Set in a near future where corporations have unlimited power, a young executive conceals his true identity to infiltrate a dangerous corporate world to save the woman he loves.
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A Brand New You
Title: A Brand New You
Character: Natalie
Released: April 6, 2014
Type: Movie
Grieving young widower Santiago convinces his landlord - a disgraced biochemist with a serious hygiene problem - to help him clone his dead wife, using their female housemate as a surrogate mother.
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Title: Orphan Black
Character: Nurse
Released: March 30, 2013
Type: TV
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
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The Seder
Title: The Seder
Released: January 21, 2012
Type: Movie
When openly gay Leo decides to bring his boyfriend Mitchell home for the first time at his families' Seder the boundaries of love and understanding get a little strained. Will everything go smoothly or will it all go to pot?
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Title: Lost Girl
Character: Cowgirl
Released: September 12, 2010
Type: TV
The gorgeous and charismatic Bo is a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who takes up the fight for the underdog while searching for the truth about her own mysterious origins.
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Helen
Title: Helen
Character: Mother (uncredited)
Released: January 16, 2009
Type: Movie
On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.
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Super Dicks
Title: Super Dicks
Character: Wanda
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Directed by Damian Lee.