Vanessa

Vanessa can refer to:

* Vanessa, a girl's name coined by Jonathan Swift, originally as a nickname for Esther Vanhomrigh.
* Vanessa, a genus of butterflies
* "Vanessa", an opera by Samuel Barber
* "Vanessa", a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole
* Vanessa, a character in the 1989 Disney film "The Little Mermaid"
* Vanessa, a character in SNK Playmore's "The King of Fighters" video game series
* Vanessa, a character on the Nickelodeon sitcom "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide".
*"Vanessa", an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais.
*Vanessa, Ontario, a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
*Vanessa Huxtable, a character on the 1980s TV show The Cosby Show.
*Vanessa Lewis, a character from the "Virtua Fighter series"People:
*Vanessa Beecroft, an Italian artist
*Vanessa Bell, a British artist and the sister of author Virginia Woolf.
*Vanessa Bell Calloway, an American actress
*Vanessa Browne-Ward, an Australian high jumper
*Vanessa Carlton, an American singer, most known for her hit "A Thousand Miles"
*Vanessa Duriès, a French writer
*Vanessa Feltz, a British journalist and broadcaster.
*Vanessa Ferlito, American actress.
*Vanessa Ferrari, an Italian gymnast
*Vanessa García, a Puerto Rican freestyle swimmer
*Vanessa Hudgens, a singer and actor of "High School Musical","High School Musical 2 ,""
*Vanessa Lengies, a Canadian actress, starred in "American Dreams"
*Vanessa Marcil, American actress.
*Vanessa Marshall, a cat
*Vanessa Minnillo, a television personality and model
*Vanessa Paradis, a French actress and singer
*Vanessa Redgrave, an actress and political activist
*Vanessa A. Williams, American actress
*Vanessa L. Williams, an actress and singer
*Vanessa R. Williams, American gospel singer
*Vanessa Johansson, American actress, sister of Scarlett Johansson