Birthday: Dec 28, 1980

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography: Vanessa Ferlito was born in Brooklyn and is of Italian descent. She made her big break on the big screen as an Internet sex worker in the independent drama “On_Line,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002. She then went on to star in Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed drama “25th hour” opposite Edward Norton, 2004’s indie film “The Tollbooth,” “Spider-Man 2,” and more recently, 2005’s comedy “Man of the House” opposite Tommy Lee Jones.

She had guest appearances on the hit shows... ... (read more...) “Law and Order,” “Third Watch,” and “The Sopranos,” and has a recurring role as Claudia, the wife of a crime lord, on Fox’s “24.”