Vanessa Bednar

Vanessa Bednar is known for her work on Jimmy Kimmel Live. She has now been in 8 taped sketches on the show. She is also known for her work in the critically acclaimed movie Spring directed by Aaron Moorehead and Justin Benson. Vanessa is a graduate of Second City and IOWest. Vanessa was born and raised in Mt.Prospect, Illinois. She went to Maine West High school. As a child she was always an entrepreneur going door to door bothering her neighbors selling pillows, plants, homemade Barbie perfume, or other items. At 19 she opened a tanning salon with her business partner while attending community college at Oakton. Oakton is where she got the taste of the acting bug and it bit hard. It was there she started pursuing her acting career and obtained her SAG card in 1996 playing a guest star role in the Stu Segal series Silk Stalkings.