Vanessa Lynne-Marie Lengies (* July 21, 1985 in Montréal, Québec) is a Canadian actress best known for starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski.
She attended Evergreen Elementary and then went on to Hudson Highschool from 1997-2002.

Lengies got her start in Canadian television on such shows as Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Radio Active, and Popular Mechanics for Kids.

In 2005, she co-starred with Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear in the comedy The Perfect Man.
She also plays a supporting role as the jailbait hostess in Waiting....
In 2006, she was seen as a gymnast in the movie Stick It.

Lengies is fluent in French and English, and knows some Arabic.
Her father is German and her mother is Egyptian.

For The Grudge 2, the role of Vanessa was originally written for Lengies, who eventually turned it down to film My Suicide; the part still bears her name.
She has also appeared in CBS show The Ghost Whisperer in an episode titled 'The Vanishing'.

Lengies was seen as Sophia in the Lifetime original drama series Monarch Cove. Lengies is also co-staring in the ABC online comedy, Squeegees.


Filmographie

* American Dreams (2002-2005), Roxanne Bojarski
* The Perfect Man (2005), Amy Pearl
* Waiting... (2005), Natasha
* Stick It (2006), Joanne Charis
* My Suicide (2008 ), Mallory
* Still Waiting... (2008 ), Natasha