Vanessa Ray

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Vanessa Ray Liptak (born November 2, 1980), known professionally as Vanessa Ray, is an American actress and singer. She is best known for portraying Teri Ciccone on the soap opera As the World Turns, Jenny on the legal drama series Suits, CeCe Drake on Pretty Little Liars, and Tessa Marchetti on Damages.




Early life

Ray was born in Livermore, California and raised in Vancouver, Washington. Her parents James and Valerie Liptak were both involved in theater while she was growing up. Her father is a musician and often produced music for plays for local theaters in Vancouver.

Acting career

She earned her Actor's Equity card while performing the role of Rusty and singing "Let's Hear It For the Boy" in the musical Footloose. She originated the role of Nemo in Robert and Kristin Lopez's Finding Nemo: The Musical at Orlando's Disney World. Vanessa embodied the character of Olive Ostrovsky in the National Tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She joined the Broadway cast of Hair in its final year as Crissy, and sang the song "Frank Mills". She made her on-screen debut as Chris in the youth-oriented video short feature, The Sparky Chronicles: The Map (2003).

Since 2012, Ray has appeared as CeCe Drake, a "beyond-charismatic twenty-something blonde stylist at a boutique that has one heel in the present, one in the past.”, in the TV series Pretty Little Liars. Ray was announced to start filming again for PLL, Ray spoke about returning saying "It's so fun to do, and what a crazy character I get to play. She's sort of a sociopath. I think she's so weird because she's, like, 22 but hangs out with high-schoolers. It's like, 'Hey, girl! Get a life!'”[3] In the fourth season, it is revealed CeCe is "Red Coat" -- the former leader of "The A-Team".

In 2013, she joined the Season 4 cast of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods as Officer Edit "Eddie" Janko.

Personal life

Ray now lives and works in Los Angeles and New York City. She has been married to Derek James since 2003

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes

2003 The Sparky Chronicles: The Map Chris Short film
2004 Is He... Steph Short film
2008 Finding Chance Katrina
2010 Nice Guy Johnny Best Friend
2011 Trust Me Girlfriend Short film
2012 Not Waving But Drowning Adele
2012 The Last Day of August Phoebe
2013 Wisdom Teeth
2014 Devil's Due Suzie

Television

Year Title Role Notes

2008 The Battery's Down Vanessa 3 episodes
2009 Bored to Death Claudia Episode: "The Case of the Missing Screenplay"
2009–2010 As the World Turns Teri Ciccone 49 episodes
2010 Damages Tessa Marchetti 7 episodes
2011 White Collar Maggie "Rocker" Sheldon Episode: "What Happens in Burma"
2011 Nurse Jackie Mrs. Donovan Episode: "Have You Met Ms. Jones?"
2011–2012 Suits Jenny Griffith 9 episodes
2012 Girls Heather Travis Episode: "The Return"
2012 The Right Not to Know Earthy Chick Miniseries
2012–present Pretty Little Liars Cece Drake / Red Coat
2013 The Mentalist Cayce Robbins Episode: "Red Lacquer Nail Polish"
2013–present Blue Bloods Edit "Eddie" Janko Season 4
Web series
Year Title Role
2012 Pretty Dirty Secrets Cece Drake

Vanessa Ray — ‘Pretty Little Liars’ 100th episode celebration at W Hollywood in Hollywood — May 31, 2014 (x29)

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