MEET THE CAST ~ Vanessa Bednar

Vanessa Bednar 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 James while attending community college at Oakton.

Oakton is where she got the taste of the acting bug and it bit hard. It was in California where she started pursuing her acting career that she obtained her SAG card in 1996. She did various promotions with Hawaiian Tropic and appeared in several movies as a Hawaiian Tropic girl such as Vegas Vacation and My Favorite Martian.  Having produced over 100 live model search events all over the world, she never left the stage, as she hosted most of the events as well as produced them.

Vanessa was the Executive producer for the 25th Anniversary Hawaiian Tropic International Model search featuring Everclear. The show was syndicated nationwide.  She has booked over 40 roles in three years and is not stopping. Her goal is not to be a star, just to continually work. Being on set is her bliss. Vanessa is also a writer and her first book will be published this year.