Vanessa Ray Liptak (born June 24, 1981)[1] is an American actress. She is known for her roles on Pretty Little Liars as Charlotte Drake, on legal drama Suits as Jenny, on soap opera As the World Turns as Teri Ciccone, and on police drama Blue Bloods as Officer Edit "Eddie" Janko-Reagan.
Vanessa Ray | |
|---|---|
 Ray at the 2014 PaleyFest | |
| Born | Vanessa Ray Liptak June 24, 1981 Livermore, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Known for | |
| Spouses |
Landon Beard (m. 2015) |
| Children | 1 |
Acting career
editRay earned her Actors' Equity Association card while performing the role of Rusty and singing "Let's Hear It for the Boy" in the musical Footloose. She played the role of Nemo in Robert and Kristin Lopez's Finding Nemo: The Musical at Orlando's Disney World. Ray played the character 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).
Between 2012 and 2017, Ray 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",[2] in the television series Pretty Little Liars. Ray was announced to start filming again for PLL, and 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 2013, Ray joined the Season 4 cast of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods as Officer Edit "Eddie" Janko,[4] a role she has continued throughout the show's run.
Personal life
editRay now lives and works between Los Angeles and New York City. She married actor Derek James Baynham on January 8, 2003.[5][6] In 2007, the first season of the HGTV series Marriage Under Construction covered their purchase, renovation and eventual sale of a house in Toronto.[7][8] The couple divorced in 2009.[9]
In March 2015, Ray announced on Instagram and Twitter that she was engaged to her boyfriend of six years, Landon Beard.[10] On June 14, 2015, they married at the Condor's Nest Ranch in eastern San Diego County, California.[11]
In December 2020, while being interviewed in The Pink Lemonade podcast, Ray revealed she has bipolar disorder. She was first diagnosed while spending three months in a mental health facility.[12]
On March 1, 2024, it was revealed that Ray and her husband welcomed a baby boy via adoption.[13]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Sparky Chronicles: The Map | Chris | Video |
| 2004 | Is He... | Steph | Short |
| 2010 | Nice Guy Johnny | Best Friend | |
| 2011 | Trust Me | Girlfriend | Short |
| 2012 | Not Waving but Drowning | Adele | |
| Frances Ha | Random Girl #2 | ||
| The Last Day of August | Phoebe | ||
| 2013 | Mutual Friends | Lucy | |
| 2014 | Devil's Due | Suzie | |
| Are You Joking? | Haley Lusky | ||
| 2015 | All in Time | Rachel | |
| The Rumperbutts | Ashlee | ||
| 2016 | Serialized | Hannah Ryan | TV movie |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | As the World Turns | Teri Ciccone | Regular Cast |
| 2008–09 | The Battery's Down | Vanessa | Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2 |
| 2009 | Bored to Death | Claudia | Episode: "The Case of the Missing Screenplay" |
| 2010 | Damages | Tessa Marchetti | Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2011 | White Collar | Maggie 'Rocker' Sheldon | Episode: "What Happens in Burma" |
| Nurse Jackie | Mrs. Donovan | Episode: "Have You Met Ms. Jones?" | |
| 2011–12 | Suits | Jenny Griffith | Recurring Cast: Season 1-2 |
| 2012 | Girls | Heather Travis | Episode: "The Return" |
| Pretty Dirty Secrets | CeCe Drake | Episode: "A Reunion" and "Call Security" | |
| 2012–17 | Pretty Little Liars | CeCe Drake | Recurring Cast: Season 3-7 |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Cayce Robbins | Episode: "Red Lacquer Nail Polish" |
| 2013– | Blue Bloods | Officer Edit “Eddie” Janko-Reagan | Recurring Cast: Season 4, Main Cast: Season 5- |
Music Video
edit| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | "Bring Back The Time" | New Kids on the Block featuring Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley & En Vogue |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Ceremony | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV: Villain | CeCe Drake | Won | [14] |
References
edit- ^ "Vanessa Ray". HollywoodLife.com. August 13, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ Friedman, Molly. "Spoiler! Pretty Little Liars Season 3 Spoiler: More Details on CeCe, Connections to 'the Past'". Wetpaint. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ Burt, Kayti. "Pretty Little Liars Season 4B Spoilers: CeCe Drake WILL Return!". Wet Paint. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ "'Blue Bloods' Season 4 premiere: 'Unwritten Rules' tested after a cop's murder". Bobbin, Jay at zap2it.com, September 27, 2013.
- ^ "Marriage Under Construction 1". HuffPost TV. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ Nevada Marriage Index 1966–2005, Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Records, Carson City, Nevada.
- ^ "Survivor: the Toronto house hunt". Toronto Star. November 3, 2007.
- ^ "Marriage Under Construction - Episodes - HGTV Canada". hgtv.ca. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ Am; PM, aTVScoop 06/18/15 AT 3:54 (June 18, 2015). "'Pretty Little Liars' Star Vanessa Ray Gets Married; Sasha Pieterse Shares Photos From Wedding". International Business Times. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Exclusive: 'Blue Bloods' star Vanessa Ray is engaged!". Hello Magazine. March 13, 2015.
- ^ Claudia Rosenbaum & Mike Vulpo (June 16, 2015). "Exclusive!: Pretty Little Liars Star Vanessa Ray Marries Landon Beard: Details on Their 'Intimate and Relaxed' Wedding". E! News.
- ^ "'Blue Bloods' Star Vanessa Ray Reveals Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis". Pop Culture. December 20, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ "Blue Bloods Star Vanessa Ray Welcomes Baby Boy with Husband Landon Beard: 'Quite a Whirlwind' (Exclusive)". People. March 1, 2024.
- ^ Coggan, Devan (June 9, 2015). "Teen Choice Award nominations pit Zayn Malik against One Direction". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
External links
edit- Vanessa Ray at IMDb