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Vanessa Nicole Marano (born October 31, 1992) is an American actress. She has appeared on the TV series Without a Trace, Gilmore Girls, Scoundrels and The Young and the Restless, among others. She is currently a main character on Switched at Birth, where she stars as Bay Kennish. Vanessa Marano was born October 31, 1992 in Los Angeles, California. She has a younger sister named Laura Marano, who is also an actress. Besides English she also speaks Italian. Vanessa Marano began acting professionally when she was two years old. Since then, she worked for productions at the Stage Door Theater.... MORE

Vanessa Nicole Marano (born October 31, 1992) is an American actress. She has appeared on the TV series Without a Trace, Gilmore Girls, Scoundrels and The Young and the Restless, among others. She is currently a main character on Switched at Birth, where she stars as Bay Kennish. Vanessa Marano was born October 31, 1992 in Los Angeles, California. She has a younger sister named Laura Marano, who is also an actress. Besides English she also speaks Italian. Vanessa Marano began acting professionally when she was two years old. Since then, she worked for productions at the Stage Door Theater. Her biggest roles on television have been as Jack Malone's older daughter in Without a Trace (she and real life sister Laura play sisters), Valerie's stepdaughter in The Comeback and as April Nardini in Gilmore Girls. She also played Layne Abeley in The Clique based on the books by Lisi Harrison and Samantha Combs in Dear Lemon Lima. Vanessa played Eden on The Young and the Restless and Hope on Scoundrels. She now stars as Bay Kennish on the ABC Family show Switched at Birth. On September 6, 2011 it has been reported that Vanessa will guest star on an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation LESS