Vanessa may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Vanessa'' (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais * ''Vanessa'', a 1933 novel by

Hugh Walpole Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (13 March 18841 June 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among ...

* ''Vanessa'', a 1952 instrumental song written by

Bernie Wayne Bernie Wayne (born Bernard Weitzner; March 6, 1919 – April 18, 1993) was an American composer who wrote over 1,000 songs and music for commercial jingles. He was best known for " Blue Velvet", which was recorded as a hit by numerous artists, and " ...

and performed by Hugo Winterhalter * ''Vanessa'', a song by Grimes and d'Eon from Darkbloom * ''Vanessa'' (opera), a Samuel Barber opera that premiered in 1958 * ''Vanessa'' (1977 film), a 1977 West German film featuring Olivia Pascal * ''Vanessa'' (Mexican TV series), 1982 Mexican telenovela starring Lucía Méndez * ''Vanessa'' (UK TV series), British talk show presented by Vanessa Feltz * ''Vanessa'', former name of Canadian television channel Vivid TV

People

Vanessa (name) Vanessa is a feminine given name. It was invented by the Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift for Esther Vanhomrigh, whom Swift had met in 1708 and whom he tutored. The name was created by taking " Van" from Vanhomrigh's last name and adding "Ess ...

, a female given name and list of persons named Vanessa *

Esther Vanhomrigh Esther Vanhomrigh or Van Homrigh (known by the pseudonym Vanessa; c. 1688 – 2 June 1723), an Irish woman of Dutch descent, was a longtime lover and correspondent of Jonathan Swift. Swift's letters to her were published after her death. Her ...

, for whom Jonathan Swift coined the name

Fictional characters

* Vanessa (''King of Fighters''), a character in SNK Playmore's ''The King of Fighters'' video game series * Vanessa (''Symphogear''), a character in the anime series ''Symphogear'' * Vanessa, a character in the Nickelodeon sitcom ''

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'' (sometimes shortened to ''Ned's Declassified'') is an American live action sitcom on Nickelodeon that debuted on the Nickelodeon Sunday night TEENick scheduling block on September 12, 2004. The serie ...

'' * Vanessa, the alias of Disney's ''The Little Mermaid'' character Ursula in the 1989 film * Vanessa, daughter of Heinz Doofenshmirtz from ''

Phineas and Ferb ''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...

'' an animated show premiered in 2007 * Vanessa Geraldine Carlysle, known as Copycat in Marvel Comics and the 2016 film ''Deadpool'' * Vanessa (''Five Nights at Freddy's''), a character in ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' video game series *

Vanessa Lewis is a series of fighting games created by Sega AM2 and designer Yu Suzuki. The original ''Virtua Fighter (video game), Virtua Fighter'' was released in December 1993 and has received four main sequels and several spin-offs. The highly influential ...

, in the Japanese video game series ''Virtua Fighter'' *

Vanessa Woodfield ''Emmerdale'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared during 2012, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the soap's executive producer, Steve ...

, in the British television series ''Emmerdale'' *Vanessa Taylor, long-lost daughter of Maggie Lockwood-Campbell of ''

Chicago Med ''Chicago Med'' is an American medical drama series broadcast by NBC and created by Dick Wolf as the third installment of the ''Chicago'' franchise. It stars Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Torrey DeVitto, Rachel DiPillo, Colin Donnell, ...

'' who debuted in its sixth season

Other

* ''Vanessa'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies * Vanessa, Ontario, a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada * , the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy

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