- Born in Milford Pennsylvania
- Attended a prestigious ballet school at age 14
- Vanessa quit ballet school at age 17
- Vanessa attended Columbia University in New York then quit
- Vanessa worked as a waiter at legendary village club “The Bitter End” in New York
- Vanessas Single “A Thousand Miles” hit #1 in charts around the world the first week of it’s release
- Born on August 16th, 1980
- Lives in Nolita, New York
- Her mom taught her piano
- Her mom sold piano’s for a living
- The song “Ordinary Day” was one of the first songs Vanessa ever wrote.
- Her father was an amateur fiddler
- Was 21 when was clearly known in the music industry
- At age 9 Vanessa had an unpaid job shoveling manure, she only did it because she loved horses.
- Vanessa lived in San Fransisco for sometime.
- Her time in San Fransisco inspired her to write her song “San Fransisco”
- Designed a clothing line called “So Girl” at Kohl’s
- Her song “Annie”was written about a girl, Victoria, who had leukemia
- Before becoming famous Vanessa worked as a waitress in lower Manhattan

- Favorite drink is Vodka with raspberrys
- Vanessa owns 2 dogs named Maggie and Lord Victor
- Is of Russian and Scandinavian descent
- Vanessa is lactose intolerant
- Vanessa would rather walk then drive
- Vanessa is attracted to vampires and lumber jacks

- The song “Wanted” was written about a guy she fell for, in New York, who was “ken-like”, it turns out he only liked her because she played piano so well.
- The song “Annie” is written about a girl named “Victoria” who Vanessa had met a few years ago.
- Her first recorded album was not released (“Rinse”), but was the tracks we reworked for her debut album, “Be Not Nobody”
- The title for Vanessa’s first album “Be Not Nobody” was inspired by a dream she had
- Unreleased songs became internet bootlegs such as “All I Ask,” and “Superhero”
- Vanessa’s song, “Dark Carnival” is used for the 2003 Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox and PC game Spy Hunter 2
- In 2003, she received Grammy Award nominations for “Record of the Year”, “Song of the Year”, and “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)” for “A Thousand Miles”
- Collaborated with Zucchero, along with Haylie Ecker on violin, for the song “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime”
- Began recording “Harmonium” Skywalker Ranch near San Francisco
- On tour with Stevie Nicks, she premiered the songs “Best Behavior” and “All Is Well”