Vanessa Sears

Biography

Vanessa Sears is a Canadian actress and singer of Guyanese and Jamaican heritage, born and raised in Deep River, Ontario. She contracted flesh-eating disease as a child and was treated at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Sears has performed in community theatre productions and was a semi-finalist in an international singing competition. She is currently starring as Juliet in the Canadian production of & Juliet at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.