Vanessa Ray

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, on police drama Blue Bloods as Officer Edit "Eddie" Janko-Reagan, and on White Collar as Maggie "Rocker" Sheldon.

Vanessa Ray
Ray at the 2014 PaleyFest
Born
Vanessa Ray Liptak

(1981-06-24) June 24, 1981
Livermore, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
Known forSuits
Pretty Little Liars
Blue Bloods
White Collar
Spouse(s)Derek James Baynham (m. 2003-2009)
Landon Beard
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(m. 2015)​

Acting career

Ray 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

Ray 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]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2003 The Sparky Chronicles: The Map Chris Video short
2004 Is He... Steph Short
2008 Finding Chance Katrina
2010 Nice Guy Johnny Best Friend
2011 Trust Me Girlfriend Video short
2012 Not Waving but Drowning Adele
Frances Ha Random Girl #2
The Last Day of August Phoebe
2013 Mutual Friends Lucy
Wisdom Teeth
2014 Devil's Due Suzie
Are You Joking? Haley Lusky
2015 All in Time Rachel
The Rumperbutts Ashlee
2016 Serialized Hannah

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008–2009 The Battery's Down Vanessa "Ro Ro Ro Your Boat," "The Bronx Is Up," "The Party's Over"
2009 Bored to Death Claudia "The Case of the Missing Screenplay"
2009–2010 As the World Turns Teri Ciccone Regular role
2010 Damages Tessa Marchetti Recurring role
2011 White Collar Maggie 'Rocker' Sheldon "What Happens in Burma"
Nurse Jackie Mrs. Donovan "Have You Met Ms. Jones?"
2011–2012 Suits Jenny Griffith Recurring role
2012–2017 Pretty Little Liars CeCe Drake / Charlotte DiLaurentis Recurring role
2012 Girls Heather Travis "The Return"
Pretty Dirty Secrets CeCe Drake "A Reunion" and "Call Security"
The Right Not to Know Earthy Chick TV miniseries
2013 The Mentalist Cayce Robbins "Red Lacquer Nail Polish"
2013–present Blue Bloods Officer Edit “Eddie” Janko-Reagan Recurring (season 4), regular (season 5–present)
2014 My Day Herself
2016 Best-Selling Murder Hannah TV movie

Awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Work Result Ref
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV: Villain CeCe Drake Won [13]

References
  1. "Vanessa Ray". HollywoodLife.com. August 13, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  2. Friedman, Molly. "Spoiler! Pretty Little Liars Season 3 Spoiler: More Details on CeCe, Connections to "the Past"". Wetpaint. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  3. Burt, Kayti. "Pretty Little Liars Season 4B Spoilers: CeCe Drake WILL Return!". Wet Paint. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  4. 'Blue Bloods' Season 4 premiere: 'Unwritten Rules' tested after a cop's murder Bobbin, Jay at zap2it.com, September 27, 2013,
  5. "Marriage Under Construction 1". HuffPost TV. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  6. Nevada Marriage Index 1966–2005, Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Records, Carson City, Nevada.
  7. "Survivor: the Toronto house hunt". Toronto Star. November 3, 2007.
  8. "Marriage Under Construction - Episodes - HGTV Canada". hgtv.ca. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  9. 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.
  10. "Exclusive: 'Blue Bloods' star Vanessa Ray is engaged!". Hello Magazine. March 13, 2015.
  11. 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.
  12. "'Blue Bloods' Star Vanessa Ray Reveals Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis". Pop Culture. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  13. Coggan, Devan (June 9, 2015). "Teen Choice Award nominations pit Zayn Malik against One Direction". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
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