| Net Worth: | $2 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | March 23, 1992 (32 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Actor |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
Vanessa was born March 23, 1992 in Ottawa, Canada. She has Scottish and African ancestry. Morgan became famous as Amanda Pierce on TV series The Latest Buzz in 2007 and was even more successful on show My Babysitter’s a Vampire as Sarah. She also appeared in couple of movies, including Frankie and Alice, and Geek Charming. Vanessa is dating professional ice hockey player Nathan MacKinnon.
Career
Career: Morgan made her acting debut in 2000 when she played the young version of Vanessa L. Williams’ Ebony Scrooge in the VH1 film “A Diva’s Christmas Carol.” She was a series regular of the Canadian teen sitcom “The Latest Buzz” from 2007 to 2010, and she performed the show’s theme song as well. In 2010, Vanessa starred as Marion Hawthorne in the TV movie “Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars” and played a teenage version of Halle Berry’s Frankie Murdoch in the film “Frankie & Alice.” That year Morgan also starred as the titular vampire in the Disney Channel/Teletoon film “My Babysitter’s a Vampire,” which was turned into a series the following year. She played Hannah Mornell in the 2011 Disney Channel movie “Geek Charming” and had a recurring role as Jeanne Gossamer / Vanessa LaFontaine on the Disney Channel series “A.N.T. Farm” in 2012. Vanessa guest-starred on “Degrassi” (2013), “Saving Hope” (2013), and “Some Assembly Required” (2015), and in 2014, she appeared in the Lifetime movie “Guilty at 17” and the short film “The Night Session.” From 2014 to 2015, Morgan appeared in 27 episodes of MTV’s “Finding Carter,” and she returned to MTV to play Lyria in season two of “The Shannara Chronicles.”
Personal Life
Personal Life: Vanessa married professional baseball player Michael Kopech on January 4, 2020, after a six-month engagement. Michael filed for divorce in June 2020, and Morgan announced that she was pregnant in July. A few months later, Vanessa’s “Riverdale” co-stars threw her a Halloween-themed baby shower, and she welcomed a son, River, on January 29, 2021. Morgan’s pregnancy was written into the fifth season of “Riverdale,” which took place after a seven-year time jump. In March 2020, Vanessa tweeted, “Tired of how black people are portrayed in Media, tired of us being portrayed as thugs, dangerous or angry scary people. Tired of us also being used as sidekick non dimensional characters to our white leads. Or only used in the ads for diversity but not actually in the show.” She also revealed that on “Riverdale,” she’s “the only black series regular but also paid the least.” The show’s creator, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, responded, “We hear Vanessa. We love Vanessa. She’s right. We’re sorry and we make the same promise to you that we did to her. We will do better to honor her and the character she plays. As well as all of our actors and characters of color.”
Quotes
“Growing up biracial, I didn’t have someone to look up to watching TV or movies. Halle Berry was the closest one who looked like me. I’m happy to see more biracial people on screen, and I’m happy to represent for the little girls who didn’t have someone who looked like me on TV.”
— Vanessa Morgan
“Like, literally, when you get the script, you’re like, ‘Whoa, I hope the Black Hood isn’t after me.’ I guess we’ll find out.”
— Vanessa Morgan
“I’ve been doing this journey in acting and singing since I was six years old, and I definitely think this will take me to the next level – in movies.”
— Vanessa Morgan
“I was in a music class when I was little, and they discovered I had a talent and could sing. From there, I joined this singing troupe in California, and I would just go sing at festivals in this girl group and perform as much as I could.”
— Vanessa Morgan
“My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on stage at the Palm Springs Festival, and recommended I get into acting, so I was like, ‘Oh, okay.’ I just started from there, singing and acting.”
— Vanessa Morgan