Vanessa Joy Lachey (née Minnillo; born November 9, 1980)[1] is an American television host, model and actress. She was named Miss Teen USA in 1998. She has been a New York–based correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and hosted Total Request Live on MTV. She has starred in two network sitcoms and hosted various competition and reality shows. Lachey portrayed the lead role in the CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Hawaiʻi (2021–2024) for three seasons.[2][3]
Vanessa Lachey | |
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 Vanessa Lachey at Maxim magazine's 10th Annual Hot 100 Celebration, Santa Monica, California on May 13, 2009 | |
| Born | Vanessa Joy Minnillo November 9, 1980 Angeles City, Philippines |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Television personality, host, actress, model |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1998 Miss Teen USA 1998 |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Major competition(s) | Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1998 (Winner) Miss Teen USA 1998 (Winner) |
Early life
editVanessa Joy Minnillo was born at the 13th Air Force Regional Medical Center at Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Philippines.[4] Her father, Vincent Charles Minnillo, is an American citizen who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, while her mother, Helen Ramos Bercero, was born in Manila, Philippines.[5][6][7][8] Minnillo has an adopted brother who is two years older.[9] Her father moved the family frequently because of his service in the Air Force. She lived in Washington, California, Nevada, Florida, Germany and Japan and attended eleven schools in nine years. Minnillo's parents separated in 1983 and divorced in 1986.[10] Her mother left the family when Vanessa was nine years old.[11]
Minnillo's parents both remarried. She and her brother Vincent Jr. relocated to Turkey with their mother and stepfather. By 1991, in the wake of Operation Desert Shield, they returned to their father's home, eventually settling in Charleston, South Carolina, where Minnillo attended the Roman Catholic Bishop England High School and was a junior varsity cheerleader.[citation needed] From then on, she lived with her father and stepmother, Donna. She has said she had "a very rocky, challenging and tumultuous childhood."[11] She also attended Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School in San Bernardino, California, for one year.[citation needed]
Career
edit1998–2020: Beauty pageants and television hosting
editLachey was crowned Miss South Carolina Teen USA and won the title Miss Teen USA in 1998. She was the first Miss Teen USA from South Carolina and also the first from South Carolina to be named the pageant's Miss Congeniality.[citation needed] She was a host on MTV's The Morning After (2003) and Total Request Live (2003–2007)[12] and became a New York City correspondent for Entertainment Tonight in 2005. She hosted Miss Teen USA 2004 and Miss Universe 2007 beauty pageants.
After leaving MTV and Entertainment Tonight, Lachey was featured in print and web-based advertising for Bongo Jeans' Spring/Summer 2007 collection.[13] She launched a makeup line with Flirt! Cosmetics, which debuted in August 2007 at Kohl's department stores.[14] In May 2006, Maxim magazine ranked Lachey #15 in its annual Hot 100 issue.[15] She has been featured on the covers of numerous magazines such as Maxim, Vegas, Shape, Parents, People,[16] and Lucky.[17]
Lachey was a finalist in E!'s competition to replace Brooke Burke as host of Wild On!.[10] From 2009 to 2011, she hosted ABC's TV series True Beauty. The series followed 10 contestants who competed for $100,000 and to be featured in People magazine's 100 most beautiful people issue. The series was produced by Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher.[18] Lachey became a co-host of ABC's game show Wipeout in December 2011.[19]
Early in her career, Lachey had small roles in numerous television shows, including That's Life, City Girls, 30 Rock, The Bold and the Beautiful, Psych, Hawaii Five-O and Maybe It's Me. In 2008, she portrayed Ashlee in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, in the episode "No Tomorrow". She portrayed Amy in the parody film Disaster Movie (2008) alongside Matt Lanter, Kim Kardashian and Carmen Electra. The film was panned by critics, but was a moderate box-office success, grossing nearly $35 million against a $20 million budget.[20] In 2009, Lachey and Kardashian shared scenes again, on CBS's police procedural television series CSI: NY.[21]
In 2011, Lachey had a guest role as Carmen Chao in NBC's sitcom 30 Rock. She played Tracy in NBC's sitcom Truth Be Told (2015), about two diverse multiracial couples who are best friends, lovers and neighbors. The series ended after one season on December 25, 2015.[22] On September 6, 2017, Lachey was announced as one of the celebrities who would take part in the 25th season of Dancing with the Stars, competing against her husband, Nick. She was paired with professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy.[23] Chmerkovskiy's wife, Peta Murgatroyd, was paired with Nick. On October 30, Lachey and Chmerkovskiy became the seventh couple eliminated from the competition, finishing in joint seventh place.[24]
In 2020, Lachey and her husband Nick were announced as the hosts of the Netflix series Love Is Blind.[25] Lachey has stated that when producers approached the couple, “they made literally our dreams come true in terms of being able to work together, being able to spend time together, making our marriage stronger ultimately in the end.” [26] The couple has hosted every season of the show announced to date. Though fans of the show did start a petition to have Nick and Venessa removed as hosts but to no success. [27]
2021–present: NCIS: Hawaiʻi and book
editOn April 30, 2021, it was announced that Lachey was the first to be cast as a series regular in CBS's police procedural TV series NCIS: Hawaiʻi.[28][29] Lachey joined the cast in her first leading series role as Jane Tennant,[30] the first female Special Agent in charge of the NCIS: Pearl.[31] It is a spin-off of the long-running series NCIS, and the fourth series in the NCIS franchise. Filming for the series began on the North Shore of Oahu on June 16, 2021.[32][33] The series debuted on September 20, 2021.[30][34]
On July 14, 2021, Lachey announced that her first book, Life from Scratch: Family Traditions That Start with You, would be released on November 16, 2021, by HarperCollins.[11][35] The cookbook was written by Lachey and Dina Gachman and includes cooking recipes, parenting tips, birthday and date night ideas and personal stories.[36][37] Lachey also shared in the book how not having a relationship with her mother has affected her approach to certain things, as she used her imagination to create celebrations and milestone markers that became annual rituals for her family.[36][38] "Instead of constantly saying, 'I don't have a mom to show me how to do my makeup, what not to wear, how to be a good wife or a good mom,' I said, 'You know what? I can start that for my daughter and be that positive influence," she said in an interview with People magazine in July 2021.[11]
In 2023, she appeared in General Motors' and Netflix's Super Bowl commercial to promote electric vehicles.[39][40] She was one of the women included on Variety's " 40 Most Powerful Women on Reality TV in 2023" list, with the magazine writing: "Currently on NCIS: Hawai’i, she’s also the co-host of two of the most-watched unscripted shows on TV: Netflix’s Love Is Blind and The Ultimatum. Alongside her husband, Nick, Lachey co-hosted Netflix’s first-ever live reunion (and then second-ever live program), and while it was a bit rocky, technically speaking, she did what she could to salvage it once the cameras finally started rolling."[41] In April 2024, NCIS: Hawai'i was cancelled by CBS, with the last episode airing on May 6, 2024.[3] Her role as Jane Tennant made history as it marked the NCIS franchise's first female lead.[3][42]
Personal life
edit
In 2006, she began dating singer Nick Lachey after appearing in the video for his song "What's Left of Me".[43][44][45] The couple became engaged in November 2010,[46] and married on July 15, 2011, at Sir Richard Branson's private Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands.[47] They were both born on November 9, seven years apart. They have three children: Camden Jon, Brooklyn Elisabeth, and Phoenix Robort.[48]
Filmography
editAs an actress
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Johnny's Wedding Date | Cameo[12] |
| 2008 | Disaster Movie | Amy | |
| 2020 | Once Upon A Main Street | Amelia Lewis |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | That's Life | Cheerleader | Episode: "Oh, Crap!" |
| City Guys | Hot Girl | Episode: "Dances with Malcolm" | |
| The Bold and the Beautiful | Amanda Wexler | 8 episodes, as Vanessa Minnillo | |
| 2002 | Maybe It's Me | Sexy Student | Episode: "The Prom Episode: Part 2" |
| 2003 | The Break | Malia | Television film |
| 2008 | How I Met Your Mother | Ashlee | Episode: "No Tomorrow" |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Grace Chandler | Episode: "Second Chances" |
| 2010 | Psych | Gina | Episode: "Shawn and Gus in Drag (Racing)" |
| This Little Piggy | Television film | ||
| 2011 | 30 Rock | Carmen Chao | Episode: "¡Qué Sorpresa!" |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Susan | Episode: "Powa Maka Moana" | |
| Nick & Vanessa's Dream Wedding | Herself | TLC television special; also as executive producer[49] | |
| 2013–2014 | Dads | Camilla | Main role; 19 episodes |
| 2015 | Lachey's: Raising the Bar | Herself | Main role; 10 episodes |
| Truth Be Told | Tracy Cooper | Main role; 10 episodes | |
| 2016 | Sebastian Says | Jenna | Television film |
| First Wives Club | Sasha | Unaired pilot | |
| 2017 | Dancing with the Stars | Herself | Contestant on season 25 |
| 2018 | A Twist of Christmas | Abby Hewitt | Lifetime television film |
| 2019 | American Housewife | Crissy | Episode: "Liar Liar, Room on Fire" |
| BH90210 | Camille | 4 episodes | |
| Christmas Unleashed | Becca Solano | Lifetime television film | |
| 2020 | People Presents: Once Upon A Main Street | Amelia | Lifetime television film[50] |
| 2021 | Call Me Kat | Tara Barnett | 3 episodes |
| 2021–2024 | NCIS: Hawaiʻi | Jane Tennant | Main role; 53 episodes |
| 2022–2024 | NCIS | 4 episodes | |
| 2023 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Episode: "A Long Time Coming" |
| Year | Title | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "What's Left of Me" | Nick Lachey | Love interest |
As a television personality or host
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The 50th Annual Miss USA Pageant | Backstage Correspondent | TV special |
| 2003 | The Morning After | Host | MTV's summer series |
| 2003–2004 | Beat Seekers | 11 episodes | |
| 2003–2007 | Total Request Live | 18 episodes | |
| 2004 | Miss Teen USA 2004 | TV special | |
| The Real World: San Diego | Reunion Host | Episode: "2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion" | |
| 2005 | The Real World: Philadelphia | Episode: "Fistful of Philly: The Real World Philadelphia Reunion" | |
| 2006 | High School Stories | Host | Episode: "Potty Protest" |
| 2005–2024 | Entertainment Tonight | Correspondent and
Guest co-host |
62 episodes |
| 2007 | Miss Universe 2007 | Host | TV special |
| 2009–2010 | True Beauty | Host and Judge | 16 episodes |
| 2011–2012 | Wipeout | Host | 24 episodes |
| 2017–2024 | The Talk | Guest co-host | 11 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Top Chef Junior | Host | 19 episodes |
| 2018 | Miss USA 2018 | Co-host | TV special |
| 2019 | Miss USA 2019 | ||
| Miss Universe 2019 | |||
| Sugar Rush | Guest Judge | Episode: "Made with Love" | |
| 2020–present | Love Is Blind | Co-host | 31 episodes |
| 2022–present | The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On | Co-host | 10 episodes |
| 2022 | I Can See Your Voice | Celebrity panelist | Episode: "Episode 10: Kandi Burruss, Vanessa Lachey, Jim Jefferies, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Houghton" |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Ceremony | Award | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV: Personality | Total Request Live Entertainment Tonight |
Nominated |
| 2019 | Guinness World Records | Most Bagged Lunches Assembled in Three Minutes (Individual) | Won |
Published works
edit- Lachey, Vanessa: Life from Scratch: Family Traditions That Start with You, HarperCollins, 2021.
See also
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