Vanessa may refer to: Arts and entertainment Vanessa (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais Vanessa, a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole Vanessa, a 1952 instrumental song written by Bernie Wayne and performed by Hugo Winterhalter Vanessa, a song by Grimes and d'Eon from Darkbloom Vanessa (opera), a Samuel Barber opera that premiered in 1958 Vanessa (1977 film), a 1977 West German film featuring Olivia Pascal Vanessa (Mexican TV series), 1982 Mexican telenovela starring Lucía Méndez Vanessa (UK TV series), British talk show presented by Vanessa Feltz Vanessa, former name of Canadian television channel Vivid TV People Vanessa (name), a female given name and list of persons named Vanessa Esther Vanhomrigh, for whom Jonathan Swift coined the name Fictional characters Vanessa (King of Fighters), a character in SNK Playmore's The King of Fighters video game series Vanessa (Symphogear), a character in the anime series Symphogear Vanessa, a character in the Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Vanessa, the alias of Disney's The Little Mermaid character Ursula in the 1989 film Vanessa, daughter of Heinz Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb an animated show premiered in 2007 Vanessa Geraldine Carlysle, known as Copycat in Marvel Comics and the 2016 film Deadpool Vanessa Lewis, in the Japanese video game series Virtua Fighter Vanessa Woodfield, in the British television series Emmerdale Vanessa Taylor, long-lost daughter of Maggie Lockwood-Campbell of Chicago Med who debuted in its sixth season. Other Vanessa (butterfly), a genus of butterflies Vanessa, Ontario, a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada , the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy See also Nessa (disambiguation), a shortening of the name Vanessa