 In 1998, the production company now known as Motion International asked Vanasse to co-host a Québec-based children's science show, "Les Débrouillards".Producer Lorraine Richard and director Léa Pool spotted her there, and offered Vanasse her first big break in the role of Hanna in "Set Me Free (Emporte-moi)" (1999), a story of a teenager trying to find her identity in a tormented family environment.The film was presented at forty festivals, and shown in twenty countries.