Vanessa Branch
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Vanessa Lynn Branch (Born 21 March 1973 in London) is an English actress, model, and Page Three girl. She is best known in North America as the Orbit Gum television commercial woman (whose catchphrase is "Fabulous!"). She holds dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. She also speaks fluent Mandarin and French. After graduating from Mercersburg Academy, a boarding school in south-central Pennsylvania, she graduated from Middlebury College in 1994 and was Miss Vermont also that year. In 1996 She began tutoring two young girls, Blair and Ana Van Pelt, in French, and later moved in with the Van Pelt family in Newport Beach, California. She has stayed in southern California since then and still currently resides there.
She appeared in the Lost episode Fire + Water as the character Karen. She also can be seen in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, playing Giselle, a Tortugan wench jilted by Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow. She had a guest appearance as Nadia Kerensky in the Pilot of the short-lived TV series Andy Barker P.I.. She also appeared in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Shattered" as an adult Naomi Wildman.
In 2002, Vanessa appeared on the American soap Port Charles as Mary Margaret 'Paige' Barrington Smith and Rebecca 'Becca' Barrington.
In June 2006, Vanessa worked on an ad for Orbit Gum that introduced two new flavors. Lemon-Lime, and Crystal Mint. This ad was being done in conjunction with Snoop Dogg.
In July 2006, Maxim magazine featured her in their Girls of Maxim gallery.
She plays the role of Zhana Agonskaya in the video game Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3.