Vanessa Olivarez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Vanessa Olivarez

singer

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1981

Place of Birth: Sugar Land, Texas, United States

Profession: actor, singer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Vanessa Denae Olivarez (born April 7, 1981) in Sugar Land, Texas) is an American singer, songwriter and actress.
She is the vocalist, songwriter and autoharpist for the country bands Granville Automatic and Mama's Blue Dress, has written songs for the country duo Sugarland, and was in the Top 12 of the second season of the television series American Idol in 2003.Later that year, she released a single, "The One", which peaked at number nine on the Canadian charts.
In 2004, she played Tracy Turnblad, the lead role in the Canadian version of Hairspray, for which she was nominated for a Dora Award.