Vanessa DuBasso: the filmography, the label, and the marriage
Vanessa DuBasso is an American actress and designer who has worked steadily in television and film since 2011. Her credits include Pretty Little Liars, True Blood, Legion, Modern Family, After We Collided and He’s All That, and she took her first feature lead in Upon Waking. She married Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro in March 2025.
She also runs a clothing label and describes herself, in her own words on Instagram, as someone who acts and paints. The acting is the part with a public record. The rest is worth knowing about too.
Vanessa DuBasso: quick facts
| Detail | What’s documented |
|---|---|
| Born | Los Angeles, California; date disputed |
| Birth name | Vanessa Tatianamicha Dubasso, per IMDb |
| Occupation | Actress, painter, clothing designer |
| Screen debut | Pretty Little Liars, 2011 |
| Credits | Around 14 across film and television |
| First lead role | Upon Waking |
| Clothing label | Vantablacklamm |
| Spouse | Dave Navarro, married 29 March 2025 |
| Roughly 60,000 followers |
The birth date the databases can’t agree on
This is worth settling before anything else, because four major sources give two different answers.
| Source | Date given |
|---|---|
| IMDb | 19 October 1993 |
| The Movie Database | 20 October 1992 |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 20 October 1992 |
| Apple TV | 20 October 1992 |
Three sources against one, and they disagree on both the day and the year.
There is a tiebreaker. A September 2024 profile in the South China Morning Post gave her age as 31. Someone born in October 1992 would have been 31 that month. Someone born in October 1993 would have been 30.
That points to 20 October 1992, with IMDb the outlier. It is not conclusive, but it is the better-supported date, and no page covering her mentions the conflict at all.
Her filmography
Around fourteen credits over thirteen years, mostly guest roles building toward leads.
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pretty Little Liars | Zoey |
| 2014 | True Blood | Juliette |
| 2014 | There’s Always Woodstock | French Girl |
| 2016 | Code Blue: A Love Story | Marla |
| 2016 | Friends Effing Friends Effing Friends | Camille |
| 2017 | Legion | Three roles |
| 2020 | After We Collided | Ally |
| 2020 | Revenge Ride | Mary |
| 2020 | A Dark Foe | Destiny |
| 2020 | Modern Family | Blonde Employee |
| 2021 | He’s All That | Aniston |
| 2021 | King | Arlene |
| 2023 | Upon Waking | Molly |
| 2024 | Sallywood | Olivia Corrigan |
The Legion oddity
Her Legion credit is the strangest thing in the filmography and nobody has pointed it out.
Across three episodes of Noah Hawley’s FX series she is credited as three separate characters: Blonde Woman, New Janine, and Salmon. On most shows that would be a continuity error. On Legion, a series built around an unreliable narrator and shifting realities, it is more likely deliberate.
She keeps a Legion reel on her IMDb profile, which suggests she rates the work herself. It is the credit she leads with.
The 2020 cluster
Four credits landed in a single year: After We Collided, Revenge Ride, A Dark Foe and an episode of Modern Family. Some of that is pandemic-era release scheduling rather than a sudden burst of work, since films shot earlier arrived late. It still marks the point where she moved from occasional television guest spots to regular feature work.
After We Collided is the widest-seen of them. It is the second film in the After series, adapted from Anna Todd’s novels, and it reached a large young audience regardless of what critics made of it.
Upon Waking
Upon Waking is her first lead role in a feature. It is an LGBTQ romance in which she plays Molly opposite Elsie Hewitt, and it carries a considerably better audience rating than most of her earlier films.
It arrived twelve years after her screen debut. That is a normal length of time for a working actor to reach a first lead, and it is the most substantial thing in her career so far.
Vantablacklamm
Alongside acting she runs a clothing label called Vantablacklamm, which produces hand-painted leather pieces.
The painting is not incidental. Her Instagram biography lists acting and painting together as what she does, and the label applies the second skill to a wearable product rather than a canvas. She has spoken publicly about founding it during a period of getting sober.
Hand-painted leather is a small-batch business by nature. Each piece is individual work rather than a print run, which places it closer to an artist’s practice than a fashion brand.
The marriage to Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro is the guitarist for Jane’s Addiction and played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in the 1990s. The couple were engaged for some time before marrying on 29 March 2025.
They have matching tattoos reading “It’s always been you.”
Their engagement period coincided with a difficult stretch for Navarro. Jane’s Addiction cancelled a tour in late 2024 after an on-stage altercation between Navarro and frontman Perry Farrell in Boston, for which Farrell later apologised. DuBasso posted publicly in support of him at the time, describing what he had come through to be there.
She now appears on Instagram as Vanessa DuBasso Navarro.
What isn’t settled
- Her date of birth. Three databases say 20 October 1992, IMDb says 19 October 1993. The evidence leans to 1992.
- The spelling of her surname. IMDb writes Dubasso. Rotten Tomatoes and her own account use DuBasso with a capital B. Both appear in credits.
- Her birth name. Only IMDb carries the middle name Tatianamicha, and it appears nowhere else.
- Her early modelling career. Described as a model-turned-actress in press coverage, with no agency or campaign named.
- A net worth. No credible figure exists for a working actor with a small independent label.
- Current projects. Her most recent listed credit is from 2024.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Vanessa DuBasso?
An American actress, painter and clothing designer, married to Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro.
What has Vanessa DuBasso been in?
Pretty Little Liars, True Blood, Legion, Modern Family, After We Collided, He’s All That, Upon Waking and Sallywood, among others.
When did she marry Dave Navarro?
29 March 2025, after a lengthy engagement.
How old is Vanessa DuBasso?
Most sources point to a birth date of 20 October 1992, making her 33. IMDb gives 1993.
What is Vantablacklamm?
Her clothing label, producing hand-painted leather pieces.
What was her first leading role?
Molly in Upon Waking, an LGBTQ romance and her first feature lead.
Is she on Instagram?
Yes, posting as Vanessa DuBasso Navarro to around 60,000 followers.
Conclusion
The version of this story that gets written is “Dave Navarro’s wife.” The filmography says something more ordinary and more interesting. Thirteen years of guest spots and small parts. A strange three-character run on a prestige FX show. A first feature lead in 2023.
That is what a working actor’s career actually looks like, and it existed for well over a decade before anyone was searching her name for the marriage.
JacksonPadilla is a writer at Around Celebrities, covering celebrity families, relationships, biographies, and the stories behind the stars. With a focus on clear and engaging storytelling, Kole helps readers discover the people and connections beyond the spotlight.
