Vanessa Kensington is a fictional character in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is a 1997 American science fiction/action-comedy film and the first film of the Austin Powers series. It was directed by Jay Roach and written by Mike Myers who also stars in the title role. Myers also plays Dr. Evil, Austin Powers' arch-enemy...

and, briefly, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in 1999, is the second film in the Austin Powers series that began with 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember. The film was directed by Jay Roach, co-written by Mike Myers and screenwriter...

. She was played by actress and model, Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Jane Hurley is an English model and actress who became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s. In 1994, as Grant became the focus of worldwide media attention due to the global box office success of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hurley accompanied him to the film's Los...

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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Vanessa Kensington was the daughter of Marie Kensington

Mrs. Kensington

Mrs. Marie Kensington is a character in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery played by Mimi Rogers. She was Austin's original side-kick in the 1960s. Although Austin has a soft spot for her, she is married to another. She is the mother of Vanessa Kensington. The character is a spoof of Mrs....

, Austin's partner from the 1960s. Born on 10 June 1970, she was among the secret agents that welcomed the thawed Austin Powers to the 1990s.
She was initially disgusted by Austin's politically incorrect, womanising attitude, but soon warms to his good nature and falls in love with him. At the end of the film, she and Austin marry and are shown in their honeymoon suite.

Her weapon of choice is a Desert Eagle

Desert Eagle

The Desert Eagle is a large-framed gas-operated semi-automatic pistol designed by Magnum Research in the U.S. and by IMI in Israel; the pistol is manufactured primarily in Israel by IMI...

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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

In the second Austin Powers film, Kensington is quickly revealed as a fembot (what happened to the real one is unknown.) She malfunctions under the influence of a television remote control, and self-destructs. Austin briefly grieves, but quickly gets over it, enjoying his freedom and taking up with Felicity Shagwell

Felicity Shagwell

Felicity Shagwell, is a fictional character in the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, portrayed by Heather Graham.-Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me:...

. Vanessa's replacement with Felicity is parodying James Bond

James Bond

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 films when the previous Bond Girl

Bond girl

A Bond girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest, of James Bond in a film, novel, or video game. They occasionally have names that are double entendres or puns, such as "Pussy Galore", "Plenty O'Toole", "Xenia Onatopp", or "Holly Goodhead"...

is never mentioned in the next film.
Elizabeth Hurley was to return to play Vanessa but she turned down the role after being busy with other films.

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