Early life

Zima was born in Phillipsburg

Phillipsburg, New Jersey

Phillipsburg, known locally as P'burg, is a town in Warren County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 14,950....

, New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

. She is a daughter of Dennis and Marie Zima. She has an older sister, Madeline

Madeline Zima

Madeline Rose Zima is an American actress. She is mostly known for her six years as Grace Sheffield on the TV series The Nanny or more recently as Mia Lewis on the Showtime dramedy Californication and as Gretchen Berg on Heroes.-Early life:Zima was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Marie and...

, and one younger sister, Yvonne

Yvonne Zima

Yvonne Marie Zima is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Daisy Carter on The Young and the Restless.-Early life:...

.

Career

Zima has played parts in movies such as Ulee's Gold

Ulee's Gold

Ulee's Gold is a 1997 film written and directed by Victor Nuñez, and starring Peter Fonda in the title role. Co-stars include Patricia Richardson, Christine Dunford, Tom Wood, Jessica Biel, J. Kenneth Campbell, Steven Flynn, Dewey Weber, and Vanessa Zima...

, Zoe and TheBrainiacs.com. She began her film career at the age of eight in The Baby-Sitters Club

The Baby-Sitters Club (film)

The Baby-Sitters Club is a 1995 family film directed by Melanie Mayron. It is based upon The Baby-sitters Club series of novels and is about one summer in the girls' lives in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut...

1995, a film also starring Larisa Oleynik

Larisa Oleynik

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 and Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook is an American actress, known for her role in the romantic comedy She's All That and her This is Your Brain on Drugs public service announcement.-Early life:...

.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995		Rosie Wilder
1997	Ulee's Gold Ulee's Gold Ulee's Gold is a 1997 film written and directed by Victor Nuñez, and starring Peter Fonda in the title role. Co-stars include Patricia Richardson, Christine Dunford, Tom Wood, Jessica Biel, J. Kenneth Campbell, Steven Flynn, Dewey Weber, and Vanessa Zima...	Penny Jackson
1998
1998	Wicked	Inger Christianson
2000		Kelly Tyler
2001	Zoe	Zoe
2004	Cavedweller Cavedweller (film) Cavedweller is a 2004 film directed by Lisa Cholodenko. It stars Kyra Sedgwick and Aidan Quinn. It was nominated for a numerous amount of awards in 2004 and 2005.-Cast:*Kyra Sedgwick as Delia Byrd*Aidan Quinn as Clint Windsor*Sherilyn Fenn as MT...	Amanda Windsor
2006		Greta Van Dam
2011		Amy Jones

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995-1996	Murder One Murder One (TV series) Murder One is an American legal drama series that first aired on the ABC network in the United States in 1995. The series was created by Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee, and Channing Gibson.-Premise:...	Elizabeth Hoffman	9 episodes
1997	Crisis Center	Jenny Maxfield	Episode: "It's a Family Affair"
1997		Melissa	Episode: "Remember"
2000	Family Law Family Law (TV series) Family Law is a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan as divorced lawyer Lynn Holt, who attempted to start her own law firm after her lawyer husband took all their old clients...	Marie Cameron	Episode: "One Mistake"
2004	Judging Amy Judging Amy Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...	Katie Hadlock	Episode: "Werewolves of Hartford"
2008	House House (TV series) House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...	Becca	Episode: "Joy Joy (House) "Joy" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of House and the ninety-second episode overall. It aired on October 28, 2008.-Plot:The episode opens with a single father, Jerry, repeatedly pouring himself a mug of coffee and then dumping it in the sink. The clock shows just before 8:30am. He then... "

Awards and nominations

She was nominated in 1998 for a Young Artist Award in the Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Feature Film by a Supporting Young Actress for Ulee's Gold

Ulee's Gold

Ulee's Gold is a 1997 film written and directed by Victor Nuñez, and starring Peter Fonda in the title role. Co-stars include Patricia Richardson, Christine Dunford, Tom Wood, Jessica Biel, J. Kenneth Campbell, Steven Flynn, Dewey Weber, and Vanessa Zima...

(1997).

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