# Without a Trace fans: ID this actress for me?

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**Created:** [February 24, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-fans-id-this-actress-for-me/487259 "2009-02-24T19:57:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-fans-id-this-actress-for-me/487259/1 "2009-02-24T19:57:55Z")

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In the last couple of episodes, Jack Malone has apparently become re-connected with one of his daughters.

I’m not a watcher of the show.

But my sister assures me that the actress that plays his newly-found daughter is almost a dead ringer for my 17YO daughter. So now I’m trying to figure out who she is, so I can see if I agree.

So, who is she? (Name would be great, IMDB link even better!)

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-fans-id-this-actress-for-me/487259/2 "2009-02-24T20:14:32Z")

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I’m not a watcher of the series either really, but maybe this actress? [Vanessa Marano - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1404825/) (Vanessa Marano)

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-fans-id-this-actress-for-me/487259/3 "2009-02-24T20:19:08Z")

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> [@chrisk](#):
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> I’m not a watcher of the series either really, but maybe this actress? [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1404825/](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1404825/) (Vanessa Marano)

Having looked at the link, I’m _certain_ that’s her! It really _does_ look like my daughter. Weird.

No, no, I don’t mean my daughter looks weird. I mean that it’s weird that this girl I’ve never heard of before. . .  
Ahhhh, never mind. 😉