Vanessa Marcil ( born Sally Vanessa Ortiz; October 15, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Brenda Barrett Corinthos on General Hospital, Gina Kincaid on Beverly Hills, 90210 and Sam Marquez on Las Vegas. Since mid-2010, she goes by the name Vanessa Marcil-Giovinazzo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vanessa Marcil, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.