Vanessa Lynn Branch (born March 21, 1973) is an English-born American actress and model. She is best known in the United States as the Orbit Gum girl for its 2002 to 2010 television marketing campaign, as well as Giselle in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, specifically Gore Verbinski's trilogy and James Ward Byrkit's short film Tales of the Code: Wedlocked.

Early life

Branch holds her dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. She also speaks fluent French and Mandarin Chinese. After graduating from Mercersburg Academy, a boarding school located in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Middlebury College in 1994 with a double major in French and Theatre. Branch won the crown as Miss Vermont 1994 and competed in the Miss America 1995 pageant. After graduating college she modeled internationally, working for such magazines as Elle and Harper's Bazaar. She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of acting. In 2002, she started her well known appearances in the long running Orbit gum campaign, where she played their quirky British spokesperson for 8 years and appeared in 45 Orbit ads. She also gained attention for her role as Giselle in the first three films of the Pirates of the Caribbean series. She has also played leading roles in numerous Chinese films, in Mandarin Chinese.

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