Vanessa Lee Chester
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Vanessa Lee Chester is an American actress. She began her career as a child actor in the films A Little Princess and Harriet the Spy, before her breakthrough role in Steven Spielberg's The Lost World:
Chester in 2025
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp. It is the second film in the Jurassic Park franchise and the
Vanessa Lee Chester
…began her career as a child actor in the films A Little Princess (1995) and Harriet the Spy (1996), before her breakthrough role in Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). Chester was born on July 2, 1984, at Brooklyn, New York City, to Guyanese parents who immigrated to the United States. In her early childhood…
Theatrical release poster
Steven Spielberg, seen in 1999, directed the original film and returned for the sequel - a decision he later regretted by his own admission
The film was written by David Koepp (pictured in 2022)
Michael Crichton, seen in 2002, wrote the novel on which the film is based