Vanessa Baden

Vanessa Jennifer Baden-Kelly (born September 8, 1985) is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is best known as a child actress in the Nickelodeon television series Gullah Gullah Island (1994–1998) and Kenan & Kel (1996–2000). In 2017, she starred, co-wrote and co-produced the web series Giants, executive produced by Issa Rae. In 2019, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in Giants. She was the executive story editor and writer for season 1 of The Sex Lives of College Girls. ()