Vanessa Benavente

Movies

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Herdmans – Gladys, Claude, Imogene, Leroy, Ollie and Ralph – are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community. But this Christmas, they’re taking over their local church Pageant – and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked little town the true meaning of Christmas.
The Chosen Season 4 Episodes 7-8
Mary, Mother of Jesus
The climatic final to season 4 of The Chosen. Release date in theaters is February 29th, their marketing materials are incorrect.
Chosen Season 4 Episodes 1-3
Mary, Mother of Jesus
The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 1-3 – Clashing kingdoms. Rival rulers. The enemies of Jesus are closing in while His followers are struggling to keep up, leaving him to carry the burden alone.
The Chosen: Season 4
Mary, mother of Jesus
Clashing kingdoms. Rival rulers. The enemies of Jesus close in while His followers struggle to keep up, leaving him to carry the burden alone. Threatened by the reality of Jesus' growing influence, religious leaders do the unthinkable—ally with their Roman oppressors. As the seeds of betrayal are planted and opposition to Jesus' message turns violent, he's left with no alternative but demand his followers rise up.
MELANCOLíA
Ms. Torres
A hospice nurse takes care of terminally ill patients all while trying to move past the tragedy of having lost her daughter in a school shooting.
Half-Cocked
Dr. Gabriella Flores
A science experiment gone horribly right.
Sin Cielo
Ana
A young boy in a Mexican border town hustles any way he can to help his family but learns some very cruel realities when the girl he likes gets 'disappeared'. Based on true stories from La Frontera.
At the Gates
Ana Ibarra
Ana (Vanessa Benavente), a housekeeper from El Salvador, brings her teenage son Nico (Ezekiel Pacheco) to help her clean an affluent family's Los Angeles home. But after being told by her employers, Marianne (Miranda Otto) and Peter Barris (Noah Wyle), that immigration officers are searching for her, she accepts the invitation to shelter in their house until the crisis blows over. As days go by and the interactions between the two families become increasingly tense, Nico begins to question their hosts' true intentions in this riveting and insightful drama from first-time feature director Augustus Meleo Bernstein.