AnnaLynne McCord
In 2008, she was the eighteenth actress to be cast in The CW series "90210", portraying antiheroine Naomi Clark. Initially, the part of Clark was conceived as a supporting role. However, by the end of the first season, media outlets had begun referring to McCord as the series' lead. For the role of Naomi Clark, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award and received the "Hollywood Life" Young Hollywood Superstar of Tomorrow award in 2009. In 2010, she won a Breakthrough of the Year Award in the category of "Breakthrough Standout Performance".
List of 90210 characters
Vanessa first appears in Season 4 as the unnamed driver of a maroon car that knocks Liam off his motorcycle. She recognizes Liam’s face as the "hot model billboard guy," and instead reports the accident as a hit and run. In reality, though, she was the one that hit Liam. In "Should Old Acquaintance be Forgot?", Vanessa has brainwashed Liam into thinking she found him the night of the accident and called for help, since the she has been taking care of Liam in the hospital. Annie invites Liam and Vanessa to a party in order to get to know her better. Annie starts publicly attacking Vanessa, questioning her reasons for visiting Liam every day in the hospital and labeling her selfless. She also proposes that Vanessa must have been feeling guilty because she might have had something to do with putting him in hospital. Annie then goes on to reveal that Vanessa said a black car hit Liam, when a mechanic said Liam’s bike was hit by a maroon car. Later, Liam asks Vanessa if she told everything she saw to the police. Vanessa says she did, but explains she didn't see much as it was dark and the suddenness of it all makes it hard to remember. Vanessa tells Liam if he wants to be with Annie that's fine, but she isn't going to be a cussed of something she did not do. Later on, Annie tells Liam that she wants him to move on with Vanessa, because she thinks she was inventing reasons for them both not to be a couple due to her being afraid to let him go. Liam decides to give a relationship with Vanessa a try and kisses her, cementing their official relationship publicly. However, whilst at the airport ready to leave for Carnegie Mellon, Annie discovers that Vanessa has a bunch of fake ID's after mistaking Vanessa's bag for hers. Annie now sees it as her personal mission to expose Vanessa and get back Liam. Annie returns Vanessa's bag to its owner and warning her if she doesn't leave Liam alone she will tell him about the fake ID's. Later on, Vanessa leads Liam to a house, where she tells him she hit him with her car, and that she’s been in trouble with the law before. Annie then shows up suddenly, and tells Liam about Vanessa criminal record. Vanessa explains that she used to live in the broken down house and that she used to be bounced around different families. She understands if this is all a deal breaker, but Liam brushes by all of it and labels Annie a nut-job, warning her that it's not her responsibility. At Liam's bars re-launch, Vanessa apologizes to Liam for the day they first met and he responds by telling her he trusts her.