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NameVanessa Openshaw
PositionChairman's estranged wife
Age35
Star signTaurus
Home town
Croydon, Surrey
Favourite holiday
Marbella
Favourite drink
Between the Sheets
Favourite food
Beluga caviar
Favourite film
Pretty Woman
Favourite band
Robbie Williams
Favourite car
Porsche Boxster

There was only one thing Vanessa liked about Eric and that was his money, but when he lost a shed load of it, she was livid! She's now footloose and fancy-free having been dumped by Eric for an older model!

She might be on the wrong side of thirty but she's still got her looks and knows how to use them - she's always had the hots for Nick Jarvis and finally managed to seduce him, resulting in the birth of Todd in December 2004!

For 18 months she managed to pass the child off as Eric’s until he discovered he wasn’t Todd’s real father - but much to Vanessa’s amazement, he has no wish to know who is!

Vanessa is concerned her high maintenance lifestyle maybe in jeopardy now Eric plans to divorce her and marry the new love of his life, Doris.

Nick wasn't the first to succumb to Vanessa's charms - other conquests include Fabian, Callum and Rufus, but Nick was the only one who meant anything. Vanessa is now sadly resigned to the fact that they will never be together as a family.

Vanessa doesn't do housework or cook - that's what hired help and microwaves are for!

She's a high maintenance wife with a weakness for Gucci and Chanel, not to mention weekly trips to Toni and Guy to keep her barnet up to scratch!

In August 2003, one such trip turned into a hair-raising experience when she was kidnapped and held to ransom by a bunch of villains but she used her womanly ways and nerves of steel to ensure she lived to tell the tale.