Vanessa Alexandra Cruz is a real-life Dominican-American filmmaker and writer-director.

: After nearly being caught by the FBI, she was recruited by Raymond Reddington's associate, Mr. Kaplan, to work for his global criminal empire. 2. The Award-Winning Documentarian

In the TV series The Blacklist , Vanessa Cruz (No. 117) is a sophisticated con artist and frame-up artist.

The name is associated with several distinct real-world and fictional figures. Depending on which one you were interested in, here are their stories: 1. The Vengeful Widow (The Blacklist)

: Her husband, Fernando Cruz, was an honest young broker who discovered a massive insider trading scheme involving his bosses. To keep him quiet, the conspirators framed him for the crime and threw him off the George Washington Bridge, making it look like a suicide.

: Vanessa faked her own death, leaving her folded clothes on a beach to mimic a suicide. She spent years assuming fake identities to seduce the men who killed her husband, robbing them of millions and framing them for crimes to ensure they ended up in prison or dead.