Vanessa Quinn (Murder, She Baked)

Vanessa Quinn (Michelle Harrison) was the hidden villainess of the 2016 TV film Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery (the third movie in The Hallmark Channel's Murder She Baked series). She was the twin sister of Melanie Quinn, a bakery owner who convinced her to help her open up her own shop. Vanessa agreed, though it's clear that she was reluctant in the prospect and she is shown to have a strained relationship with her sister. She was also the lover of Robert, a con artist whom she plotted with to murder her husband Neil so they could be together and have access to his money. She recorded Robert killing Neil in order to blackmail him into continuing their partnership.
After Robert killed Melanie, having mistaken her for Vanessa, Vanessa was upset and vengeful. After manipulating Hannah Swensen into discovering evidence implicating Robert, she tied him up and held him at gunpoint in his apartment, not knowing Hannah has already broken in to search for evidence. She tells Robert that she plans to kill him and frame Delores (Hannah's mother, whom Robert had been dating) for the murder. Hannah cuts Robert free and the police knock at the door. Vanessa goes to answer it, thinking it's Delores coming to meet with Robert. Hannah shouts to warn her and Vanessa attempts to shoot her, but is stopped by Robert. Robert flees and Hannah tackles Vanessa. The two struggle until the police break through the door and apprehend Vanessa. She attempts to say she attacked Robert out of crazed grief over him murdering her husband and Melanie, but Hannah reveals that she recorded her earlier confession on her phone, exposing Vanessa.
== Trivia ==
* Michelle Harrison also appeared as the evil Erica Cartwright on Supernatural, and later played vengeful villainess Stacey Walker in 2019's Morning Show Mysteries: Death by Design..
Category:2010s
Category:Attempted Murder
Category:Adulteress
Category:Bondage Used By Villainess
Category:Brunette
Category:Blackmailer
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Doppelganger
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Sibling
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested