Vanessa Branch

Vanessa Lynn Branch (born March 21, 1973) is an English-born American actress and model. She is best known in the United States as the Orbit Gum television commercial woman (whose catchphrase is "Fabulous!"). 2Early life Branch holds dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. She also speaks some French and Mandarin Chinese. After graduating from Mercersburg Academy, a boarding school in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Middlebury College in 1994. She won the crown as Miss Vermont 1994 and competed in the Miss America 1995 pageant. In 1996, she began tutoring two young girls, Blair and Ana Van Pelt, in French, and later moved in with the Van Pelt family in Newport Beach, California. She has stayed in Southern California since then and currently resides there. 2Career Branch appeared in the Lost episode "Fire + Water" as the character Karen. She also made an appearance on Gilmore Girl