Vanessa Taylor

Vanessa Taylor
Full name	Vanessa Taylor
Biographical information
Gender	Female
Ethnicity	African-American
Hair Color	Black
Eyes	Brown
Status	Alive
Marital status	Single
Family	Kent Taylor (adoptive father) Bea Taylor (adoptive mother) Maggie Lockwood (biological mother) Grant Young (biological father) Denise Lockwood (biological aunt)
Career information
Occupation	Resident in Emergency Medicine (formerly)
Affiliation	Hamsa Community Health Foundation Gaffney Chicago Medical Center (formerly)
Department	Emergency Department (formerly)
Series information
First seen	What a Tangled Web We Weave
Last seen	Mama Said There Would Be Days Like This
Portrayed by	Asjha Cooper

Dr. Vanessa Taylor is a former Resident in Emergency Medicine at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center. She was portrayed by Asjha Cooper.

Quick Answers

Who are Vanessa Taylor's biological parents in Chicago Med?

The biological parents of Vanessa Taylor, a character in Chicago Med, are Maggie Lockwood and Grant Young. However, she was adopted and raised by Kent and Bea Taylor. Vanessa, initially unaware of her biological lineage, discovered the truth while working at Gaffney and subsequently formed a bond with Maggie and Grant.

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How does Vanessa Taylor find out about her biological mother?

Vanessa Taylor, an adoptee raised by Kent and Bea Taylor, discovered her biological mother's identity while working at Gaffney. She learned that Maggie Lockwood, a fellow worker, was her birth mother. Subsequently, she developed a close bond with Maggie and her biological father, Grant Young.

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What was Vanessa Taylor's role at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center?

Dr. Vanessa Taylor, played by Asjha Cooper, served as a Resident in Emergency Medicine at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center. Her medical journey began as a first-year student at Med in Season 6, progressing to a Resident by Season 7. She left Gaffney in Season 8 to join Samir Baqri's Hamsa Community Health Foundation in The Philippines.

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Who portrayed the character of Vanessa Taylor in Chicago Med?

Asjha Cooper, an American actress born on July 17, 1993, in Denton, Texas, portrays the character Vanessa Taylor in Chicago Med. Vanessa Taylor, a resident in Emergency Medicine, is associated with the Hamsa Community Health Foundation and Gaffney Chi.

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Background

Vanessa was born to Maggie Lockwood and Grant Young, but was put up for adoption and raised by her adoptive parents, Kent and Bea Taylor. Vanessa is initially unaware that Maggie is her biological mother when she comes to work at Gaffney, but she eventually learns the truth and becomes close with both Maggie and Grant.

Biography

Vanessa started her clinical rotation as a first-year medical student at Med in Season 6. As of Season 7, she was a Resident in Emergency Medicine.

Vanessa decided to leave Gaffney to pursue charity work in The Philippines for Samir Baqri's Hamsa Community Health Foundation at the conclusion of the Season 8 episode Mama Said There Would Be Days Like This, claiming that it was her calling.

Season 7

You Can't Always Trust What You See

Vanessa and Dr. Archer treat a patient with an identical twin sister who insists they be treated exactly the same, including any medical procedures. When the case turns out to have a large psychological component, they hand it off to Dr. Charles.

Later on, Vanessa has to pronounce her first patient dead in front of the patient's emotional husband. Maggie breaks their rule of keeping a distance to comfort her grownup daughter.

Notes and Trivia

• It is not explained how Vanessa went from being a first-year medical student in the season six finale to a resident at the start of Season 7. (verification needed)

Gallery

Appearances

Season 6
When Did We Begin to Change	Those Things Hidden in Plain Sight	Do You Know the Way Home?	In Search of Forgiveness, Not Permission	When Your Heart Rules Your Head
Don't Want to Face This Now	Better Is the Enemy of Good	Fathers and Mothers, Daughters and Sons	For the Want of a Nail	So Many Things We've Kept Buried
Letting Go Only to Come Together	Some Things Are Worth the Risk	What a Tangled Web We Weave	A Red Pill, a Blue Pill	Stories, Secrets, Half-Truths and Lies
I Will Come to Save You

Season 7
You Can't Always Trust What You See	To Lean In, or To Let Go	Be the Change You Want to See	Status Quo, aka the Mess We're In	Change Is a Tough Pill to Swallow
When You're a Hammer, Everything's a Nail	A Square Peg in a Round Hole	Just as a Snake Sheds Its Skin	Secret Santa Has a Gift for You	No Good Deed Goes Unpunished... in Chicago
The Things We Thought We Left Behind	What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You	Reality Leaves a Lot to the Imagination	All The Things That Could Have Been	Things Meant to Be Bent Not Broken
May Your Choices Reflect Hope, Not Fear	If You Love Someone, Set Them Free	Judge Not, For You Will Be Judged	Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes	End of the Day, Anything Can Happen
Lying Doesn't Protect You from the Truth	And Now We Come to the End

Season 8
How Do You Begin to Count the Losses	Caught Between the Wrecking Ball and the Butterfly	Winning the Battle, but Still Losing the War	The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Teacher	Yep, This Is the World We Live in
Mama Said There Would Be Days Like This	The Clothes Make the Man... Or Do They?	Everyone's Fighting a Battle You Know Nothing About	This Could Be the Start of Something New	A Little Change Might Do You Some Good
It Is What It Is, Until It Isn't	We All Know What They Say About Assumptions	It's an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good	On Days Like Today... Silver Linings Become Lifelines	Those Times You Have to Cross the Line
What You See Isn't Always What You Get	Know When to Hold and When to Fold	I Could See the Writing on the Wall	Look Closely and You Might Hear the Truth	The Winds of Change Are Starting to Blow
Might Feel Like It's Time for a Change	Does One Door Close and Another One Open?