Vanessa Contenay (born Vanessa Contenay-Quinones) is a London-based singer-songwriter born in Paris, France. She is currently a member of the band Vanessa and the O's but currently releasing solo records in collaboration with UK based duo Skeewiff as Vanessa Contenay-Quinones and Skeewiff. She was known as Vanessa St. James as part of a duet, "Vanessa St James and Lou Reed" (Sunday Morning 2004 ).