INTERVIEW: Kelly Overton says goodbye to Vanessa Van Helsing. ... For the past five years, Kelly Overton has been portraying the title character on the successful Syfy series Van Helsing, and now her journey with the role is coming to an end.

Does Vanessa leave Van Helsing?

After five years of vampire slaying, viewers will be forced to say goodbye to Vanessa Helsing (Kelly Overton). According to the Season 5, Episode 15 synopsis, Vanessa, Jack (Nicole Muñoz), and Violet (Keeya King) will have one final battle that will determine the fate of humanity.

What happens to Vanessa in Van Helsing?

The words paralyze Dracula, and Violet and Jack are able to pounce on her and sink their teeth into her neck. The darkness leaves her body, and enters... Vanessa. She makes the ultimate sacrifice, providing her body as the vessel to contain the evil, a choice for which she pays dearly.