[1][2] In her youth, she worked as a model in the local boutiques while attending school.

[1] She landed a part as a chorus girl in a Wanda Osiris revue, where she was discovered by Mario Mattoli, who cast her in her debut film role in the 1959 film Guardatele ma non toccatele [Look, But Don't Touch].

[2] In 1965 Vessel started a relationship with Italian businessman Camillo Crociani [it]; once he obtained the annulment of his first marriage from the Roman Rota, the couple married in 1970.

[2] Heavily implicated in a bribery scandal involving Lockheed Corporation's alleged bribery of government officials to induce the purchase of Lockheed planes, Crociani moved the whole family to Mexico.

[3][4] Vessel purchased Les canots amarrés by Vincent van Gogh at Sotheby's from Scottish collector Royan Middleton in 1991.