<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1982</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Vanessa Bryant is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On May 5, 1982, Vanessa Bryant was born in Huntington Beach, California, United States.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1999</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Meets Kobe Bryant</div><div class='timeline-text'>Vanessa Laine met Kobe Bryant during a music video shoot where she was working as a model.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2001</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Marries Kobe Bryant</div><div class='timeline-text'>Vanessa and Kobe got married in April 2001, starting their life together.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2003</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Becomes a Mother</div><div class='timeline-text'>Vanessa Bryant gave birth to her first daughter, Natalia Diamante Bryant, in January 2003.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2006</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Second Daughter is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>Their second daughter, Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, was born in May 2006.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2011</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Files for Divorce</div><div class='timeline-text'>Vanessa filed for divorce from Kobe Bryant in December 2011 but they later reconciled in 2013.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2020</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Loses Husband and Daughter </div><div class='timeline-text'>Kobe Bryant and their daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, in January 2020.</div></div></div>