Quote Originally Posted by George1992 View Post
Great explanation!

As for the first sentence, I mean -> Karen, tell me what is your friend Vanessa like (her character and so on).

So your translation will be the same?
In this case it'd be better to say:

Карина, расскажи мне о своей подруге Ванессе.

Although, расскажи, кто такая Ванесса is also okay. But the first one is better, because less ambiguous