Vera Cherny
Vera Cherny was born Vera Chernysheva in the former Soviet Union to Vasilyi, an Army officer, and Lyubov, a teacher. Because of her father's profession, the family moved a lot. The first time they relocated, Vera was less than 2 months old and her parents carried her onto a military truck in an open suitcase instead of a bassinet. She began performing at 3 years old at a local ballet school in Altengrabow, in the former East Germany. At 16, Vera came to the United States on a full scholarship. She continued her undergraduate and graduate studies in the U.S., while acting in regional theatre productions. She graduated with an M.F.A. in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City. Vera has recurring guest star credits on "The Americans" (FX, Seasons 3-6); "StartUp" (Sony / Crackle, Seasons 1-2); "Counterpart" (Starz, Season 2). Most recently she's recurred on "Queen of the South" as Oksana Volkova (USA, Seasons 4-5) and on "For All Mankind" as Lenara Catiche (Sony / Apple TV+).
Vera Chidera
Vera Chidera is known for The Millions (2019).
Vera Chok
Vera Chok is a writer, actress, singer, artist and lover of language. Of Chinese descent, Chok was born in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, where she grew up attending the missionary school of Asaunta until moving to the United Kingdom as a teenager and completing her secondary education in Abbots Bromley School in Staffordshire, England. Later she continued her education at Queens College, Oxford where she got her MA in Archaeology & Anthropology. Pursuing her creative side, Chok studied acting at both the Poor School in London and Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris. Her desire to learn continues and in October 2013 she started an MA in Writing at the University of East London. Chok's acting roles have included performances in theatre, television, radio and film; from independent spirited performances, large established television dramas, one-woman shows and performances in award-winning shows such as Lucy Kirkwood's play "Chimerica" at the Almeida and Harold Pinter theatres during 2013. In 2010 Chok founded saltpeter, an independent theatre company and has served as producer and co-produced on several successful shows with the company. Away from acting Chok's other creative works include music and writing. She is the lead singer of the band FRIENDS OF FRIENDS (FOF), who released their first single "Your Sappy Song" in March 2014. In 2011 she setup and ran The Brautigan Book Club, an international creative society that uses the work of American Beat writer Richard Brautigan as the starting point for expressive and artistic exploration. Chok's writing consists of pieces which are based in poetry but not restricted by that definition and has been published by Ether Press, Brautigan Free Press and The Rising.
Vera Cudjoe
Vera Cudjoe was born in 1928 in Trinidad. She is an actress, known for Jumping the Broom (2011), Rookie Blue (2010) and E.N.G. (1989).
Vera Da Costa e Silva
Vera Da Costa e Silva is known for TrustWho (2016).
Vera Dell
Vera Dell is an actress, known for Stealing Sunrise (2015), The Coldest Kiss (2014) and Just for A Week.
Vera Dragone
Vera Dragone is known for Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show (2010), Un passo dal cielo (2011) and L' Altra Via.
Vera Drew
Emmy-nominated editor Vera Drew has lent her diverse expertise as an editor, director and writer to numerous film and television projects over the last decade. Her background as a director and writer influence her editing style as she focuses on story structure and character development in her edits. She's been described as "an editor that thinks like a writer," and has expertly edited dozens of improv based comedies. Vera honed her editing skills at Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's production company Abso Lutely Productions. In 2019, Vera's talent was recognized by the Television Academy with an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming for her work editing Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime comedy series Who Is America? (2018). She is further known for her work on An Emmy for Megan (2018) and also helped launch the Adult Swim streaming network, Channel 5 for which she wrote and directed four comedy series: I Love David, Tim and Eric Quiz, Scum, and Our Bodies.
Vera Ephraim
Vera Ephraim's full name is Vera Nkechi Anenyeonu. She is from Anambra state, Nigeria. "Ephraim" is her dad's first name, she decided to use it for her professional name as a sign of his support in her life. Her parents died when she was very young. Vera Nkechi Anenyeonu, actor, Dancer and Choreographer, professional name Vera Ephraim, was born in Edo state of Nigeria but she hails from Anambra state. At a very young age she lost her parents and was raised by her siblings. Already knowing that she wanted to pursue a career in the performing arts, an unusual choice for a girl at that time and place. Although not supported by her family, she sets off for Lagos and joined a renowned dancing company, the African Heritage Ambassadors Dance Company. With them she received her dancing and acting training and went on tour in Europe. Acting and dancing have been a long life passion for Vera. She combined the two professions, founding her own dance company Vera's Danse Hauz, choreographing and staging various pieces. She played supporting roles in Nollywood movies, theatre, commercials and TV series in Nigeria. She performed on stage with the likes of Femi Kuti, Hugh Masakela and Orlando Julius and worked with Lavelle Smith Jr. (Micheal Jackson and Beyounce's Choreographer) She was nominated and won the title for best-featured Dancer in Nigeria. (Organised by Amen awards) In Manchester U.K she studied and obtained her diploma in performing arts, majoring in acting, script writing and directing. She featured in short films and a TV documentary for Channel 4 and was the assistant director for the play Greed Need and Slavery Part 1 & 2, written by Cathy Crabb, at the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester. She also studied theatre in Education combining it with facilitating dance workshops working with inmates and young people in the North-West of of the UK. Since moved to South Africa, Vera has extended her career and featured in top drama series like Generations, Intersextions, Jacobs Cross, 7de Laan, Room 9 and recently in Sink, a movie after the book "Rachel weeping" written and directed by Brett Michael Innes. She also continued to work as a Dancer/Choreographer, putting on stage several pieces. Her special attention goes out to the socially weaker, as she is well aware of the force of expression and the joy that performing can bring. She engaged in dance projects in Cape Town and recently in Johannesburg. She has recently made a short film, Omena, as a finger exercise for a feature film she's planning to make in the future.
Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga is an American actress who has received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Up in the Air (2009) and Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Bates Motel (2013) and When They See Us (2019). She was born Vera Ann Farmiga, the second of seven children, on August 6, 1973, in Clifton, New Jersey, USA, to Ukrainian parents. She did not speak English until the age of six, and was raised in the Ukrainian Catholic home of her mother, Luba (Spas), a schoolteacher, and her father, Michael Farmiga, a computer systems analyst. Her younger sister is actress Taissa Farmiga, who is 21 years her junior. Young Vera was a shy, nearsighted girl, who played piano and folk danced with a Ukrainian touring company in her teens. In 1991, she graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Farmiga initially dreamed of becoming an optometrist, but she later changed her mind and studied acting at Syracuse University's School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1995. The following year, she began her professional acting career, making her Broadway debut as an understudy in the play "Taking Sides". Her stage credits included performances in "The Tempest", "Good", "The Seagull", and in a well-reviewed off-Broadway production of "Second-Hand Smoke" (1997). That same year, she made her television debut as the female lead, opposite a then-unknown Heath Ledger, in Fox's adventure series Roar (1997). In 1998, Farmiga made her big screen debut in the drama Return to Paradise (1998), then played the daughters of Christopher Walken in The Opportunists (1999) and Richard Gere in Autumn in New York (2000). She starred as a working-class mother struggling to keep her life and marriage together while hiding her drug addiction in Down to the Bone (2004), for which she was awarded Best Actress from the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Farmiga's acting talent shone in a range of characters, from her role as a senator's daughter in The Manchurian Candidate (2004), the wife of a mobster in Running Scared (2006), a humorous prostitute in Breaking and Entering (2006), and a police psychiatrist in The Departed (2006). In 2010, Farmiga received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Up in the Air (2009). In 2011, she made her directorial debut with the drama Higher Ground (2011), in which she also appeared in the leading role. Although the film had a limited release, Farmiga's direction and performance received attention at several festivals. In 2013, she began starring in the drama thriller series Bates Motel (2013), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in the first season. In 2019, she received a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination, this time in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie category, for her role in the drama miniseries When They See Us (2019). Farmiga was formerly married to actor Sebastian Roché, whom she met during production of Roar (1997). The two eloped to the Bahamas after the series ended in 1997. They separated and subsequently divorced in 2004. On September 13, 2008, she married musician Renn Hawkey, with whom she has two children, son Fynn McDonnell (b. 2009) and daughter Gytta Lubov Hawkey (b. 2010). Farmiga lives with her family in Hudson Valley, New York. Her other activities, outside her acting profession, include reading, playing piano, boxing, jujitsu, and spending time with her pet angora goats.
