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Vera (TV series)

Vera (ITV1, 2011–2025) is a British crime drama starring Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope, adapted from Ann Cleeves' novels and set in Northumberland and Newcastle; it ran 14 series and ended January 2025.

Vera Bulder

Vera Bulder (born 1995, Amsterdam) is a Dutch-born, New York-based actress, producer, and writer; co-author and producer of Bleeding Love (2023) and co-founder of Deux Dames Entertainment with Clara McGregor.

Vera Cruz

Vera Cruz (1954) is a Robert Aldrich Western starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster as mercenaries escorting a countess and hidden gold across 1866 Mexico; the first SuperScope film and a spaghetti-western influence.

Vera Drake

Vera Drake is Mike Leigh's 2004 drama starring Imelda Staunton as a 1950 London charwoman secretly performing illegal abortions; it won the Venice Golden Lion, six British Independent Film Awards, and three Oscar nominations.

Vera Farmiga

Vera Ann Farmiga (born 1973, Clifton, New Jersey), Ukrainian-American actress and director: Oscar-nominated for Up in the Air, Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring films, Norma Bates in Bates Motel, director of Higher Ground.

Vera Maari Office

Vera Maari Office (வேற மாறி Office) is a Tamil comedy-drama aha web series about The Great Indian Company's Chennai branch, created by Shivakanth, 2 seasons, 105 episodes, 2023–2024, with a Telugu remake Vere Level Office.

Vera Miles

Vera Miles (born Vera June Ralston, 1929 or 1930, Boise City, Oklahoma) is an American retired actress known for The Searchers, Psycho's Lila Crane, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and Psycho II, retired 1995.

Vera-Ellen

Vera-Ellen (Vera Ellen Rohe, 1921 or 1926–1981), American dancer-actress of 14 musicals 1945–1957; partner of Kelly, Astaire, Kaye, O'Connor; Judy Haynes in White Christmas; died of cancer at 60.

Verdades Secretas

Verdades Secretas (Hidden Truths) is a 2015 TV Globo telenovela by Walcyr Carrasco, set in São Paulo's fashion world, starring Camila Queiroz, Rodrigo Lombardi, and Drica Moraes; it won the 2016 International Emmy for Best Telenovela and gained a 2021 Globoplay sequel.

Vermeil in Gold

Vermeil in Gold (Kinsō no Vermeil) is a Japanese fantasy manga by Kouta Amana and Youko Umezu, serialized from 2018, about a failing student who summons a demon familiar.

Vermiglio (film)

Vermiglio is a 2024 Italian-French-Belgian historical drama directed by Maura Delpero, set in 1944 in a Trentino Alpine village. It won the Venice Silver Lion, was Italy's 2025 Oscar submission, and won the David di Donatello for Best Film.

Verna Felton

Verna Felton (1890–1966), American character actress and Disney voice artist: Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Queen of Hearts, Aunt Sarah, Flora, Dumbo's Mrs. Jumbo; also Hilda Crocker on December Bride and Pearl Slaghoople on The Flintstones.

Verne Troyer

Verne Troyer (1969–2018), American actor and stuntman, 2 ft 8 in (81 cm), played Mini-Me in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Goldmember; began as a baby stunt double in Baby's Day Out; died by suicide via alcohol intoxication.

Vernee Watson-Johnson

Vernee Watson-Johnson (born Vernee Christell Watson, 1949) is an American character actress and voice artist known for Vernajean on Welcome Back Kotter, Vy Smith on Fresh Prince, and Emmy-winning Stella Henry on General Hospital.

Vernon Chatman

Vernon Chatman (born 1972, Brooklyn) is an Emmy-winning American TV writer, producer, and voice actor; South Park staff writer since 2001 and voice of Towelie; PFFR co-creator of Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel, The Heart, She Holler, and The Shivering Truth; 18 Emmy nominations, 5 wins.

Vernon Kay

Vernon Kay (born 1974, Bolton) is an English TV presenter and radio broadcaster, ex-T4 host, All Star Family Fortunes presenter 2006-2015, and BBC Radio 2 mid-morning host since May 2023, replacing Ken Bruce; married to Tess Daly 2003-2026.

Vernon Wells (actor)

Vernon George Wells (born 1945, Rushworth, Victoria) is an Australian character actor famous for villains: Wez in Mad Max 2, Bennett in Commando, Mr. Igoe in Innerspace, and Ransik in Power Rangers Time Force.

Verónica (2017 Spanish film)

Verónica (2017) is a Spanish supernatural horror film by Paco Plaza, starring Sandra Escacena, about a teen's Ouija séance during the 1991 Madrid solar eclipse; inspired by the expediente Vallecas, it won the Goya for Best Sound. Not the Mexican film of the same name.

Veronica Cartwright

Veronica Cartwright, born 1949 in Bristol, England, is a British-born American character actress of The Birds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Alien, where she played Joan Lambert after reading for Ripley, with an Emmy win and a Saturn Award.

Verónica Castro

Verónica Castro (born 1952, Mexico City) is a Mexican actress, singer, and television host, star of Los ricos también lloran and Rosa Salvaje, UNAM international-relations graduate, mother of Cristian Castro.

Veronica Cooper

Veronica Cooper (Veronica Balfe, screen name Sandra Shaw, later Veronica Cooper Converse, 1913–2000), American actress of 1933 shorts and wife of Gary Cooper from December 15, 1933 until his 1961 death; later married Dr. John Converse.

Veronica De Laurentiis

Veronica De Laurentiis, born 1950 in Rome, is an Italian actress, author, and anti-violence advocate, eldest daughter of Dino De Laurentiis and Silvana Mangano, debut in Waterloo (1970), author of Rivoglio la mia vita (2006), mother of Giada De Laurentiis.

Veronica Hamel

Veronica Hamel (born 1943) is an American actress and former Eileen Ford model, best known as public defender Joyce Davenport on Hill Street Blues (1981-1987), earning five Emmy nominations, and for the last US cigarette TV ad.

Veronica Hart

Veronica Hart, stage name of Jane Esther Hamilton (born 1956, Las Vegas), American adult film actress of the late 1970s and 1980s, AFAA Best Actress winner, later director and producer, judge in Boogie Nights.

Veronica Lake

Veronica Lake, born Constance Frances Marie Ockelman and earlier billed as Constance Keane, was an American actress whose hair-over-one-eye look defined 1940s Hollywood and drew a wartime government safety request.

Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars (no native title) is an American teen noir TV series created by Rob Thomas, starring Kristen Bell as a teenage private investigator in Neptune, California; three seasons 2004-2007, a 2014 Kickstarter-funded film, and a 2019 Hulu revival.

Veronica Mars (film)

Veronica Mars is a 2014 American mystery comedy-drama film continuing the television series, written and directed by Rob Thomas and starring Kristen Bell as the private-investigator heroine.

Veronica Sawyer

Veronica Sawyer is the protagonist of Heathers (1988) and its musical and TV adaptations, created by Daniel Waters and Michael Lehmann, played by Winona Ryder, Barrett Wilbert Weed, and others; a teen-satire heroine complicit in murders staged as suicides.

Veronica Taylor

Veronica Taylor, born Kathleen Charlotte McInerney in 1965, is the American voice actress who originally voiced Ash Ketchum, May, and Delia in the 4Kids English dub of Pokémon (1998–2006), also known for April O'Neil, Nico Robin, and Fire Emblem roles.

Veronica Voss

Veronika Voss (Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss), 1982 Fassbinder drama, second film of the BRD trilogy, based on Ufa star Sybille Schmitz; won the 1982 Golden Bear.