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Valeria Vereau

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Valeria Vereau
Born
Valeria Vereau

(1986-12-09) 9 December 1986 (age 37)
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • Spain
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Known forRoles of Sonia in The Interceptor BBC One and Emma in Extinction

Valeria Vereau (born 1986) is a Peruvian-born Spanish actress and producer.

Biography

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Vereau was born in Lima, Perú on 9 December 1986. She is the youngest of three siblings. Her mother who is Peruvian, is of English and Spanish-French descent, and her father, is of French and Spanish descent. When Valeria was two years of age her family moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nine years later, the entire family moved to Madrid, Spain.

After her parents separation in 1999, Valeria and her brother lived with their mother. She began to work at an early age to help her mother pay for costs. At 18 once high school finished, Valeria sign up to one of Spain's most prestigious drama school's Cristina Rota[1] where she trained for three years.

The following years she began modelling and appearing in several commercial campaigns and beauty shoots until her debut on screen with a small role for Pedro Almodovar's film Volver (2006). In 2007 she would collaborate with Julio Medém in Caótica Ana. She has also appeared in several Spanish TV series such as Los Simuladores, Ángel o Demonio, El Fútbol nos vuelve Locos, Homicidios, El Don De Alba among others. She moved to London, England in 2012.

There she landed her first role for the TV series Dark Matters: Twisted But True. She was also cast for several short films and commercials until she scored her first feature film in the Trilogy of David Hare Salting the Battlefield co-starring, Bill Nighy and Judy Davis. Valeria played Emma in the thriller Extinction (2015), alongside Matthew Fox, Jeffrey Donovan and Clara Lago, in an adaptation of Juan de Dios Garduño's bestseller book Y pese a todo. In 2015 she also appeared in the new BBC One drama series The Interceptor, where she plays Sonia the Spanish Interpreter.

Filmography

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Film

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Películas
Director Year Title Role
Pedro Almodovar 2006 Volver Young girl
Julio Medem 2007 Caótica Ana Indigene
Marcos Changa 2010 Bidones (short film) Sara
Anna Perris 2010 Atasco (short film) Woman with red shoes
Alvaro Cea 2010 Una moneda de cambio (short film) Herself
Enrico Poli 2013 Closure (short film) Anna
Phillip Berg 2014 Voices (short film) Lisa
David James Halloway 2014 Maestra (short film) Sabrina
Louise Marie Cooke 2014 Siren (short film) Siren
Miguel Ángel Vivas 2015 Extinction Emma

Television

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TV series
Title Year Role TV Channel
Los Simuladores 2006 herself Cuatro
Yo soy Bea 2009 Estela Tarragona Telecinco
Ángel o Demonio 2011 Sarah Muelle Telecinco
El Fútbol nos vuelve locos 2011 Paula Online
Homicidios 2011 Rosa Márquez Telecinco
El Don De Alba 2013 Susana Blanco Telecinco
El Interceptor 2015 Sonia BBC One
Rabia 2015 Mica Cuatro

References

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  1. ^ Cristina Rota drama school (ed.). "Cristina Rota drama school website". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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