Vanessa Vanderpuye

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Vanessa Vanderpuye

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Vanessa won Best Actor at the American Black Film Festival 2023 (ABFF) and nominated three times for Best Actress for her performance as Ashionye in the multi award-winning indie film 'A Song from the Dark' directed by Ogo Okpue.


Actor25-35 yearsBritish, Ghanaian
Place of residence Greater London (GB)
Driver's licensesCar class
Eye colorbrown
Hair colorBlack
Height (cm)170
Weight (in kg)61
LanguagesEnglish
DialectsAmerican-African AmericanAmerican-StandardCockneyEnglish-StandardRP
AccentsAfrican
SportAerobicsAthleticsBadmintonBasketball
DanceChoreographyHip hopStreet Dance
Special skillsModel
Training

Identity, Film and Theatre
Active member of The Actor's Centre

Film
Lizzie (Short film)
Lizzie
Brett Hutt Westminister University
Zion (Short film)
Vivienne
Ryan Samuda Kingdom Entertainment Group
Venus vs Mars (Short film)
Shakira
Victor Adebodun Purple Geko Media
2023
A Song from the Dark (Feature film)
Ashionye - Best Actor Winner American Black Film Festival (ABFF) 2023
Ogodinife Okpue Adverto
Television
2022
Mrs Sidhu Inversitages
Lori Mckenzie
Steve Barron Acorn TV
2021
Bulletproof: South Africa
Arjana (Series Regular)
Sarmad Masud Vertigo Films
2020
Bulletproof 2
Arjana (Series Regular)
Diarmuid Goggins Vertigo Films
2018
Dreaming Whilst Black
Vanessa (Series Regular)
Adjani Salmon 4 Quarter Films
2015
Venus vs Mars
Shakira
Victor Adebodun Purple Geko Productions for Sky Living
Theater
Love is a Losing Game pt.2
Noreen
Baby Isako Talented and Young
Love is a Losing Game
Noreen
Baby Isako Talented and Young
Commercial
Diet Coke
Mum
Marie Schuller RSA Films
Orange France
Hero Girl
Nico Perez Vega Iconoclast
Coca-Cola
Hero Girl
The Sweet Shop
Durex Earth Hour
Couple
Charlie Philips Minds Eye
Oreo
Mum
Alvaro Ramirez FCB Inferno
Barclays 21st century skills
Gurchetan Singh Livity
Vita Coco
Friends
Daniel Castella The Wagon TV