Valeria Vereau

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

Valeria Vereau
Born
Valeria Vereau

(1986-12-09) 9 December 1986
Lima, Perú
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • Spain
OccupationActress, producer
Known forRoles of Sonia in The Interceptor BBC One and Emma in Extinction

Biography

Valeria Vereau is a Canadian-Spanish actress. Born in Lima (Perú) (December 9, 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, 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 starred as 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

Film
Películas
DirectorYearTitleRole
Pedro Almodovar2006VolverYoung girl
Julio Medem2007Caótica AnaIndigene
Marcos Changa2010Bidones (short film)Sara
Anna Perris2010Atasco (short film)Woman with red shoes
Alvaro Cea2010Una moneda de cambio (short film)Herself
Enrico Poli2013Closure (short film)Anna
Phillip Berg (Director)2014Voices (short film)Lisa
David James Halloway2014Maestra (short film)Sabrina
Louise Marie Cooke2014Siren (short film)Siren
Miguel Ángel Vivas2015ExtinctionEmma

Television
TV Series
TitleYearRoleTV Channel
Los Simuladores2006herselfCuatro
Yo soy Bea2009Estela TarragonaTelecinco
Ángel o Demonio2011Sarah MuelleTelecinco
El Fútbol nos vuelve locos2011PaulaOnline
Homicidios2011Rosa MárquezTelecinco
El Don De Alba2013Susana BlancoTelecinco
El Interceptor2015SoniaBBC One
Rabia2015MicaCuatro

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