Vernetta Lopez was born on 22 July 1973 and is a Singaporean actress and radio DJ.
12 Facts About Vernetta Lopez
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Vernetta Lopez is best known for her role as Denise Tan in the popular and award-winning Singaporean local sitcom Under One Roof from 1995 to 2003.
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Vernetta Lopez played the role of a Gynaecologist, Dr Kelly Chan, alongside Amy Cheng and Edmund Chen, in a Singapore medical drama First Touch, where it explored her personal life and her work life, which contradicted each other.
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Vernetta Lopez has starred in other television sitcoms like, Can I Help You, Mind Your Language, Shiver, Random Acts, Big Day Out, and Okto Channel's Zero Hero, playing Lady Magnificent alongside Timothy Nga.
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Vernetta Lopez has starred in Hansel and Gretel by Wild Rice Productions.
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Vernetta Lopez has starred in Rain Tree Production's local English film, The Leap Years, alongside Wong Li-Lin, Nadya Hutagalung, and Paula Malai Ali.
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Vernetta Lopez made cameo appearances in local feature film City Sharks in 2003 and as a woman at the turnstile in the 2015 Hollywood sci-fi film Equals.
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Vernetta Lopez worked first as a DJ on Heart 91.3, before moving on to Perfect Ten 987FM, Class 95FM, and to the Breakfast Show with Mark Van Cuylenberg on Gold 90.5.
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Vernetta Lopez then married British software engineer Wayne Gladwin on 25 July 2009.
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Vernetta Lopez is of Portuguese and Thai ancestry on her father's side and Peranakan ancestry on her mother's side.
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Vernetta Lopez won her first Asian Television Awards in 2000 for her role in Under One Roof as Denise Tan with the award for Best Performance by an Actress and her second ATV award in 2003 for drama with the award for Best Performance by an Actress for her role in Ceciliation.
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At the 2016 Asian Television Awards, Vernetta Lopez was nominated twice in the same category for her roles in Run Rachael Run and Rojak.