Valeria Vereau

Valeria Vereau (born 9 December 1986) is a Peruvian-born Spanish actress and producer.

Biography Vereau was born in Lima, Peru 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 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 Medem 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

Film

Movies Director Year Title RolePedro Almodovar 2006 Volver Young girlJulio Medem 2007 Caótica Ana IndigeneMarcos Changa 2010 Bidones (short film) SaraAnna Perris 2010 Atasco (short film) Woman with red shoesAlvaro Cea 2010 Una moneda de cambio (short film) HerselfEnrico Poli 2013 Closure (short film) AnnaPhillip Berg 2014 Voices (short film) LisaDavid James Halloway 2014 Maestra (short film) SabrinaLouise Marie Cooke 2014 Siren (short film) SirenMiguel Ángel Vivas 2015 Extinction Emma

Television

TV seriesTitle Year Role TV ChannelLos Simuladores 2006 herself CuatroYo soy Bea 2009 Estela Tarragona TelecincoÁngel o Demonio 2011 Sarah Muelle TelecincoEl Fútbol nos vuelve locos 2011 Paula OnlineHomicidios 2011 Rosa Márquez TelecincoEl Don De Alba 2013 Susana Blanco TelecincoEl Interceptor 2015 Sonia BBC OneRabia 2015 Mica Cuatro