Vanessa Grasse

Vanessa June S. Grasse (born 27 June 1992) is an English actress. Her films include Leatherface, Open 24 Hours (2018), Astral (2018), and Venice at Dawn (2022).

Early life Grasse was born in the London Borough of Camden. She has an older sister. Grasse attended Queenswood School in Hatfield and first discovered acting through a school play. She took a drama course with ArtsEd before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Theatre Studies from the University of Leeds in 2013.

Career Grasse played Melody Lanson in the 2015 Syfy television film Roboshark. This was followed by roles in the horror films Leatherface in 2017 as Elizabeth "Lizzy" White and Open 24 Hours and Astral in 2018 as Mary and Alyssa Hodge respectively.

In 2020, Grasse played Nell Lewis in the Channel 5 television film Agatha and the Midnight Murders and Jodie in the second series of the Sky One police procedural Bulletproof. She appeared in the 2021 Netflix romantic comedy A Castle for Christmas and the 2022 independent film Venice at Dawn. She had a role as Vatra, a Darkling loyalist, in the second season of the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2017 Leatherface Elizabeth "Lizzy" White 2018 It Came from the Desert Lisa Open 24 Hours Mary Astral Alyssa Hodge 2020 Glia Beth Hudson Grounds Annie Desmond Short film 2021 A Castle for Christmas Lexi Brown Netflix film 2022 Venice at Dawn Sarah

Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 Roboshark Melody Lanson Television film 2020 Bulletproof Jodie 3 episodes Agatha and the Midnight Murders Nell Lewis Television film 2023 Shadow and Bone Vatra 2 episodes