Vanessa Zachos

Vanessa Zachos (born 3 May) is a South African film and television actress. She has appeared on American television as well as in international feature films opposite leading actors, including Ron Howard's BAFTA nominated Rush.

Zachos was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She attended highschool in Parktown, Johannesburg where she studied Art and Latin, leaving early to work. ^[1]

In 2008 Vanessa, on her very first audition, was cast in a lead role in a British independent film 'The Secret Philosophy'. She then went on to appear in the British horror film Credo aka The Devils Curse working with actors Colin Salmon, Myanna Buring and the late Stephen Gately.

She has studied at Central School of Speech and Drama and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is a Berlinale Talent Alumna.

Zachos was cast in a principal role opposite Chris Hemsworth in Ron Howards BAFTA nominated film Rush where she worked alongside Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl. She appeared in her first guest role on American television in an episode of J. J. Abrams award winning TV series Fringe directed by P. J. Pesce for FOX Broadcasting Company. She portrays Anita Halina Janowska in the documentary film Rebel of the Keys and made her first European television appearance in Der Andere on The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). Her other credits include leading roles in experimental, independent shorts films and an MTV music video.

Selected filmography

References

External links

• Vanessa Zachos on IMDb