Name Vernetta Lopez Role Actress | Marriage location Singapore | |
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Born July 22, 1973 (age 51) ( 1973-07-22 ) Singapore Occupation ActressRadio presenter, Gold 90.5FM Spouse Wayne Gladwin (m. 2009), Mark Richmond (m. 1997–2001) Movies and TV shows Under One Roof, Zodiac: The Race Begins, Oh Carol! Books Memoirs of a DJ: Life in Progress People also search for Mark Richmond, Wayne Gladwin, Edward Fu, Brian Richmond | ||
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Vernetta Lopez is a Singaporean actress and radio DJ. She played the role of Denise in MediaCorp's English language sitcom Under One Roof from 1995 to 2003.
Contents
- Sensing cryotherapy sense non sensibility ep1 w vernetta lopez
- Vernetta Lopez A Woman We Love
- Career
- Actress
- Radio DJ
- Education
- Family and personal life
- Awards
- References
Vernetta Lopez: A Woman We Love
Career
Lopez has many portfolios: Radio DJ, Actress, Voice-over Artiste, Wedding Planner, Former President of One Singapore, Professional Emcee.
Actress
Lopez's actual first television appearance was for a music television program called NiteRage, where from 5 hosts, it was streamlined to just 2; Vernetta Lopez and Bernard Lim. Starring in Singapore's first family sitcom shot Lopez to stardom in the 90s. Playing Denise, the comedy hit record breaking ratings and started Vernetta on her acting career professionally. Since then, she has starred in various productions and has taken on roles ranging from daughters to mothers and from doctors to mental patients. She has starred in other television sitcoms like, 'Can I Help You', 'Mind Your Language', 'First Touch', 'Shiver', 'Random Acts', 'Big Day Out', and Okto Channel's 'Zero Hero', playing Lady Magnificent alongside Timothy Nga.
She has also stomped the comedy floorboards in 'What the Butler Saw', starring Gerald Chew and has also starred in Hansel and Gretel by Wild Rice Productions.
Lopez has also starred in RainTree Production's local English movie, 'The Leap Years', alongside Li Lin, Nadya Hutagalung, and Paula Malai Ali, as well as made a cameo appearance in local feature film 'City Sharks' in 2003.
Radio DJ
Lopez has been a familiar voice on the radio for the last 22 years, starting as a DJ on Heart 91.3, before moving on to Perfect 987FM, Class 95FM, and to the Breakfast Show with Mark Van Cuylenberg on Gold 90.5, the radio station that listeners spend the most time listening to. Having won several Favorite Radio DJ over several years, Lopez still laughs it up every weekday morning from 6am to 10am with fellow DJ Mike Kasem on 'Live with Mike & Vernetta' on Gold 905
She is currently a Full-Time artiste with Mediacorp's 'The Celebrity Agency.'
Education
Lopez was educated at Assumption English School and earned her diploma for Mass Communication at Ngee Ann Polytechnic and later finished her bachelor's degree in Mass Communication with SIM.
Family and personal life
Lopez is of Portuguese and Thai ancestry on her father's side and Peranakan ancestry on her mother's side.
In 1994, Lopez married fellow radio DJ Mark Richmond. The couple divorced in 2005.
Lopez then married British software engineer Wayne Gladwin on 25 July 2009.
Awards
Lopez won her first Asian Television Awards in 2000 for her role in Under One Roof as Denise with the award for Best Performance by an Actress (Comedy) and her second ATV award in 2003 for drama with the award for Best Performance by an Actress (Drama) for her role in 'Ceciliation'.
Vernetta Lopez currently holds the honour of being the only actress to win Asian Television Awards Best Actress in both drama and comedy categories
In 2016 Asian Television Awards Vernetta was nominated twice in the same category (Best Comedy Performance by an Actor/Actress) for her roles in Run Rachael Run and Rojak. Although she did not win the ATV in 2016 she did receive the accolade of 'Highly Commended' for her role in Run Rachael Run.