:Vernetta Lopez
{{Short description|Singaporean actress and radio DJ}}
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| birth_place = Singapore
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| occupation = Actress, radio presenter
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- {{marriage|Mark Richmond|1998|2005|reason=div}}
- {{marriage|Wayne Gladwin|2009}}}}
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Vernetta Lopez (born 22 July 1973) is a Singaporean actress and radio DJ. She 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.
Career
Other than being a radio DJ, actress, voice-over artiste, and emcee, Lopez is also a wedding planner and former president of "One Singapore".
=Acting=
Lopez's actual first television appearance was for a music television program called NiteRage, where from five hosts, it was streamlined to just two; Vernetta Lopez and Bernard Lim. Starring in Singapore's first English family sitcom known as Under One Roof shot Lopez to stardom and the sitcom ran from 1995 to 2003. Playing Denise Tan, the sitcom 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 also 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. In later years, she was cast in the legal drama series The Pupil and Code of Law as Deputy Public Prosecutor Vivian Lau.
She 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.
She has also starred in Hansel and Gretel by Wild Rice Productions.
Lopez has also starred in Rain Tree Production's local English film, The Leap Years, alongside Wong Li-Lin, Nadya Hutagalung, and Paula Malai Ali. She also 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.{{cite web|title=Equals – Review |url=http://www.fmoviemag.com/equals-review/|website=Fmoviemag}}
=Radio DJ=
Lopez has worked as a radio DJ since 1994. She 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. Having won several Favorite Radio DJ over several years, Lopez hosts the weekday morning show from 6am to 10am with Mike Kasem on Live with Mike & Vernetta on Gold 90.5.
Personal life
In 1998, Lopez married fellow radio DJ Mark Richmond. The couple divorced in 2005.{{Cite news |title=DJ discusses marriage fallout in book |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2012/08/27/dj-discusses-marriage-fallout-in-book |access-date=9 September 2020}}
Lopez then married British software engineer Wayne Gladwin on 25 July 2009.{{Cite news |title=No pre-wedding jitters for Vernetta Lopez |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/442933/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718113102/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/442933/1/.html |archive-date=18 July 2009}}
Lopez is of Portuguese and Thai ancestry on her father's side and Peranakan ancestry on her mother's side.The Sunday Times Life!, 26 June 2005
She majors in Radio and Television in Mass Communication studies earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communication.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 2003
| Bag lady and voice of Divine | |
| 2006
| The Race Begins | | Voice |
| 2008
| Jennie | |
| 2015
| Equals | Woman at turnstile | |
| 2015
| The Singaporean | Herself | Short film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 1995-2003
| Denise Tan | |
| 1996
| Can I Help You? | Donna Mah | |
| rowspan="3"| 2002
| Ceciliation | Cecilia | Film |
| First Touch
| Dr. Kelly Chan | |
| Oh Carol!
| Vivian Chong | |
| 2006
| Stories of Love: The Anthology Series | Marilyn Lee | Film |
| 2006-2008
| | |
| 2007
| Random Acts | Various | |
| 2009
| Cosmo & George (season 2) | Amanda Wee | |
| 2011
| Zero Hero | Mimi Wong / Lady Magnificent | |
| 2011
| rowspan="2" | DPP Vivian Lau | |
| 2012-2020
|Code of Law | |
| 2016
| Run Rachael Run | Genevieve Phua | |
| 2016
| Rojak | Kit | |
| 2016
| Fine Tune | Lisa Wong | |
| 2018
| Fam | Joy | |
| 2020
| Le Prawn Park | Bee Bee | |
Awards and nominations
Lopez won her first Asian Television Awards{{cite web|title=Best Performance by an Actress (Comedy)|url=http://ata.onscreenasia.com/2000-winners/|access-date=2015-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521184016/http://ata.onscreenasia.com/2000-winners/|archive-date=2015-05-21|url-status=dead}} in 2000 for her role in Under One Roof as Denise Tan 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.{{cite web|last1=Lopez|first1=Vernetta|title=Best Performance by an Actress (Drama)|url=http://ata.onscreenasia.com/2003-winners/|website=Asian Television Awards|access-date=2015-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522050810/http://ata.onscreenasia.com/2003-winners/|archive-date=2015-05-22|url-status=dead}}
At the 2016 Asian Television Awards, Lopez was nominated twice in the same category (Best Comedy Performance by an Actor/Actress) for her roles in Run Rachael Run and Rojak.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asiantvawards.com/2016-nominees/|title=The Asian Television Awards 2016 Nominees|website=Asian Television Awards}} Although she did not win the ATV in 2016 she did receive the accolade of 'Highly Commended' for her role in Run Rachael Run.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asiantvawards.com/winners/2016-winners/|title=The 21st Asian Television Awards (ATA) Winners List (Year 2016)|website=Asian Television Awards}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.mediacorp.sg/en/your-mediacorp/our-artistes/tca/female-djs/vernetta-lopez-12357750 Vernetta Lopez] profile on The Celebrity Agency
- {{IMDb name|id=0520224|name=Vernetta Lopez}}
- [http://www.vernettalopez.com Vernetta Lopez official website]
{{Asian Television Award for Best Actress}}
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Category:Ngee Ann Polytechnic alumni
Category:Singaporean radio presenters
Category:Singaporean women radio presenters
Category:Singaporean people of Chinese descent
Category:Singaporean people of Kristang descent
Category:Singaporean people of Thai descent
Category:Singaporean television actresses
Category:Singaporean film actresses