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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 family sitcom shot Lopez to stardom in the 1990s. 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 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.

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.

Lopez then married British software engineer Wayne Gladwin on 25 July 2009.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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.

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. Although she did not win the ATV in 2016 she did receive the accolade of 'Highly Commended' for her role in Run Rachael Run.

References

1. "Equals – Review". Fmoviemag.
2. "DJ discusses marriage fallout in book". Retrieved 9 September 2020.
3. "No pre-wedding jitters for Vernetta Lopez". Archived from the original on 18 July 2009.
4. "Best Performance by an Actress (Comedy)". Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
5. Lopez, Vernetta. "Best Performance by an Actress (Drama)". Asian Television Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
6. "The Asian Television Awards 2016 Nominees". Asian Television Awards.
7. "The 21st Asian Television Awards (ATA) Winners List (Year 2016)". Asian Television Awards.

External links

• Vernetta Lopez profile on The Celebrity Agency

• Vernetta Lopez at IMDb
• Vernetta Lopez official website

• Women DJs
• Living people
• Ngee Ann Polytechnic alumni
• Singaporean DJs
• Singaporean radio presenters
• Singaporean women radio presenters
• Singaporean people of Chinese descent
• Singaporean people of Kristang descent
• Singaporean people of Thai descent
• Singaporean television actresses
• Singaporean film actresses
• 21st-century women musicians
• 1973 births