Vanessa Zachos
Actress

Born in South Africa, Vanessa studied Greek Theatre before continuing her training in London at institutions including The Hellenic Centre, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (fellowship place), and City Lit, alongside independent studios where she explored Meisner, Method, Chubbuck, and AMAW techniques. She was selected as one of Africa’s rising talents at the Durban Berlinale Talent Campus and the Berlinale Durban International Film Festival. Her career has seen her work on and off screen with acclaimed figures such as Ron Howard, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Anna Torv, MyAnna Buring, Colin Salmon, Atom Egoyan, Nicolas Roeg, Mike Leigh, and Richard Eyre. Her screen credits include Rush, directed by Ron Howard, the Emmy-winning sci-fi series Fringe created by J. J. Abrams, and the award-nominated documentary Rebel of the Keys, which was broadcast to over 3 million viewers on ORF Austria and nominated for Best Film at the Warsaw International Jewish Film Festival. In the UK independent film scene, she has taken on leading and supporting roles, including a lead in The Lost Sands, and has also created a comedic South African YouTube character. Her theatre training includes classical Greek roles such as Clytemnestra, Iphigenia, and Electra, alongside characters like Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest and Harper in Angels in America. She is a native English speaker with additional scripted ability in Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Afrikaans, and is skilled in a wide range of accents. Alongside acting, she is also a painter and has experience coaching actors/ directors in performance and directing actors techniques.