# Vernetta Lopez

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.

### 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.
Lopez is of Portuguese and Thai ancestry on her father's side and Peranakan ancestry on her mother's side.
She majors in Radio and Television in Mass Communication studies earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communication.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | City Sharks | Bag lady and voice of Divine | |
| 2006 | The Race Begins | | Voice |
| 2008 | The Leap Years | Jennie | |
| 2015 | Equals | Woman at turnstile | |
| 2015 | The Singaporean | Herself | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995-2003 | Under One Roof | Denise Tan | |
| 1996 | Can I Help You? | Donna Mah | |
| 2002 | Ceciliation | Cecilia | Film |
| 2002 | First Touch | Dr. Kelly Chan | |
| 2002 | Oh Carol! | Vivian Chong | |
| 2006 | Stories of Love: The Anthology Series | Marilyn Lee | Film |
| 2006-2008 | Maggi & Me | | |
| 2007 | Random Acts | Various | |
| 2009 | Cosmo & George (season 2) | Amanda Wee | |
| 2011 | Zero Hero | Mimi Wong / Lady Magnificent | |
| 2011 | The Pupil | DPP Vivian Lau | |
| 2012-2020 | Code of Law | DPP Vivian Lau | |
| 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 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.
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.