Vanessa Cruez

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Vanessa Cruez
Born (1996-08-29) 29 August 1996 (age 27)
Selangor, Malaysia
NationalityMalaysian
Occupations
  • Model
  • actress
  • director
Years active2016–present

Vanessa Cruez (29 August 1996) is a Malaysian Indian model, actress and director who works in the Indian Tamil Kollywood industry. She was crowned World Miss University Malaysia 2018. She made her film debut with the Malaysian Tamil film Athaiyum Thaandi Punithamanathu in 2021. She also participated in the reality show Survivor (Tamil season 1) where she later emerged as the 2nd runner up of the show.

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Career

At a young age when she was a MSU student in Malaysia, Vanessa was crowned the winner of World Miss University Malaysia 2018, defeating 32 other participants. [1] [2] [3] [4] She made her film debut in the Malaysian Tamil film Athaiyum Thaandi Punithamanathu (2021) in which she announced that she will play the lead role in the film. [5] She made her first television debut in India in the survival reality show Survivor (Tamil season 1) as a contestant. [6] [7] [8] Vanessa also played a small role in the television comedy show Kalyana Kumar in 2017.

She has acted in various different small budget short films in Malaysia as a lead. [9] She is the co founder of Vikadakavi productions which is a program for young learning models. [10]

In 2021, Vanessa turned into a director and started directing a Malaysian Tamil drama, Nethraa which was released in July 2021. She was later crowned as Miss Fitness Asia International in 2021. [11] She was also one of the top 15 finalists and represented her home state Selangor in the beauty pageant, Miss Malaysia Kebaya. [12]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
2016 Kabali Singari
2020 Athaiyum Thaandi Punithamanathu Dr.VanmathiBest Actress 2021 of Malaysia
2022 Agent Kannayiram

Television

YearShowChannelRoleNotes
2017Kalyana Kumar Astro VaishnaviMalaysian TV Network
2018Vallavar Season 3 Astro Contenstant1st Runner Up
2021Annai Madi TV2 Priya
2021Nethraa Astro Vaanavil As Director
2021 Survivor Tamil Season 1 Zee Tamil Contenstant2nd Runner Up
2022Survivor Binge with Vanessa Zee5 HostTalk show about Survivor Tamil Season 1

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