Kaili Vernoff

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Kaili Vernoff
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Vernoff at the New York Game Awards in 2019
Born
Alma mater Boston University
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Spouse
(m. 2004)
Children1

Kaili Vernoff is an American actress. While she has many television and film credits, she is perhaps best known for her multiple collaborations with Woody Allen.

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Biography

Kaili Vernoff was born in Los Angeles, California and lived in many cities as a child, including Park City, Utah and Troy, New York. She attended Boston University where she received a BFA in acting. She moved to New York City upon graduation, where she has lived and worked ever since. Her first feature was the Ed Burns' film, No Looking Back (1998), in which she played "Alice". Soon after that, she worked with Woody Allen for the first time in his film Celebrity (1998), and she ended up on "the cutting room floor".[ citation needed ] Allen cast her in his next feature, the Academy Award nominated Sweet and Lowdown , [1] in which she played the role of "Gracie" opposite Samantha Morton and Sean Penn. She has appeared in six Woody Allen projects in total, most recently in his first foray into television, the Amazon series, Crisis in Six Scenes . She has worked steadily in film, television, and theater. Other notable roles include "Kerry Ridge" in the Hulu drama The Path (2016–2017) and "Karen" in the film Thoroughbreds , had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017.[ citation needed ] Vernoff played a supporting role in the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2 as Susan Grimshaw. [2] Performance capture for the role took place on and off for five years prior to the game's release.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 No Looking Back Alice
1998 Celebrity
1999 Sweet and Lowdown [1] Gracie
2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion Rosie
2001 World Traveler Andrea
2016 Dark Night FBI Agent 1 Jessicauncredited
2017 Thoroughbreds Karen
2020 Materna Jean's Mom

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Another World Laurie MichaelsJuly 31 - December 6
1996 The High Life Flannery7 episodes
2004 The Wrong Coast Various Celebrity VoicesUnknown episodes
2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Attorney Pamela Albert1 episode
2014 The Mysteries of Laura Jenny1 episode
2015 The Affair Joan1 episode
2016 Crisis in Six Scenes Jane1 episode
2016–2017 The Path Kerry Ridge4 episodes
2017–2018 Grey's Anatomy Naomi2 episodes
2018 House of Cards Alicia Heyman1 episode
2019 The Enemy Within HelenEpisode: "The Ambassador's Wife"
2019 Tell Me a Story FBI Agent 2 SarahSeason 2 main role

Video games

YearTitleRole
2013 Grand Theft Auto V Miranda Cowan
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Susan Grimshaw

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