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
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and
Troy, New York
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. She attended
Boston University
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where she received a BFA in acting. She moved to
New York City
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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
Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen, accolade ...
for the first time in his film ''
Celebrity
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'' (1998), and she ended up on "the cutting room floor". Allen cast her in his next feature, the Academy Award nominated ''
Sweet and Lowdown'',
in which she played the role of "Gracie" opposite
Samantha Morton
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and
Sean Penn
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. 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
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'', had its world premiere at the
Sundance Film Festival
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The festival has acted ...
in January 2017. Vernoff played a supporting role in the 2018 video game ''
Red Dead Redemption 2
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'' as Susan Grimshaw.
Performance capture for the role took place on and off for five years prior to the game's release.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
American voice actresses
Living people
Actresses from Los Angeles
Year of birth missing (living people)