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Kaili Vernoff

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Kaili Vernoff
Vernoff at the New York Game Awards in 2019
Born
Alma materBoston 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.

Biography

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
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 Jessica uncredited
2017 Thoroughbreds Karen
2020 Materna Jean's Mom

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1995 Another World Laurie Michaels July 31 - December 6
1996 The High Life Flannery 7 episodes
2004 The Wrong Coast Various Celebrity Voices Unknown episodes
2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Attorney Pamela Albert 1 episode
2014 The Mysteries of Laura Jenny 1 episode
2015 The Affair Joan 1 episode
2016 Crisis in Six Scenes Jane 1 episode
2016–2017 The Path Kerry Ridge 4 episodes
2017–2018 Grey's Anatomy Naomi 2 episodes
2018 House of Cards Alicia Heyman 1 episode
2019 The Enemy Within Helen Episode: "The Ambassador's Wife"
2019 Tell Me a Story FBI Agent 2 Sarah Season 2 main role

Video games

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Year Title Role
2013 Grand Theft Auto V Miranda Cowan
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Susan Grimshaw

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sweet and Lowdown: The Cast". www.sonyclassics.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  2. ^ March 2019, Rachel Weber 07. "Sisterhood, shotguns and slapping: Red Dead Redemption 2's cast talk around the virtual campfire". gamesradar. Retrieved 2021-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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