Vanessa Cruez

Vanessa Cruez
Born (1996-08-29) 29 August 1996 (age 28)
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.

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
Year Film Role Notes
2016 Kabali Singari
2020 Athaiyum Thaandi Punithamanathu Dr.Vanmathi Best Actress 2021 of Malaysia
2022 Agent Kannayiram

Television

Year Show Channel Role Notes
2017 Kalyana Kumar Astro Vaishnavi Malaysian TV Network
2018 Vallavar Season 3 Astro Contenstant 1st Runner Up
2021 Annai Madi TV2 Priya
2021 Nethraa Astro Vaanavil As Director
2021 Survivor Tamil Season 1 Zee Tamil Contenstant 2nd Runner Up
2022 Survivor Binge with Vanessa Zee5 Host Talk show about Survivor Tamil Season 1

References

  1. ^ "MSU student takes pageant title". The Star. Malaysia. 21 September 2021. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ "MSU student crowned World Miss University M'sia 2018". The Borneo Post. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Dari Malaysia ke India". hmetro.com.my. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. ^ "MSUrian is World Miss University Malaysia 2018". msu.edu.my. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Survivor Tamil: Actors Vanessa Cruez and Inigo Prabhakaran to join the show as new contestants". The Times of India. 1 October 2021. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Malaysian Actress Vanessa Cruez Joins Survivor Tamil!". astroulagam.com.my. 1 October 2021. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Malaysian Actress Vanessa Cruez Makes Her Grand Entry In Survivor Tamil". varnam.my. 3 October 2021. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Who is Survivor Tamil contestant contestant Vanessa Cruez". thenewscrunch.com. 3 October 2021. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Miss Asia 2017: Photoshoot". The Times of India. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Soaring high". The Sun. Malaysia. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Soaring high in her chosen field". The Star. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via PressReader.
  12. ^ "All set for grand Miss Malaysia Kebaya 2013 finals with 15 contestants". cj.my. Malaysia. Retrieved 21 October 2021.