Bio
Vanina is an actor and a filmmaker, represented by VJ Management - London.
Vanina is the creator and lead of the Lost & Found, NY web series, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The series earned her Best Webseries and Best Web Episode Awards in Moscow and Pune, a Best Actress Nomination in Glasgow, and was included in the official selections of more than 15 international film festivals, including Los Angeles, London, and Rome.
Vanina is developing her first feature as a director. Season 2 of her series - Lost & Found Abroad - was shot in New York, London and Sofia and had its first public screening at the Cannes' Short Film Corner this year.
Vanina is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (The Emmys) and has been invited to join the Screen Actors Guild of America. She was a Jury Member of the Early Bird Film Festival and the American Business Awards. Vanina is the recipient of a Best Actress Award from the National Theater and Film Academy in Bulgaria, Washington DC's Monologue Madness Award, and the US Visa for Extraordinary Abilities in the Arts.
Credits
Screen
Lost & Found (Season 2) - in post-production
Eternity Package (feature) - in post-production
A Dose of Happiness (feature) - HBO
Razzmatazz (feature)
Father's Day (TV) - Agitprop, BNT
Stolen Life (TV) - Nova TV, Dream Team
Hello (short) - Art Vanguard Creative
Solveig (short) - Artishock
The Look In Her Eyes (short) - Brandon Tilghman
Stage
Strawberries At The Datcha - MCC Theater
The Allegory Of The Cave - TheatreLab
The Tenant - Woodshed Collective
The Fall - Simon Hanukai
Sleep No More - Punchdrunk
Broken Dolls - Injoy Entertainment
Belgrade Trilogy - 4th Street Theatre
Seven - Hostos Rep
Factory Girls - Atlantic Theater
Court Play - Atlantic Theater
Two Gentlemen of Verona - Burgas Theatre
Ashes To Ashes - Sfumato
"Vanina Kondova stood out as an exceptional talent."
"She is incredibly truthful and the camera loves her."
"Her performance was nothing short of fantastic."
"Everything she does onstage is truthful; there is not a fabricated instinct within her. She naturally has a strong exterior, an almost impenetrable demeanor, but she counters this with a keen and subtle vulnerability that creeps up on you. The overall effect is that she has you, the audience, completely in the palm of her hands."