
Acting
Nov 5, 1982
Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Vera Filatova
Acting
Biography
Vera Filatova (born 6 November 1982) is a Ukrainian-born British actress. She has played Elena in Channel 4's cult series Peep Show alongside David Mitchell and Robert Webb, Eva in Lesbian Vampire Killers with James Corden and Mathew Horne; and Svetlana in a five-part BBC1 drama The Deep opposite Minnie Driver, James Nesbitt and Goran Višnjić. Vera was born in Khartsyzsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, and later moved to the UK. Filatova was educated at Brighton College, and is married to Italian architect Robin Monotti Graziadei. They live in London with their son and daughter. Filatova's TV credits include The Last Detective (ITV), All About Me (BBC One), The Bill, Spooks, The Pagan Queen (USA), Agatha Christie: Poirot (ITV), Blue Murder, The Deep (BBC1), Me and Mrs Jones (BBC1). She appeared in the 2009 comedy horror film Lesbian Vampire Killers with James Corden and Matthew Horne, and played Elena in series 6 of the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show opposite David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
Feature Films (12)

A visionary Slavic queen and her faithful allies draw on everything in their power to overthrow the queen's despotic husband.
The Pagan Queen

With their women having been enslaved by a pack of lesbian vampires, the remaining menfolk of a rural town send two hapless young lads out onto the moors as a sacrifice.
Lesbian Vampire Killers

A solar punk fashion graduate is on a verge of a career break, when some bad news arrive from home that their childhood pet horse will be put down. Suddenly they're forced to navigate future opportunities while battling with the dark memories of their past.
Nic_unextinct

When detectives investigate a seemingly natural death of an old man, they discover a disturbing tape in his possession which alongside old family memories also features the murder of a woman. After tracking down the dead man's ex-wife and his estranged son they try to discover a link between the mans death and the horrific videotape.
Dangerous Liaisons

When troubled Joy forms an unlikely bond with rebellious Kat and discovers who her new friend's secret boyfriend is, her own past trauma starts to resurface. She's faced with a difficult choice of either saving her friendship or saving her friend.
The Silent Canary

An irreverent, modern, non-traditional re-telling of Ulysses, told rapidly by a succession of over 75 international actors. The film maintains the rhythm of the novel's stream of consciousness with intimate, minutely nuanced provocative performances.
The Ulysses Project

Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, Debbie.
The Look of Love

Eva, a mysterious doctor, searches for an answer to her urgent dilemma as she unravels Dr. Anmuth's Book of Vision. Henry gets involved in her life and is forced to confront his own nature, as Eva faces the biggest decision of her life.
The Book Of Vision

An Ukrainian farmer living in Alberta loses his wife in a tragic accident. Guilt and grief send him into an emotional spiral where mysterious and inexplicable events force him to relive traumatic incidents from his childhood in Ukraine.
They Who Surround Us

Following a break-up, a couple go their separate ways: one stoically contemplates the depths of his loss, while the other desperately roams the lunar landscapes of the Burren (West Ireland) in search of healing and consolation.
The Silence of I am

An unemployed, depressed creative-writing teacher attempts to restore his dignity in his daughter's eyes when everything else is lost.
In the Woods with a Dead Dog

The film follows an anonymous supernatural character on a journey to discover the mysteries of existence and our ephemeral connection to the printed word.
White Light
Television & Series (6)

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Two dysfunctional flatmates reveal all their inner thoughts - whether dark, stupid or embarrassing. Or, occasionally, all three...
Peep Show

Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.
Blue Murder

The life of Mrs Gemma Jones becomes increasingly complicated as she balances love, affection, sex and motherhood between an ex-husband, an adult son, two young daughters, and two male admirers with a 20-year age gap between them.
Me and Mrs Jones

Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.

