Vanessa Grasse

Vanessa June S. Grasse (born 27 June 1992) is an English actress. Her films include Leatherface (2017), Open 24 Hours (2018), Astral (2018), and Venice at Dawn (2022).

Early life
Grasse was born in the London Borough of Camden. She has an older sister. Grasse attended Queenswood School in Hatfield and first discovered acting through a school play. She took an drama course with ArtsEd before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Theatre Studies from the University of Leeds in 2013.

Career
Grasse played Melody Lanson in the 2015 Syfy television film Roboshark. This was followed by roles in the horror films Leatherface in 2017 as Elizabeth "Lizzy" White and Open 24 Hours and Astral in 2018 as Mary and Alyssa Hodge respectively.

In 2020, Grasse played Nell Lewis in the Channel 5 television film Agatha and the Midnight Murders and Jodie in the second series of the Sky One police procedural Bulletproof. She appeared in the 2021 Netflix romantic comedy A Castle for Christmas and the 2022 independent film Venice at Dawn. She had a role as Vatra, a Darkling loyalist, in the second season of the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone.