vanessa’s awards and accolades
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ACTING:
- Trained at the esteemed Actors Centre in London for six months (2017)
- Performed one-woman show at the Tristan Bates Theatre, West End, London (2017)
- Signed by Daniel Scharf (producer of Romper Stomper) Profile Creative (2013)
- Trained with the New Actors Workshop in New York with Oscar-winning film director – Mike Nichols (2009)
- Attended 6 European Film Festivals as an international guest (2007 – 2009)
- AWARD: Most Promising Australian Actress of the Month, StarCentral Magazine (2015)
- AWARD: Best Female Actor in a Short Film, Melbourne Underground Film Festival (2010)
- AWARD: Best Female Actor in a Feature Film, Melbourne Underground Film Festival (2007)
WRITING:
- Awarded internship at The Spectator in London. Cancelled due to pandemic (2020)
- AWARD: Winner of the Commended Prize, Daffodil Day Arts Awards (2006)
BOOK AWARDS:
- WINNER of the 2014 Global eBook Award (Bronze) for non-fiction/women’s studies
- WINNER of the 2014 Honorable Mention Award, London Book Festival
- WINNER of the 2016 Honorable Mention Award, New York Book Festival
- WINNER of the 2016 Silver Medal, Reader’s Favorite Awards (women’s non-fiction)
SPEAKING:
- Signed by Saxton Speakers Bureau as a keynote speaker (2019)
- Gave a speech at the Liberty Friedman Conference in Sydney organised by the Australian Taxpayers Alliance (2019)
- Appeared on Australian Morning Show Studio 10, defending hardcore porn (2019)
MODELLING:
- Debuted at #60 on MAXIM Magazine HOT 100 (2019)
- Photoshoot with celebrity photographer Kris Dewitte in UK. (2017) Kris shot the cover of Vanity Fair
- Photoshoot with photographer Nicola Cocco, Italy (2017)
- Appeared on the cover of Dutch SciFi and Horror Magazine – SF Terra (2015)
- Shortlisted for Vivien’s Autograph Model Search amongst 4500 entrants (2015)
- State Finalist in Miss Pinup Australia Pageant. Competing under the title, Miss V Bomb (2012)
- Worked with world-famous photographer David LaChapelle on the Nokia campaign (2010)
MISCELLANEOUS:
- Awarded a full scholarship with the Eckhart Tolle Foundation (completed in 2020