Vera Jordanova

Vera Jordanova (Bulgarian Вера Йорданова) (born 28 August 1975) is a Bulgarian-Finnish cookbook author, model and actress.

Vera Jordanova
Born
Vera Jordanova (Вера Йорданова)

(1975-08-28) 28 August 1975
Helsinki, Finland
OccupationActress, Author, Model
Spouse(s)Federico Ruiz (2016–present)
Modeling information
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorGreen
AgencyNew York City MC2
Paris IMG
Los Angeles Special Artists Agency
Websiteverajordanova.com

Early life

Jordanova was born in Helsinki, Finland, to Bulgarian musicians. She is fluent in Bulgarian, Finnish and English and speaks some Russian and has basic knowledge of Spanish, French.[1] Jordanova's parents relocated the family to Finland when Vera was a teen.[2] She studied several languages at a high school that specialized in language instruction before a modeling scout spotted her and helped launch her career as a model. Shortly after she moved to Finland, she was discovered by the premiere Finnish modeling agency Paparazzi and began to appear in national campaigns, and on magazine covers. From there, Vera went on to shoot a campaign for cosmetic giant Clarins, with renowned photographer Gilles Bensimon.[3] Vera spent the next ten years living and working in Milan, Paris, Hamburg, Cape Town, Barcelona, Los Angeles and New York, where she still lives.[2]

Career

On the heels of her discovery, Jordanova appeared on several Finnish magazine covers, which led to more work outside Finland. International campaigns Jordanova appeared in include Felina Lingerie, Bacardi Lime, and Clarins, shot by photographer Gilles Bensimon.[4] Jordanova was featured in the 2006 Maxim calendar and has appeared in FHM[5] and the Czech Republic's June 2007 edition of Esquire.

At this time, Jordanova started acting in Finland, where she appeared in a few Finnish TV series, such as Isänmaan Toivot.[6] Her debut in American cinema was in Eli Roth's horror sequel Hostel II, playing the part of Axelle, a mysterious woman who works for Elite Hunting to lure tourists into the Slovakian "death factory" for worldwide clientele of torture aficionados.[7]

In 2014 Vera published a memoir cookbook Don't Miss a Bite: Stories and Flavors from around the World (WSOY). The book, which was first published in Finland, explores food, culture and identity in the form of 100 recipes, short biographical stories and Vera's own drawings and photography.[2]

Filmography
Year Film Role
1993 Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät Model
2007 Hostel: Part II Axelle Rassimov

Television
Year Show Role Note
1994 Venla Gaala 1993 Herself
1998–1999 Tähtitehdas Minkki Karvonen
1998 Maailman pisin talk show Herself
1999–2001 Joonas Hytönen show Herself 2 episodes
2000 Isänmaan toivot Vellu's Girlfriend 1 episode
2006 Blow Out Herself 1 episode
2007 Up Close with Carrie Keagan Herself 1 episode
2014 Puoli Seitsemän Herself 1 episode
2021 Belezi Vera Dermenzhdieva

Music videos
Year Song Artist Role
2006 Colorful Rocco Deluca Model and dancer

Publications
  • Don't Miss a Bite: Stories and Flavors from around the World. Helsinki: WSOY. 2014. ISBN 978-9-5104-0643-4.

References
  1. @verajordanova (21 February 2012). "@ArianeMevii Fluently EN, BG, FIN, pretty good with RUS, basic convo in SP and I understand French but have unfortunately forgot to speak..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "About". Vera Jordanova. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. "Vera Jordanova - Filmbug".
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Photo of fashion model Vera Jordanova - ID 194533 | Models | the FMD".
  6. "Vera Jordanova". IMDb.
  7. "Hostel: Part II". IMDb.

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