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Alice Braga (as Teresa Mendoza) and Vera Cherny (as Oksana), "QUEEN OF THE SOUTH", Season 5.

Vera Cherny attends "The Americans" Season 4 premiere at NYU Skirball Center on March 5, 2016.

Vera Cherny attends the premiere of Crackle's TV series crime drama "STARTUP" at the London Hotel in West Hollywood, California on August 23, 2016. 

Vera Cherny (as Vera) and Ron Perlman (as Wes), "STARTUP", Season 2.

Vera Cherny attends FX "The Americans" Season 5 premiere on February 25th, at DGA Theater in New York City.

Vera Cherny and Aaron Yoo in "STARTUP", Season 2.

Vera Cherny (as Inna), Perdita Weeks (as Higgins) and Amy Hill (as Kumu) in Magnum P.I. (Season 1).

Vera Cherny as Katya Kudjakova / Inna Khamatov in Magnum P.I. (Season 1)

Vera Cherny (as Tatiana) and Costa Ronin (as Oleg) on "The Americans", Season 4, Episode "Persona Non Grata".

Still of Vera Cherny in "The Americans", Season 5, Episode "Darkroom".

Vera Cherny attends “The Americans” FX Season 6 Premiere at Alice Tully Hall, New York City on March 16, 2018.

Aaron Yoo, Vera Cherny, Ron Perlman, Adam Brody, Otmara Marrero, Addison Timlin in "STARTUP", Season 2.

Jordan Monaghan and Vera Cherny in "La Sirena" (directed by Rosita Lama Muvdi). 

Vera Cherny as Vera in "STARTUP", Season 1.

Vera Cherny attends the Premiere of Crackle's "STARTUP" at The London Hotel on August 23, 2016 in West Hollywood, California.

Vera Cherny as Tatiana Evgenyevna, "The Americans", Season 4.

Costa Ronin (as Oleg Burov) and Vera Cherny (as Tatiana Evgenyevna), "The Americans", Season 3.

Lev Gorn, Costa Ronin and Vera Cherny at "The Americans" Season 4 premiere on March 5, 2016.

(Front Row) Jonathan Maurer, James Franco, Vera Cherny and Reinaldo Zavarche attend the workshop following the World Premiere of "Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha" during the 26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Steve Bannos, Vera Cherny, Reinaldo Zavarce and Anthony Skordi at the 26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Vera Cherny was born Vera Chernysheva in the former Soviet Union. Because of her father's profession, the family moved a lot. The first time they relocated, Vera was 2 months old and her parents carried her onto a military truck in an open suitcase instead of a bassinet.

Vera began performing at 3 years old at a local ballet school in Altengrabow, in the former East Germany. At 16, she immigrated to the United States on her own. She continued her undergraduate and graduate studies in the U.S., while acting in regional theatre productions. She graduated with an M.F.A. in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City.

Vera has recurring guest star credits on "The Americans" (FX, Seasons 3-6); "StartUp" (Sony / Crackle, Seasons 1-2); "Counterpart" (Starz, Season 2), "Queen of the South" (USA, Seasons 4-5) and "For All Mankind" (Sony / Apple TV+, Seasons 3-4). Her other credits include "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC) and "Magnum P.I." (CBS).

In 2020, Vera wrote and produced an LGBTQ short film "Once Was". Over 95% of the production's behind-the-camera team identified as Women and Non-Binary. The film premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival in 2023.

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