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Vanessa Petruo Profile |
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Birth Date: October 23, 1979
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Birth Place: Berlin, Germany
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Birth Name: Vanessa Anelisse Petruo
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Height: 5'5"
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Biography |
Vanessa Anneliese Petruo (born October 23, 1979 in Berlin),
also known as Vany, is a German singer, songwriter, musician
and film, television and voice actress. She debuted in 2000
as a member of the all-female pop band No Angels who enjoyed
a great deal of success throughout Central Europe in the
early 2000s, following their record-breaking debut single
"Daylight in Your Eyes" and the album Elle'ments (2001).
Originally a quintet, the group eventually became a quartet,
selling more than five million singles and albums until
2003, — the same year the group announced their official
disbandment due to "exhaustion" and in favour of individual
solo careers.
After the release of moderately successful solo song "Drama
Queen", Petruo took much more control over her image and
music following a short hiatus from public, and she
introduced elements of blues, funk and jazz into her solo
debut Mama Lilla Would, a critically-acclaimed commercial
failure. Her musical interactons ambitions have since mainly
focused on her training as a jazz singer and several new
compositions, widely published through her own MySpace.
While maintaining a recording career Petruo has also gained
fame for both her work as voice actress and starring in
several film and television productions, including RTL
series Wilde Engel (2005) and a supporting role in the 2006
film Wo Ist Fred?.
Petruo is the eldest of three siblings born to a German
father, Thomas Petruo, and a Spanish-Peruvian mother,
Mercedes. She was raised in Berlin next to her brother
Jan-Alexander and her sister Priszilla. Due to her father's
work as a professional voice actor, Vanessa started dubbing
movies at the age of seven. Her grandfather, the late Heinz
Petruo, was a famous radio show host for RIAS and a voice
actor, too. At age twelve, Vanessa was told to have a
beautiful voice so she started taking vocal lessons. In her
teenage years she made several appearances on German
television, while gaining experience in music with own bands
and first professional song recordings. After her high
school graduation Vanessa applied herself to study
communication studies but due to a quick lack of interest
left university and made internships at both MTV Germany and
news channel N24. |
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Other
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Has a younger brother, Jan-Alexander and a younger sister,
Priszilla.
Daughter of Thomas Petruo
Granddaughter of Heinz Petruo.
Began her solo career as Vany with the single 'Dramaqueen'
(2004).
Her mother Mercedes is half Peruvian-half Spanish and her
father Thomas is German.
Fluent in German, English and Spanish.
Member of the extremely popular girl group No Angels from
2000 to 2003. However, she declined to join the other four
when they announced their reunion in January 2007. |
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