Since graduating her theatre and film work includes:
- Pope Joan in Top Girls directed by Olivier-award winner Peter James, performed in the Royal Court Theatre as part of its 50th anniversary celebration
- a one-woman show Netochka Nezvanova by Fyodor Dostoyevsky directed by Alexander Markov, which was transferred from the Edinburgh Fringe to the New End Theatre in London and also won St.Petersburg Independent Theatre Festival.
- recent TV credits include The Last Detective (ITV), All About Me (BBC One), The Bill, Spooks, The Pagan Queen (USA) and Blue Murder
- She was in the 2008 comedy horror film Lesbian Vampire Killers
- Vera stars as Elena in series 6 of the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show