{{short description|Kenyan actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Veronica Waceke | citizenship = Kenyan | occupation = Actress | notable_works = Fundi-Mentals | awards = Best East African Female Actress award at the Mashariki Film Festival. }} '''Veronica Waceke''' is a Kenyan actress.<ref>{{cite web|title=Citizen TV's 'Mother-In-Law' & 'Machachari' Actress Suffering From Cancer Gets Help|date=28 November 2013|publisher=Ghafla!|url=http://www.ghafla.com/citizen-tvs-mother-in-law-machachari-actress-suffering-from-cancer-gets-help/|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kwach|first=Julie|title=Top 5 Kenyan Actors: Talented Kenyans in Front of the Camera|year=2018|publisher=Tuko|url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/261464-top-5-kenyan-actors-talented-kenyans-front-camera.html#261464|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref> She first appeared in the 2015 film ''Fundi-Mentals''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gitau|first=Elly|title=Kenya: Glamour As Sex-Comedy Film 'Fundi-Mentals' Premieres|date=17 February 2015|publisher=AllAfrica.com|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201502180067.html|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref> For her performance in the film ''My Faith'', Waceke won the Best East African Female Actress award at the Mashariki Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rwandans scoop awards at Mashariki festival|date=16 March 2015|publisher=The New Times (Rwanda)|url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/186936|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref> She portrayed Lesedi in the Kenya National Theatre's production of Walter Sitati's play; ''Necessary Madness 2 and Deliberate Contempt'' in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=THEATRE REVIEW: 'Deliberate Contempt' by Hearts of Art|date=19 April 2019|publisher=Daily Nation|url=https://mobile.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/THEATRE-REVIEW-Deliberate-Contempt-by-Hearts-of-Art/3116130-5079022-item-1-fso00fz/index.html|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Margaretta Wa Gacheru|title='Necessary Madness' sequel as good as original performance - VIDEO|date=18 April 2019|publisher=Business Daily Africa|url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/lifestyle/art/sequel-as-good-as-original-performance/3815712-5078220-1ocl9z/index.html|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref> Waceke was nominated for the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award for the Best Actress in a television drama series 'Higher Learning'.<ref>{{cite web|title=AfricaMagic awards nominees out|date=18 December 2013|publisher=The Herald (Zimbabwe)|url=https://www.herald.co.zw/africamagic-awards-nominees-out/|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Odeke|first=Steven|title=Uganda not in Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards|date=15 December 2013|publisher=New Vision|url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1335689/uganda-africa-magic-viewers-choice-awards|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref>
== Awards ==
* Best Supporting Actress – Riverwood Awards<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-18|title=Here's The Full List Of Winners In The Riverwood Awards 2018|url=https://www.kenyanvibe.com/heres-the-full-list-of-riverwood-awards-2018/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=KenyanVibe|language=en-US}}</ref> * Best Actress – Mashariki Film Festival Awards 2015<ref>{{Cite web|last=ArtMattersInfo|date=2015-03-15|title=Rwanda's Mashariki African Film Festival Announces Winners|url=https://artmatters.info/2015/03/rwandas-mashariki-african-film-festival-announces-winners/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=ArtMatters.Info|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Select filmography== *''Higher Learning (2010) as Aida'' *''The Captain of Nakara'' (2012) as Shop Assistant *''Strata (2013) as Silk'' *''Fundi-Mentals'' (2015) *''Tuko Macho (2016) as Nikki'' *''Crime and Justice (2021) as Nurse'' *''Country 49 (2022) as Ziza''
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|4087321}}
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