Bio
Hera Hilmar is an Icelandic-born English actress best known for her starring role as Vanessa, a free spirit working as a barmaid and model whom Leonardo rescued from a convent, in the historical fantasy drama television series Da Vinci's Demons.
Born in Iceland, Hera studied at the prestigious LAMDA in London and has appeared in a broad spectrum of projects.
Television credits includes ITV's Leaving directed by Gabby Dellal, World Without End directed by Michael Caton-Jones, The Cliff directed by Reynir Lyngdal, Black Angels directed by Oskar Jonasson and White Death directed by Einar Heimisson.
Amongst her film credits are Anna Karenina directed by highly-acclaimed director Joe Wright, We Are The Freaks directed by Justin Edgar, Undercurrent directed by Arni Oli Asgeirsson and The Quiet Storm directed by Gudny Halldorsdottir, for which she was nominated in the Best Actress category at the Iceland Edda Academy Awards.
She also appeared in Two Birds, directed by Runar Runarsson which was nominated for the Palme D'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival for Best Short Film.