Other than being a radio DJ, actress, voice-over artiste, and emcee, Lopez is also a
wedding planner and former president of "One Singapore".
Acting Lopez's actual first television appearance was for a music television program called
NiteRage, where from five hosts, it was streamlined to just two; Vernetta Lopez and Bernard Lim. Starring in Singapore's first English family sitcom known as
Under One Roof shot Lopez to stardom and the sitcom ran from 1995 to 2003. Playing Denise Tan, the sitcom hit record breaking ratings and started Vernetta on her acting career professionally. Since then, she has starred in various productions and has taken on roles ranging from daughters to mothers, and from doctors to mental patients. She also played the role of a
Gynaecologist, Dr Kelly Chan, alongside
Amy Cheng and
Edmund Chen, in a Singapore
medical drama First Touch, where it explored her personal life and her work life, which contradicted each other. In later years, she was cast in the
legal drama series
The Pupil and
Code of Law as
Deputy Public Prosecutor Vivian Lau. She has starred in other television sitcoms like,
Can I Help You,
Mind Your Language,
Shiver,
Random Acts,
Big Day Out, and Okto Channel's
Zero Hero, playing Lady Magnificent alongside Timothy Nga. She has also starred in
Hansel and Gretel by
Wild Rice Productions. Lopez has also starred in Rain Tree Production's local English film,
The Leap Years, alongside
Wong Li-Lin,
Nadya Hutagalung, and
Paula Malai Ali. She also made
cameo appearances in local feature film
City Sharks in 2003 and as a woman at the
turnstile in the 2015 Hollywood sci-fi film
Equals.
Radio DJ Lopez has worked as a radio DJ since 1994. She worked first as a DJ on
NTUC Radio Heart 91.3, before moving on to Perfect Ten
987FM,
Class 95FM, and to the Breakfast Show with Mark Van Cuylenberg on
Gold 90.5. Having won several Favorite Radio DJ over several years, Lopez hosts the weekday morning show from 6am to 10am with
Mike Kasem on
Live with Mike & Vernetta on Gold 90.5. In 2025, she announced her departure from Gold 905 after 30 years of being on the air, her last day being on May 11, 2025. ==Personal life==