The Witcher: How Agnes Born Transformed Herself into Vereena for The Witcher?

In the Witcher Series, a powerful bruxa was present who was played by Anges Born, whose transformation into the role was incredible.

The Witcher Series, released on Netflix in the year 2019, is inspired by some short stories or novels of Andrzej Sapkowski, a Polish author. The books are written in the Polish language already had a large fan base, which led to the creation of the witcher video games. As the people playing reading the novels and playing the video game, started loving the witcher world.

With the exciting pleasure the fans receive from the Witcher available material, an English language-based series entailing the whole of Witcher world entered Netflix, and the responses on it were encouraging.

The Witcher Season 1 entered, giving the audience the main character’s backstory in different timelines, which was often criticized because it was confusing. However, the Witcher Season 2, released in December 2021, presented a sorted timeline that was praised by all the viewers.

The Witcher Season 2 included more horrifying and dangerous monsters hunting the leading characters, Princess Cirilla, Ciri, a young girl with no family left alive traveling with the witcher, Yennefer of Vengerberg, a powerful mage who has lost her magic, and Geralt of Rivia, a Witcher, trying to protect his adopted child, Ciri.

This fantasy drama is created by Lauren S. Hissrich, the showrunner, who is trying to teach the world some messages through her exciting series. At the beginning of the Witcher Season 2, Geralt and Ciri are on their journey to Kaer Morhen, Geralt’s hometown, when the storm slows down their travel. They had to take refuge under an old friend of Geralt’s named Nivellen.

When Geralt entered Nivellen’s palace, he was surprised how he was a human but turned into a monster. Nivellen then explained that he is cursed because once, while drunk, he entered a temple and hurt a Priestess. Geralt and Nivellen are talking about how sometimes people look like monsters but aren’t, and sometimes humans, who don’t look like monsters, do some monstrous acts.

After these philosophical talks between Geralt and Nivellen, Ciri went into a guest room to get some rest. There a character entered, a girl-like creature crawling over the roof came really close to Ciri, which was Vereena. The creature was very beautiful in human form but was petrifying in vampire form. All these things happened in the episode ‘A Gain of Truth’ of season 2.

Who exactly is Vereena the Bruxa, and Who plays its role in The Witcher?

In the Witcher, Vereena is a bruxa, who is a kind of very powerful vampire that has the ability to take human form. They are a kind of vampires, but not the regular blood-sucking kind. Most of the time, this dark-haired being takes the form of a woman, but its real form is a large black bat that has sharp fangs and claws. Vereena, the bruxa, is a kind that is not affected by the sun and is capable of devouring entire human bodies. It is so powerful that it has the physical ability to take down a witcher as well.

Moving towards the actress playing the role, the Witcher Series on Netflix has featured an extremely gorgeous actress Agnes Born for the role of Vereena, the Bruxa. Agnes Born is from Norway was born in the 1990s. In the year 2020, Agnes was in her early 20’s but hadn’t revealed her age in public. She has played the roles of monsters in all of her movies and series, such as Just a Thought and The Witcher.

Agnes Born’s role of Vereena was such a powerful one that it captured the eyes of every single person. The beautiful yet innocent look on her face before turning into a bruxa was mesmerizing. The feature of vampires attracting individuals has worked well with the beauty of Agnes Born. Because of her amazing performance, almost every individual has become a fan of her.

The Transformation From Agnes to Vereena

Recently, a video was uploaded on a YouTube Channel named ‘Still Watching Netflix,’ which entailed the whole process of Agnes transforming into the bruxa, Vereena for the Witcher. The entire transformation was a lot of work, as we see the whole SFX of the Vereena. The makeup artists were working tirelessly with Agnes and Agnes, sitting still and carrying the weight of everything without complaining; even little shows the dedication actors put into their work.

The hardwork put in by the actors to make the outcome, the show successful is praiseworthy. The applause of the audience is their mightiest reward for all this dedication. The Witcher Series has included a lot of monsters, elves, humans, etc., who had to transform into the look needed for the role. Vereena, among others, is a character one can’t forget, and the Witcher series includes a lot of them. You can tell us about your favorite monster from the Witcher series below in the comments section.