Biography
Vella Lovell (born September 13, 1985) is an American actress, best known for playing Heather in The CW comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Khadija in The Big Sick. Lovell attended Interlochen Arts Camp and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy. She then went on to graduate from Juilliard in New York City.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Hiawatha
2025
as Claire
Two long-distance lovers search for a way forward (or backward) when the bedrock of their twenty-year relationship cracks. A midwestern rumination on ...
Kiff Lore of the Ring Light
2025
as Candle Fox
Kiff and her friends go on an adventure to destroy a ring light of immense power.
Kiff: The Haunting of Miss McGravy's House
2024
as Candle Fox
Kiff and her friends haunt a house on Halloween to save it from being sold, but something else may be there with them.
Once More, Like Rain Man
2024
as Producer 5.2
‘It’s up to you to make a future that has you in it…’ We follow Zoe and her dad, Gerry in a ‘day in the life’ of an autistic actress running the gambi...
Your Place or Mine
2023
When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into each other's lives that could open the door to love...
Mack & Rita
2022
as Katie
A 30-year-old spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transformed into her 70-year-old self.
A Clüsterfünke Christmas
2021
as Holly Jenkins
A celebratory parody of the traditional TV holiday romance that follows Holly, a go-getter real estate exec from New York City who heads to a small to...
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Harper Pitt
An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.
Speed of Life
2020
as Laura
The film follows a woman who has a chance to reflect on her life when a wormhole opens upon David Bowie’s death.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It's Over
2019
as Self
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It’s Over” is a peek behind the curtain as the team behind the award-winning comedy series “Crazy Ex-Girlfrien...
The Christmas Chronicles
2018
as Wendy
Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017
as Jen (uncredited)
Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further chaos when he’s surprisingly invited to attend her...
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017
Thanks
Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further chaos when he’s surprisingly invited to attend her...
The Big Sick
2017
as Khadija
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a myster...
Visitors
2013
as Featured Human
From the director of KOYAANISQATSI, an astonishing film that documents the drama of how we both live and witness what we experience. Shot in rich blac...