Veronica Lake (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973) was an American film actress and pin-up model. She received both popular and critical acclaim, most notably for her role in Sullivan's Travels and her femme fatale roles in film noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s, and was well-known for her peek-a-boo hairstyle. Her success did not last; she had a string of broken marriages and long struggles with mental illness and alcoholism until she died of hepatitis.

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Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (Brooklyn, Nova York, 14 de novembre de 1922-Burlington, Vermont, 7 de juliol de 1973), coneguda com Veronica Lake, va ser una actriu i model pin-up nord-americana. El 1938, es van traslladar a Beverly Hills, Califòrnia, on la seva mare la va matricular a la cèlebre Bliss-Hayden School of Acting al Beverly Hills Playhouse. La seva primera aparició a la pantalla va ser un petit paper en un film de la RKO: "Sorority House" (1939). Van seguir treballs similars, incloent "All Women Have Secrets" i "Dancing Co-Ed". Al rodatge de "Sorority House", el director John Farrow es va adonar per primera vegada que el floc de cabells que cobria el seu ull dret li donava un aire misteriós, realçant poderosament el seu atractiu natural. Va ser presentada al productor de la Paramount Arthur Hornblow Jr., que li va canviar el nom pel de Veronica Lake. El cognom feia referència als seus profunds ulls blaus.