She became a radiographer at the age of 13 for the Ministry of Education alongside José Vasconcelos and Fernanda Montenegro.
She also opened a theatre company at the Teatro Cultura Artística in São Paulo.
Nunes was hired by TV Paulista in 1951, which would soon end her film career.
She last appeared in a film in the 1957 flick Dorinha no soçaite, and subsequently focused on television.
Vera Nunes died in Campinas on 2 February 2021, at the age of 92.