Vica Kerekes was born to an ethnic Hungarian mother and a father of Hungarian descent. After studying at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, she moved to Budapest in 2001 where she met her Future husband, Artist Csaba Vigh. She made her cinematic debut in 2004 with the Slovak film Konečná stanica. To the international audience, Kerekes is known for the 2011 film Men in Hope. She divorced in 2012 after having lived together for six years and being separated for a year.