Possible Clues:

• Start of an open letter from the puzzle constructor: 'Dear ___, you seem a bit confused about what the V. P. does every day, so here are some helpful hints ...'
• Thespian Bernhardt
• ''The Terminator'' heroine
• It was a Top 10 album for Men At Work
• She played Carrie in "Sex and the City"
• Lloyd Webber ex
• ___ Connor of 'The Terminator'
• ___ Gamp, nurse in 'Martin Chuzzlewit'
• Fergie, less familiarly
• Jazz maven Vaughan