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{{Short description|British-American actress}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Alice Evans
| name = Alice Evans
| image = Alice Evans and Peter Jason, DOD crop.jpg
| image = Alice Evans and Peter Jason, DOD crop.jpg
| imagesize =
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| caption = Evans during a tour of the Pentagon in 2006
| caption = Evans during a tour of the Pentagon in 2006
| birthname = Alice Jane Evans
| birthname = Alice Jane Evans
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|08|02|df=y}}
| birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
| birth_place = [[Bristol]], [[England]]
| birth_place = [[New Jersey]], U.S.
| citizenship = [[United Kingdom]]/[[United States]]<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/artists/alice-evans/biography Alice Evans' biodata], mtv.com; accessed 25 September 2014. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224113447/http://www.mtv.com/artists/alice-evans/biography/ |date=24 December 2015 }}</ref>
| citizenship = {{hlist|United Kingdom|United States<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151224113447/http://www.mtv.com/artists/alice-evans/biography/ Alice Evans' biodata], mtv.com; accessed 25 September 2014.</ref>}}
| occupation = Actress
| residence = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| years_active = {{ubl|1996–2015}}
| nationality = British
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Ioan Gruffudd]]|2007|2023|reason=divorced}}
| occupation = Actress
| children = 2
| years_active = 1996–2015
| spouse = [[Ioan Gruffudd]] (2007–present)
| parents = [[David Evans (mathematician)|David Evans]]
| children = 2
| parents = [[David Evans (mathematician)|David Evans]]<br />Janet Evans
}}
}}
'''Alice Evans''' is a British-American actress.
'''Alice Jane Evans''' is an English actress.<ref>[http://showbiz.sky.com/showbiz/picture_gallery/0,,50001-1253224,00.html Photo gallery], Showbiz.sky.com; accessed 23 September 2014. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629122227/http://showbiz.sky.com/showbiz/picture_gallery/0%2C%2C50001-1253224%2C00.html |date=29 June 2007 }}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Evans, the daughter of educators and the granddaughter of a coal miner, was born in [[Bristol]], England to English parents, mathematician [[David Evans (mathematician)|David Evans]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Alice Evans|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/700/000352641/|publisher=NNDB|accessdate=14 September 2017}}</ref> and Janet Evans. She was raised in [[Bristol]], England, along with her two British-born brothers, Anthony and Philip.<ref name="ES">"Meet La Belle Anglaise" by Anna Pursglove, ''Evening Standard'', 15 December 2000.</ref> She graduated from [[University College London]] with a [[2:1]] in French and Italian.<ref name="ES"/>
Evans was born in [[New Jersey]], [[United States|U.S.]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ioan-gruffudd-expecting-first-child-2113206|title=Ioan Gruffudd expecting first child|first=Robin|last=Turner|date=21 April 2009|website=Wales Online}}</ref> the daughter of a [[professor]] in [[applied mathematics]] and a teacher of [[English literature]], and was raised in [[Bristol]], [[England]]. She attended [[Blaise High School|Henbury School]], along with her two brothers.<ref name="ES">"Meet La Belle Anglaise" by Anna Pursglove, ''Evening Standard'', 15 December 2000.</ref> She graduated from [[University College London]] with a focus in French and Italian.<ref name="ES"/>


==Career==
==Career==
After graduation, she moved to Paris' [[Cours Florent]]. She gained work in French television, with her breakthrough role as French student Susan in the popular French sitcom, ''Elisa Top Modele'', which ran for 18 months. Next, she went to Italy to play "Nathalie", in the 1998 Italian miniseries ''[[Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna]]''. Her first English-speaking role was in the [[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]] episode 'Patient Number 7'. After making her first film, ''Monsieur Naphtali'' (1999), Oscar-winning director [[Claude Lelouch]] cast Evans as Macha in ''[[Une pour toutes]]'' (1999), alongside [[Sami Naceri]] and [[Anne Parillaud]].
After graduation, she enrolled at the [[Cours Florent]] in [[Paris]]. She gained work in French television, with her breakthrough role as French student Susan in the French sitcom, ''{{ill|Elisa Top Model|fr|Élisa, un roman photo}}'', which ran for 18 months. Next, she went to [[Italy]] to play "Nathalie", in the 1998 Italian miniseries ''[[Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna#Remake|Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna]]''. Her first English-speaking role was in the [[Highlander (TV series)|''Highlander'']] episode 'Patient Number 7'. After making her first film, ''{{ill|Monsieur Naphtali|fr}}'' (1999), director [[Claude Lelouch]] cast Evans as Macha in ''[[Une pour toutes]]'' (1999), alongside [[Samy Naceri]] and [[Anne Parillaud]].


In 1999, [[Disney]] cast Evans alongside [[Glenn Close]], [[Gérard Depardieu]] and her future husband, [[Ioan Gruffudd]], in ''[[102 Dalmatians]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Mia Sulpor|url=https://variety.com/2000/scene/vpage/disney-lets-dogs-out-1117789265|title=Disney lets dogs out|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=15 November 2000|accessdate=2 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=102 Dalmatians (2000)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/102-dalmatians-2000-2|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref> Evans' mother died at age 59, the day before Evans's final screen test for the role, which introduced her to British viewers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alice Evans Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262521/bio|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
In 1999, [[Disney]] cast Evans alongside [[Glenn Close]], [[Gérard Depardieu]], and her later husband, [[Ioan Gruffudd]], in ''[[102 Dalmatians]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Mia Sulpor|url=https://variety.com/2000/scene/vpage/disney-lets-dogs-out-1117789265|title=Disney lets dogs out|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=15 November 2000|access-date=2 June 2016|archive-date=16 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816122255/https://variety.com/2000/scene/vpage/disney-lets-dogs-out-1117789265/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=102 Dalmatians (2000)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/102-dalmatians-2000-2|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=15 November 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025811/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/102-dalmatians-2000-2|url-status=live}}</ref> Evans' mother died at age 59, the day before Evans's final [[screen test]] for the role, which introduced her to British viewers.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}


After appearing in ''[[Blackball (film)|Blackball]]'', she moved to Los Angeles in 2003. She has since appeared in both television and film, such as ''[[The Mentalist]]'', ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'', ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'', and ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]''. Evans also had a recurring turn as the villainous Esther on ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Shaunna Murphy|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2012/02/09/vampire-diaries-esther-arrives-alice-evans|title='The Vampire Diaries': Talk tonight's shocking twist, and find out what's next from producer Julie Plec|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=9 February 2012|accessdate=2 June 2016|quote=When Original vampire mama Esther (Alice Evans) returned to Mystic Falls after spending the last millennium six feet under, we knew she’d have some deeply hidden tricks up her sleeve.}}</ref> and ''[[The Originals (TV series)|The Originals]]''.
After appearing in ''[[Blackball (film)|Blackball]]'', she moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 2003. She has since appeared in both in films and in television series, including ''[[The Mentalist]]'', ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', and ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]''. Evans also had a recurring turn as the villainous Esther on ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Shaunna Murphy|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2012/02/09/vampire-diaries-esther-arrives-alice-evans|title='The Vampire Diaries': Talk tonight's shocking twist, and find out what's next from producer Julie Plec|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=9 February 2012|access-date=2 June 2016|quote=When Original vampire mama Esther (Alice Evans) returned to Mystic Falls after spending the last millennium six feet under, we knew she’d have some deeply hidden tricks up her sleeve.|archive-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108041826/http://www.ew.com/article/2012/02/09/vampire-diaries-esther-arrives-alice-evans|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[The Originals (TV series)|The Originals]]''.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Evans met actor [[Ioan Gruffudd]] during the filming of ''102 Dalmatians''.<ref name="late2007">Ioan Gruffudd, ''Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'', 21 February 2007.</ref> They became engaged on [[New Year's Day]] 2006 and married on 14 September 2007 in [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Mary Margaret|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20057165,00.html|title=Fantastic Four Star Ioan Gruffudd Gets Married|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=15 September 2007|access-date=23 September 2014|archive-date=31 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031044336/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20057165,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> They have two daughters, born in 2009 and 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Andrew Asare|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/10/02/ioan-gruffudd-alice-evans-baby|title=Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans welcome second child|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=2 October 2013|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> In January 2021, Evans announced their separation, which Gruffudd initiated.<ref>{{cite web|last=Juneau|first=Jen|date=26 January 2021|url=https://people.com/movies/ioan-gruffudd-leaving-family-wife-alice-evans-split/|title=Alice Evans Tweets Husband Ioan Gruffudd 'Has Announced He Is to Leave His Family': We Are 'Confused and Sad'|publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=6 March 2021|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205182309/https://people.com/movies/ioan-gruffudd-leaving-family-wife-alice-evans-split/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2021, Gruffudd filed for divorce from Evans.<ref>{{cite news|date=3 March 2021|title=Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd files for divorce from Alice Evans|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19131357.welsh-actor-ioan-gruffudd-files-divorce-alive-evans/|work=South Wales Argus|access-date=6 March 2021|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303095253/https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19131357.welsh-actor-ioan-gruffudd-files-divorce-alive-evans/|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2022, Gruffudd was granted a temporary [[domestic violence]] restraining order against Evans; he was then granted a three-year permanent [[restraining order]] in August 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fernández|first1=Alexia|title=Ioan Gruffudd Files for Domestic Violence Restraining Order Against Estranged Wife Alice Evans|url=https://people.com/movies/ioan-gruffudd-files-for-domestic-violence-restraining-order-against-estranged-wife-alice-evans/|website=People|date=16 February 2022|access-date=18 February 2022|archive-date=18 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218223809/https://people.com/movies/ioan-gruffudd-files-for-domestic-violence-restraining-order-against-estranged-wife-alice-evans/|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2023, Evans faced charges over allegedly breaching her restraining order on two occasions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Isobel |date=28 January 2023 |title=Alice Evans 'facing arrest after missing court appearance' over ex Ioan Gruffudd's restraining order |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/alice-evans-ioan-gruffudd-divorce-b2270432.html |website=independent |access-date=28 January 2023 |archive-date=28 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128083057/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/alice-evans-ioan-gruffudd-divorce-b2270432.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Evans pleaded not guilty to the charges, which were dropped in March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alice Evans Thanks Fans After Charges Are Dropped in Ioan Gruffudd Restraining Order Case (Report) |url=https://people.com/movies/alice-evans-thanks-fans-after-charges-are-dropped-in-ioan-gruffudd-restraining-order-case-report/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=16 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816122252/https://people.com/movies/alice-evans-thanks-fans-after-charges-are-dropped-in-ioan-gruffudd-restraining-order-case-report/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Evans first met actor [[Ioan Gruffudd]] during the filming of ''102 Dalmatians'', while she was in her eight-year relationship with Olivier Widmaier Picasso, a grandson of painter [[Pablo Picasso]]. She lived with Picasso in Paris, and they became engaged but later broke up.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lucy Cavendish|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4721154/La-jeune-fille-anglaise.html|title=La jeune fille anglaise|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=22 January 2001|accessdate=2 June 2016}}</ref>


In 2017, following a slew of [[sexual assault]] allegations against film producer [[Harvey Weinstein]], Evans claimed that 15 years prior, in 2002, Weinstein made sexual advances towards her, which she declined. Evans said that Weinstein insinuated that her rejection would affect her and Gruffudd's careers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kiefer |first1=Halle |title=Actress Alice Evans Wonders What Effect Rejecting Harvey Weinstein Had on Her and Her Husband's Careers |date=14 October 2017 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/alice-evans-pens-essay-about-rejecting-harvey-weinstein.html |access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>
Gruffudd stated on ''[[The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson]]'' that he and Evans became engaged on New Year's Day 2006 after Evans gave him an ultimatum, declaring that after 7 years together she wasn't going to hang around any longer unless she was his wife.<ref name=late2007>Ioan Gruffudd, ''Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'', 21 February 2007.</ref> They married on 14 September 2007 in Mexico.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Mary Margaret|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20057165,00.html|title=Fantastic Four Star Ioan Gruffudd Gets Married|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=15 September 2007|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> The couple resides in [[Los Angeles, California]], and have two daughters, Ella Betsi Janet (born 6 September 2009) and Elsie Marigold (born 13 September 2013). <ref>{{cite magazine|author=Andrew Asare|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/10/02/ioan-gruffudd-alice-evans-baby|title=Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans welcome second child|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=2 October 2013|accessdate=2 June 2016}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Select filmography==
===Film===
===Film===
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| 1999
|''Rewind''
| ''[[Une pour toutes]]''
|Helga
| Macha Desachy
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|1999
|''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]''
|Perky Girl
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|-
|1999
|''The Escort''
|Sue
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|2000
|''[[One 4 All]]''
|Macha Desachy
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| 2000
| 2000
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| 2001
| 2001
| ''[[Ma femme s'appelle Maurice]]''
| ''[[Ma femme s'appelle Maurice|My Wife Maurice]]''
| Emmanuelle
| Emmanuelle
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| Kelly Vance
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|2005
|''Four Corners of Suburbia''
|Susan Harris
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| 2006
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| 2007
| 2006
| ''[[Dangerous Parking]]''
| ''[[The Christmas Card]]''
| Faith Spelman
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|-
| 2006
|''[[Dangerous Parking]]''
| Etta
| Etta
|
|
|-
|2007
|''Save Angel Hope''
|Sonia Zeller
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|-
|2007
|''Agent Crush''
|Alex
|Voice
|-
|2009
|''Reunion''
|Minerva
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|-
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| 2013
| 2013
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| Sandra
| Sandra
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|-
|2018
|''The Liquid Psychologist''
|Herself
|Short
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| Episode: "Une belle maman"
| Episode: "Une belle maman"
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|-
| 1998–2000
| 1998
| ''Le Ragazze di Piazza di Spagna''
| ''Le Ragazze di Piazza di Spagna''
| Nathalie
| Nathalie
| [unknown episodes]
| 6 episodes
|-
|-
| 2001
| 2001
| ''Best of Both Worlds''
| ''Best of Both Worlds''
| Diane Sullivan
| Diane Sullivan
| [unknown episodes]
| 3 episodes
|-
|-
| 2003
| 2003
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| Leslie Warner
| Leslie Warner
| Episode: "Bait"
| Episode: "Bait"
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|2006
|''[[Mayo (TV series)|Mayo]]''
|Clair Wishart
|Episode: "Killing Me Softly"
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|-
| 2006
| 2006
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| Faith Spelman
| Faith Spelman
| Television film
| Television film
|-
|2007
|''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
|Heather Mills
|Voice; episode: "The Freak Book"
|-
|-
| 2009
| 2009
| ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''
| ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]''
| Younger Eloise Hawking
| Younger Eloise Hawking
| 3 episodes
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Mentalist]]''
| Ilsa Engels
| Episode: “Red Letter”
|-
|2010
|''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]''
|Dr. Evans
|Episode: "Get a Room"
|-
|-
| 2011–12
| 2011–12
| ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''
| ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''
| Esther
| Esther Mikaelson
| 6 episodes
| 6 episodes
|-
|2011
|''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]''
|Dr. Felicity Milton
|Episode: "Brody"
|-
|2011
|''[[American Dad!]]''
|Birth Show Narrator
|Episode: "Home Wrecker"
|-
|-
| 2012
| 2012
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| 2014–15
| 2014–15
| ''[[The Originals (TV series)|The Originals]]''
| ''[[The Originals (TV series)|The Originals]]''
| Esther
| Esther Mikaelson
| 3 episodes
| 3 episodes
|}
|}
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| 1996
| 1996
| ''[[MegaRace 2]]''
| ''[[MegaRace 2]]''
| Co-host of the racing show ''[[MegaRace 2]]''
|Co-host of the racing show ''[[MegaRace 2]]''
| Her name is different each time it is mentioned.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alice Evans|url=https://lockerdome.com/7227497582574145/7227497582574150|publisher=Lockerdome|accessdate=15 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MegaRace 2 (DOS)|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/megarace-2/credits|publisher=Moby Games|accessdate=15 December 2015}}</ref>
|Her name is different each time it is mentioned.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alice Evans|url=https://lockerdome.com/7227497582574145/7227497582574150|publisher=Lockerdome|access-date=15 December 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104554/https://lockerdome.com/7227497582574145/7227497582574150|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MegaRace 2 (DOS)|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/megarace-2/credits|publisher=Moby Games|access-date=15 December 2015|archive-date=16 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816122320/https://www.mobygames.com/game/1049/megarace-2/credits/dos/?autoplatform=true|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 15:05, 22 December 2024

For other people named Alice Evans, see Alice Evans (disambiguation).

Alice Evans
Evans during a tour of the Pentagon in 2006
Born
Alice Jane Evans

New Jersey, U.S.
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[1]
OccupationActress
Years active
  • 1996–2015
Spouse
​
​
(m. 2007; div. 2023)​
Children2
ParentDavid Evans

Alice Evans is a British-American actress.

Early life

Evans was born in New Jersey, U.S.,[2] the daughter of a professor in applied mathematics and a teacher of English literature, and was raised in Bristol, England. She attended Henbury School, along with her two brothers.[3] She graduated from University College London with a focus in French and Italian.[3]

Career

After graduation, she enrolled at the Cours Florent in Paris. She gained work in French television, with her breakthrough role as French student Susan in the French sitcom, Elisa Top Model [fr], which ran for 18 months. Next, she went to Italy to play "Nathalie", in the 1998 Italian miniseries Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna. Her first English-speaking role was in the Highlander episode 'Patient Number 7'. After making her first film, Monsieur Naphtali [fr] (1999), director Claude Lelouch cast Evans as Macha in Une pour toutes (1999), alongside Samy Naceri and Anne Parillaud.

In 1999, Disney cast Evans alongside Glenn Close, Gérard Depardieu, and her later husband, Ioan Gruffudd, in 102 Dalmatians.[4][5] Evans' mother died at age 59, the day before Evans's final screen test for the role, which introduced her to British viewers.[citation needed]

After appearing in Blackball, she moved to Los Angeles in 2003. She has since appeared in both in films and in television series, including The Mentalist, Brothers & Sisters, Lost, and Grimm. Evans also had a recurring turn as the villainous Esther on The Vampire Diaries[6] and The Originals.

Personal life

Evans met actor Ioan Gruffudd during the filming of 102 Dalmatians.[7] They became engaged on New Year's Day 2006 and married on 14 September 2007 in Mexico.[8] They have two daughters, born in 2009 and 2013.[9] In January 2021, Evans announced their separation, which Gruffudd initiated.[10] In March 2021, Gruffudd filed for divorce from Evans.[11] In February 2022, Gruffudd was granted a temporary domestic violence restraining order against Evans; he was then granted a three-year permanent restraining order in August 2022.[12] In January 2023, Evans faced charges over allegedly breaching her restraining order on two occasions.[13] Evans pleaded not guilty to the charges, which were dropped in March 2023.[14]

In 2017, following a slew of sexual assault allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein, Evans claimed that 15 years prior, in 2002, Weinstein made sexual advances towards her, which she declined. Evans said that Weinstein insinuated that her rejection would affect her and Gruffudd's careers.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Rewind Helga
1999 10 Things I Hate About You Perky Girl
1999 The Escort Sue
2000 One 4 All Macha Desachy
2000 102 Dalmatians Chloe Simon
2001 My Wife Maurice Emmanuelle
2002 The Abduction Club Catherine Kennedy
2003 Blackball Kerry Speight
2004 Fascination Kelly Vance
2005 Four Corners of Suburbia Susan Harris
2006 Hollywood Dreams Vida
2006 The Christmas Card Faith Spelman
2006 Dangerous Parking Etta
2007 Save Angel Hope Sonia Zeller
2007 Agent Crush Alex Voice
2009 Reunion Minerva
2013 Liars All Sandra
2018 The Liquid Psychologist Herself Short

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996–99 Elisa Top Modèle Clara 22 episode; aka Elisa
1996 Strangers Charlotte Episode: "Crash"
1997 Highlander: The Series Kyra Episode: "Patient Number 7"
1998 Au cœur de la loi Muriel Highsmith Episode: "En vert et contre tous"
1998 H Sabri's Girlfriend Episode: "Une belle maman"
1998–2000 Le Ragazze di Piazza di Spagna Nathalie 6 episodes
2001 Best of Both Worlds Diane Sullivan 3 episodes
2003 CSI: Miami Leslie Warner Episode: "Bait"
2006 Mayo Clair Wishart Episode: "Killing Me Softly"
2006 The Christmas Card Faith Spelman Television film
2007 Curb Your Enthusiasm Heather Mills Voice; episode: "The Freak Book"
2009 Lost Younger Eloise Hawking 3 episodes
2010 The Mentalist Ilsa Engels Episode: “Red Letter”
2010 Brothers & Sisters Dr. Evans Episode: "Get a Room"
2011–12 The Vampire Diaries Esther Mikaelson 6 episodes
2011 Brothers & Sisters Dr. Felicity Milton Episode: "Brody"
2011 American Dad! Birth Show Narrator Episode: "Home Wrecker"
2012 Grimm Mia Gaudot Episode: "Over My Dead Body"
2014–15 The Originals Esther Mikaelson 3 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
1996 MegaRace 2 Co-host of the racing show MegaRace 2 Her name is different each time it is mentioned.[16][17]

References

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  17. ^ "MegaRace 2 (DOS)". Moby Games. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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