Jenny Evans | |
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| Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
Jenny Evans is an investigative journalist and producer. As a teenager she starred in a movie, Twin Town . Her 2025 memoir documents her thirty-year search for justice, after being sexually assaulted. [1]
Evans grew up in Abergavenny, with an older brother, Will. Her father, Keith Evans, died when she was 13. [1] Her brother died in a house fire in Bristol, in 2001. [2]
As a teenager, Evans made her debut film appearance in 1997 in the dark comedy Twin Town . This film has been described as a cult classic. [3] [4] Soon after making the film, Evans was sexually assaulted in London by a man, who was in the public eye. She left acting, but after studying for a degree at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, [1] went on to became an investigative journalist, producer and documentary maker. [5]
Her producing and directing credits include the 2017 Channel 4 documentary on the wealth gap in Britain seen through the lens of two dogs, Rich Dog, Poor Dog [6] [7]
In 2025, Evans published her memoir, Don't Let it Break You, Honey. [8] The title of the memoir came from words that Maya Angelou said to Evans, after they met at the Hay Festival when Evans was a teenager. [9] Evans’ memoir documents her search for justice after her sexual assault; and of the chain of events that followed, when her disclosures to the police ended up being printed in the tabloid newspapers. Evans worked as a researcher for the investigative journalist Nick Davies, whose work uncovered the depths of the phone hacking scandal. [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1997 | Twin Town | Bonny Cartwright | [10] |
| 2021 | La Cha Cha | Brenda Whippy | [11] |