Lini Evans

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Lini Evans
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Born
Occupation(s)Singer, Actress
SpouseRoss Mitchell (married 2022-present)
Musical career
GenresMultilingual, jazz, adult contemporary
Website www.linievans.com

Lini Evans is a Canadian singer and actress born in Calgary, Alberta. Evans states to be self-taught and proficient in singing across eight languages in addition to speaking four of them: [1] English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, French, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.[ citation needed ]

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A couple of noteworthy performances of Evans include singing her bilingual (Japanese-English) rendition of “The End of the World” in Season One, Episode Eight of The Man in the High Castle , and the finale duet of the "Our Chinese Heart" concert at Rogers Arena [2] [1] [3] with Han Lei. Evans has also performed for the Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, and Japanese royalty in Kobe [ citation needed ]. She has performed alongside well-known Asian pop titans including, Andy Lau, and A-Mei. [4]

Evans portrayed Betty Logan, the mother to actress Lacey Chabert character in the television movie "The Tree That Saved Christmas". This movie became the highest-rated Up original movie of all-time (as of 2015) and was directed by David Winning. [5] [6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Untold Stories of the E.R. Mrs. SmithEpisode: "Death Breath"
2010 Smallville ReporterEpisode "Luthor"
2011 Fairly Legal Mrs. GardnerEpisode "Benched"
2011Jake and Jasper: A Ferret TaleMrs. TylerFilm
2012 Alcatraz Annie HastingsEpisode: "Guy Hastings"
2012 Supernatural Debra HarperEpisode: "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie"
2012 Untold Stories of the E.R. Donna JornlinEpisode: "Never Say Die"
2012Health NutzBeatrice WoolawooEpisode: "Beatrice Woolawoo"
2012 Arctic Air TV ReporterEpisode: "The Professional"
2012Do You Really Want to Know?Mary-Lou RoderDocumentary
2012 Arrow Business SuitEpisode: "Lone Gunmen"
2013Health NutzBeatrice WoolawooEpisode: "Juice, Jesus and Rock & Roll"
2013Kill For Me911 OperatorFilm
2014KitsMs. JamesTV movie
2014–2015 Bates Motel Amelia Martin3 episodes
2014The TalentSusanEpisode: "Talented"
2014The Tree That Saved ChristmasBetty LoganTV movie (UP)
2014 Rush ModeratorEpisode: "You Spin Me Around"
2015Love, AgainBrittany HoffbrauerTV movie (Hallmark)
2015 The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story Candy SpellingTV movie (Lifetime)
2015 The Man in the High Castle Nightclub SingerSeason 1 Episode 8: "The End of the World"
2015 The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story Candy SpellingTV movie (Lifetime)
2016Who Killed My HusbandJean HowellTV movie (Lifetime)
2016Unleashing Mr. DarcyLinda ScottTV movie (Hallmark)
2016 Stop the Wedding BelleTV movie (Hallmark)
2016Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden MysterySaleswomanTV movie (Hallmark)
2017Walking the DogBarbTV movie (Hallmark)
2017The ArrangementSueTV series
2017Harvest LoveGrace GilsonTV movie (Hallmark)
2018Marrying Mr. DarcyLinda ScottTV movie (Hallmark)
2018Falling for YouPatty HathawayTV movie (Hallmark)
2019Last Stand to NowhereSadie BrownFilm
2019Darrow & Darrow 4: Burden of ProofCarol MorrisonTV movie (Hallmark)
2019Christmas UnleashedBev HuttonTV movie (Lifetime)
2020Time For Us to Come Home For ChristmasKarenTV movie (Hallmark Movies and Mysteries)
2021Raise a Glass to LoveLynn SavernTV movie (Hallmark)
2021Gingerbread MiracleVanessa OwensTV movie (Hallmark)
2022–2024 Resident Alien Bethany Bloom2 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 Andrews, Marke (20 April 1999). "Multilingual Evans to sing for Zhu". The Vancouver Sun. p. B10.
  2. Sin, Lena (23 April 2009). "Gala evening showcases Shanghai". The Province. Canada.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  3. Parry, Malcolm (31 October 2002). "Town Talk". The Vancouver Sun. p. B3.
  4. "Multilingual vocalist start in RAPBA's annual gala". The Review. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  5. Hale, Mike (21 November 2014). "Christmas With Death, Heels and Uplift". The New York Times.
  6. "The Tree That Saved Christmas Sets Record As Highest Rated UP Original Of All-Time Reaches 2.1 Million Viewers". UPtv-Press Releases 2014 Archives. 3 December 2014.