Caroline Dhavernas

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Caroline Dhavernas
Dhavernas in Wonderfalls
Born	May 15, 1978 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Notable roles	"Jaye Tyler" in Wonderfalls

Caroline Dhavernas (born May 15, 1978 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress. Dhavernas is best known as "Jaye" from the short-lived television series Wonderfalls on Fox.

[edit] Career

She is the daughter of the Quebecois actors Sébastien Dhavernas and Michèle Deslauriers. She began her career at the age of 8, dubbing voices for television productions such as Babar. At the age of 12 she began her acting career in the film Comme un Voleur (1990).

Dhavernas portrayed swimmer Marilyn Bell in the made-for-television movie Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (1999). Other notable films have included a leading role in Edge of Madness (2002), and supporting roles in Out Cold (2001) and Lost and Delirious (2001). She also had a notable role on Law & Order as a closeted, gay teenager who killed her girlfriend.

Her most high-profile work to date was as the central character in Wonderfalls. Dhavernas played Jaye, a university graduate from a wealthy family who lived in a trailer and worked at the Wonderfalls Gift Emporium, a Niagara Falls gift shop. One of the quirks of the show was Jaye's ability to hear inanimate objects speaking to her, and encouraging her to help other people. Dhavernas described the show as being like "Touched by an Angel on acid." The show received widespread critical praise, but Fox cancelled the show after four airings. (A DVD of the complete 13 episodes is now available.)

Since the cancellation of Wonderfalls, Dhavernas has continued to appear in Canadian-made features, including Niagara Motel and These Girls. Dhavernas appears in the 2006 film Hollywoodland about the death of actor George Reeves, as well as the 2007 film Breach.

[edit] Trivia

Her first name is pronounced like "Carolyn" because of her French-Canadian heritage.
Her last name is roughly pronounced "Daverna" for the English-speaking audience but originally pronounced "Davernaus" (aus like house).