Alice Evans
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| Alice Jane Evans | |
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 Evans in 2006 |
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| Born | Alice Jane Evans August 2, 1971 Bristol, England, UK |
| Spouse(s) | Ioan Gruffudd (2007 - present) |
Alice Jane Evans (born August 2, 1971) is an English actress. She is most widely recognised as the wife of Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd but also attracts media commentary for her unusual fashion choices [1][2][3][4] and passing resemblance to Alexis Arquette, and according to some, to David Hasselhoff, in the late stages of his career. [5]
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[edit] Biography
Evans, the daughter of educators, was born in Summit, New Jersey, USA [6] but grew up in Bristol, England.[7] She graduated from University College London after receiving a 2:1 in French and Italian.[7]
Evans had an eight-year relationship with Olivier Picasso, the grandson of painter Pablo Picasso.[8] She briefly enjoyed 'It-Girl' status whilst living with Picasso in Paris and they became engaged.[9] Ioan Gruffudd stated on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that he became engaged to Evans in the early hours of New Year's Day 2006 after Evans gave him an ultimatum.[6] They met during the production of 102 Dalmatians and were dating unofficially until Evans gave an interview revealing their relationship shortly before the premiere of Black Hawk Down to the Daily Express. They married on September 14, 2007 in Mexico.[10]
Gruffudd removed his funding and support of his largest fan-site, Ioanonline.com [1] as a result of comments made about Evans on the site, and elsewhere on the Internet, which angered her.[2] Evans had emailed the site's owner to demand that a moderator from the site be banned, as Evans believed she had vandalised her Wikipedia page and had threatened her well-being.[3] Evans has never produced any evidence to support these claims, but the fan-site was nonetheless closed on April 30, 2007. [4]
In April 2008, Gruffudd was seen sporting a black eye. [5] At the Welsh Baftas later that month, Gruffudd confirmed that the injury was caused by Evans accidentally hitting him with a golf club. [6]
[edit] Roles
[edit] Film
- Dangerous Parking (2007) .... Etta
- Save Angel Hope (2007) .... Sonia Zeller
- Hollywood Dreams (2006) .... Vida
- Four Corners of Suburbia (2005) .... Susan Harris
- Fascination (2004) .... Kelly Vance
- Black Ball (2003) .... Kerry Speight
- The Abduction Club (2002) .... Catherine Kennedy
- 102 Dalmatians (2000) ....Chloe Simon
- Une pour toutes (1999) .... Macha Desachy ... aka One 4 All (Europe: English title)
- Mauvaise passe (1999) .... Sue
- Monsieur Naphtali (1999) .... Caroline
- Rewind (1998) .... Helga
[edit] Television
- The Christmas Card (2006) .... Faith
- Au coeur de la loi - En vert et contre tous (1998).... Muriel Highsmith
- "H" - Une belle maman (year unknown) .... Ramzi's Girlfriend
- Ragazze di Piazza di Spagna, Le (1998).... Nathalie
- Highlander - Patient Number 7 (1997) .... Kyra
- Elisa top modèle (1996) ... aka Elisa, un roman photo (France: informal alternative title)
- Strangers- Crash (1996) .... Charlotte
[edit] Quotes
- "I love going out and it is a bit sad when the photographers stop asking you for your picture."[7]
- "I'd rather have Prada shoes than eat." [11]
- "Good Lord. I’d be lying if I said I’d never Googled myself, but it honestly never occurred to me to add ‘naked’ to my search criteria. Sure enough, there have been five nude ‘episodes’. And I know this is self-destructive but somehow I find myself on a ‘nudescenes’ forum where linus22 is arguing that I have odd-shaped nipples. Do I? Oh God! That thought never occurred to me! One more for the self-esteem list."[12]
- "The British male has no interest in women. You could get all your clothes off and lie on the sofa and go 'Come and get me baby' and they go, 'Wanna cuppa tea?'"[13]
- "I fought the director for a week to stay blonde, but, eventually, I had to give in. It's amazing how differently people react to you if you're not a blonde. Shortly after I'd dyed it, I walked past a building site and got no reaction whatsoever, and then I tried to get a cab and not one stopped. Getting a cab in London is difficult at the best of times, but being blonde certainly helps."[11]
- "And I'm amazed at how many guys hit on you when you're brunette. I've had a few occasions where I've found a stray hand on my knee, which never happened when I was an icy blonde. Blokes obviously get drunk and think: 'I might as well try it on a brunette - she'll probably be grateful.'"[11]
- "I trust him implicitly but that doesn't stop women coming on to him. It infuriates me when women approach him [Ioan] and kiss him full on the mouth right in front of me. They obviously don't think of me as any competition now that I'm a brunette. I think I might have to go blonde again!"[14]
- "I went brunette for a film called Fascination and I loved it."[15]
- "It must be hard just to be someone's girlfriend."[16]
[edit] References
- ^ Sky Showbiz - Alice Evans
- ^ Go Fug Yourself: Emmy Pre-Party Fug: Alice Evans
- ^ Catwalk Queen: Oscar frock horrors - CQ's letters to the stars
- ^ Alice's ribbons miss the mark - Dos and Don'ts | Glamour
- ^ Mr. Fantastic's Wife: Simon Likes Trannies! - TMZ.com
- ^ a b Ioan Gruffudd, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, February 21, 2007
- ^ a b c "Meet La Belle Anglaise" By Anna Pursglove Evening Standard 15.12.00
- ^ Thisislondon.co.uk website
- ^ Telegraph.co.uk website
- ^ Fantastic Four Star Ioan Gruffudd Gets Married : People.com
- ^ a b c "She may have lost a Picasso..." The Daily Express 15 January 2001
- ^ Alice Evans' May 2007 Glamour Magazine column "Do I Dare to Bare"
- ^ John Parry article quoting an Evans interview done for The Sunday Times in The Argus July 2002 "Think of it this way"
- ^ "Alice in Wonderland" The Sunday Times Style magazine 14 July 2002
- ^ Alice Evans' March 2007 Glamour Magazine column "Bright Lights, Big Hair"
- ^ Alice in Ioan land - icWales
