Caroline Dhavernas
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Caroline Dhavernas (born May 15, 1978 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress. Dhavernas is best known in the United States as "Jaye" from the short-lived television series Wonderfalls on Fox.
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[edit] Career
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 in the episode "Girl Most Likely" (12x17).
Her most high-profile work to date is as the central character in Wonderfalls. Dhavernas plays Jaye, a university graduate from a wealthy family who lives in a trailer and works at the Wonderfalls Gift Emporium, a Niagara Falls gift shop. One of the quirks of the show is Jaye's ability to hear inanimate objects speaking to her, and encouraging her to help other people. Dhavernas has described the show as being like "Touched by an Angel on acid". The show received widespread critical praise, but Fox canceled the show after four airings. Millions of fans signed a petition to try to get the show to stay but only partly succeeded with 20th Century Fox only releasing the DVD (the complete 13 episodes DVD is now available).
Since the cancellation of Wonderfalls, Dhavernas has continued to appear in Canadian-made features, including Niagara Motel and These Girls. She also appears in the 2006 film Hollywoodland about the death of actor George Reeves, as well as in the 2007 film Breach.
She also has the lead role in Surviving My Mother (which went under the working title of The Yellow Woman), a movie directed by Émile Gaudreault which premiered at the Festival des films du monde of Montreal on August 28, 2007. The wider theatrical release was November 2, 2007.
Upcoming projects include The Cry of the Owl (2009), a movie adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name and Passchendaele, a film written and directed by Paul Gross about the Battle of Passchendaele. Said Dhavernas about the latter, "It's a beautiful film and I'm really, really happy to be part of it. It's about Battle of Passchendaele, which was a very important battle for Canadians and it's a big part of our history. It was just so amazing to be privileged to live a little part of that history."[1]
[edit] Trivia
- She is the daughter of the Québécois actors Sébastien Dhavernas and Michèle Deslauriers.
- Her sister Gabrielle Dhavernas specialises in dubbing. The voice timbre of both actresses is very similar, so similar that Gabrielle can dub the voice of Caroline.
- She learned English at a very young age, as her parents sent her to an English-speaking elementary school.
- She trained for 2 months with the Pointe-Claire Swim Club to convincingly portray Marilyn Bell who was the first to cross 32-mile Lake Ontario in 1954.
- She did her own voice-overs for the French translation of Wonderfalls.
- 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).
[edit] Filmography
- The Cry of the Owl (2009) .... Nickie Grace
- Passchendaele (2008) .... Sarah Mann
- Surviving My Mother (2007) .... Bianca
- Breach (2007) .... Juliana O'Neill
- La belle bête (2006) .... Isabelle-Marie
- Hollywoodland (2006) .... Kit Holliday
- Comme tout le monde (2006) .... Claire
- Niagara Motel (2006) .... Loretta
- These Girls (2005) .... Keira St-George
- Wonderfalls (13 episodes, 2004) .... Jaye Tyler
- Nez rouge (2003) .... Nathalie Lachance
- The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp (2003) .... Passion Hockmeister
- The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003) .... Passion Hockmeister
- The Baroness and the Pig (2002) .... Emily
- Law & Order (1 episode, 2002) .... Alicia Milford
- Edge of Madness (2002) .... Annie Herron (also performs "My Love's Like A Red, Red Rose")
- Les moutons de Jacob (2002) .... Caroline
- Out Cold (2001) .... Anna
- Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (2001) .... Marilyn Bell
- Lost and Delirious (2001) .... Kara
- The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (1 episode, 2000) .... Angélique Doré
- Tag (TV series, 2000) .... Stéphanie
- L'île de sable (1999) .... Manou
- Le polock (TV series, 1999) .... Camille Langlois
- Running Home (1999) .... Jessica
- Réseaux (TV series, 1998) .... Christine
- Lobby (TV series, 1997) .... Roxanne
- L'oreille de Joé (short film, 1996) ....
- Urgence (TV series, 1996-1997) .... Josianne Villeneuve
- Cap Tourmente (1993) .... Valérie Huot
- Zap (TV series, 1993-1996) .... Isabelle Daigneault
- Marilyn (TV series, 1991-1993) .... Abeille
- Comme un Voleur (1990) .... Gabrielle
[edit] Awards
- Genie Awards: Nominated for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role" for Niagara Motel (2006).
- Genie Awards: Nominated for "Best Achievement in Music - Original Song" for La belle bête (2006) shared with Patrick Watson for the song "Trace-Moi".
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