Lini Evans
| Lini Evans | |
|---|---|
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| Chinese name | 伊韻絲 (traditional) |
| Born | Calgary, Canada |
| Occupation | Singer, Actress |
| Official website |
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Lini Evans is a Canadian singer and actress. She stars alongside Lacey Chabert in one of The New York Times' Top 5 Holiday TV movies "The Tree That Saved Christmas" which set records as the highest rated Up original movie of all-time and was directed by David Winning.[1][2]
Among other roles on Film & TV, she plays Nicola Peltz's mother Amelia Martin on Bates Motel, Debra Harper on Supernatural, and was Annie Hastings on J.J. Abrams' series Alcatraz. Lini will next be seen starring opposite Teri Polo and Paul Johansson in The Hallmark Channel movie Love, Again (formerly titled The Last Resort).[3]
Residing in Vancouver, B.C., and traveling world-wide, Calgary-born Evans sings in eight languages including Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese. She has performed for Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, Japanese royalty and with Han Lei for the Mandarin duet finale of renowned Our Chinese Heart concert at Rogers Arena.[4][5][6]
Other prominent performances were on national television in China with Dashan and with Asian pop titans Andy Lau and A-Mei in Taiwan for President Ma Ying-jeou and 30,000 people at an outdoor concert for The Broadcasting Corporation of China.[7] She often performs on Fairchild Television such as for their All-Star shows and 2008 Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant.[8]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Little Samantha Tripp | Miss Tripp | Film |
| 2007 | Maybe He’ll Catch Fire | Mom | Film |
| 2008 | Rewind | TV Newscaster | Film |
| 2010 | Untold Stories of the E.R. | Mrs. Smith | Episode: "Death Breath" |
| 2010 | Smallville | Reporter | Episode "Luthor" |
| 2011 | Kept | Bethany | Film |
| 2011 | Fairly Legal | Mrs. Gardner | Episode "Benched" |
| 2011 | Jake and Jasper: A Ferret Tale | Mrs. Tyler | Film |
| 2012 | Alcatraz | Annie Hastings | Episode: "Guy Hastings" |
| 2012 | Supernatural | Debra Harper | Episode: "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie" |
| 2012 | Untold Stories of the E.R. | Donna Jornlin | Episode: "Never Say Die" |
| 2012 | Health Nutz | Beatrice Woolawoo | Episode: "Beatrice Woolawoo" |
| 2012 | Arctic Air | TV Reporter | Episode: "The Professional" |
| 2012 | Do You Really Want to Know? | Mary-Lou Roder | Documentary |
| 2012 | Arrow | Business Suit | Episode: "Lone Gunmen" |
| 2013 | Health Nutz | Beatrice Woolawoo | Episode: "Juice, Jesus and Rock & Roll" |
| 2013 | Kill For Me | 911 Operator | Film |
| 2014 | Kits | Ms. James | TV movie |
| 2014 | Bates Motel | Amelia Martin | Episode: "Gone But Not Forgotten" |
| 2014 | The Talent | Susan | Episode: "Talented" |
| 2014 | The Tree That Saved Christmas | Betty Logan | TV movie |
| 2014 | Rush | Moderator | Episode: "You Spin Me Around" |
| 2015 | Bates Motel | Amelia Martin | Episodes: "Crazy" and "Unconscious" |
| 2015 | Love, Again | Brittany Hoffbrauer | TV movie |
References
- ↑ Hale, Mike (21 November 2014). "Christmas With Death, Heels and Uplift". The New York Times (Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.).
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (23 March 2015). "Teri Polo, Paul Johansson Join ‘Last Resort’". Deadline.com.
- ↑ Sin, Lena (23 April 2009). "Gala evening showcases Shanghai". The Province (Canada.com).
- ↑ Andrews, Marke (20 April 1999). "Multilingual Evans to sing for Zhu". The Vancouver Sun. p. B10.
- ↑ Parry, Malcolm (31 October 2002). "Town Talk". The Vancouver Sun. p. B3.
- ↑ "Multilingual vocalist start in RAPBA's annual gala". The Review. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ Fairchild Television