Alice Evans

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name = Alice Jane Evans


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Alice Jane Evans (born 2 August 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 [ [http://showbiz.sky.com/showbiz/picture_gallery/0,,50001-1253224,00.html Sky Showbiz - Alice Evans ] ] [ [http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2005/09/emmy_preparty_f.html Go Fug Yourself: Emmy Pre-Party Fug: Alice Evans ] ] [ [http://www.catwalkqueen.tv/2007/02/oscar_frock_hor.html Catwalk Queen: Oscar frock horrors - CQ's letters to the stars ] ] [ [http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/dos-and-donts/default.aspx?id=61186 Alice's ribbons miss the mark - Dos and Don'ts | Glamour ] ] - and for her passing resemblance to Alexis Arquette. [ [http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/31/mr-fantastics-wife-simon-likes-trannies/ Mr. Fantastic's Wife: Simon Likes Trannies! - TMZ.com ] ]

Biography

Evans, the daughter of educators, was born in Summit, New Jersey, USAIoan Gruffudd, "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", February 21, 2007] but grew up in Bristol, England."Meet La Belle Anglaise" By Anna Pursglove "Evening Standard" 15.12.00] She graduated from University College London after receiving a 2:1 in French and Italian.

Evans had an eight-year relationship with Olivier Picasso, the grandson of painter Pablo Picasso. [ [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-898462-details/Meet+La+Belle+Anglaise/article.do Thisislondon.co.uk website] ] She briefly enjoyed "It-Girl" status whilst living with Picasso in Paris and they became engaged. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/01/22/baalice22.xml&page=3 Telegraph.co.uk website] ] 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. 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 14 September 2007 in Mexico. [ [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20057165,00.html Fantastic Four Star Ioan Gruffudd Gets Married : People.com ] ]

Gruffudd removed his funding and support of his largest fansite, "IoanOnline.com" [ [http://www.ioanonline.com IoanOnline is Offline ] ] as a result of comments made about Evans on the site, and elsewhere on the Internet, which angered her. [ [http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_headline=gruff-tough-after-alice-blast--&method=full&objectid=19054727&siteid=50082-name_page.html Gruff tough after Alice blast - WalesOnline ] ] Evans had e-mailed 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. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262521/board/thread/72495563?d=72566791&p=1#72566791 IMDb :: Boards :: Alice Evans :: Can't Erase the Past ] ] Evans has never produced any evidence to support these claims, but the fansite was nonetheless closed on 30 April 2007. [ [http://showbiz.sky.com/showbiz/article/0,,50001-1263844,00.html Ioan Defends His Girl - Sky Showbiz ] ]

In April 2008, Gruffudd was seen sporting a black eye. [ [http://bauergriffinonline.com/2008/04/discovery-ioan-gruffudd-is-a-s.php?bfm_index=5 Discovery: Ioan Gruffudd Is a Scrapper ] ] At the Welsh Baftas later that month, Gruffudd confirmed that the injury was caused by Evans accidentally hitting him with a golf club. [ [http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/2008/04/28/dr-who-dominates-the-welsh-baftas-91466-20828841/ Dr Who dominates the Welsh Baftas - WalesOnline ] ]

Roles

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
* "Blackball" (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

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
* "" - Patient Number 7 (1997) .... Kyra
* "Elisa top modèle" (1996) ... aka Elisa, un roman photo (France: informal alternative title)
* "Strangers"- Crash (1996) .... Charlotte

Quotes

* "I love going out and it is a bit sad when the photographers stop asking you for your picture."
* "I'd rather have Prada shoes than eat." "She may have lost a Picasso..." "The Daily Express" 15 January 2001]
* "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." [Alice Evans' May 2007 "Glamour Magazine" column "Do I Dare to Bare"]
* "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?'" [John Parry article quoting an Evans interview done for "The Sunday Times" in "The Argus" July 2002 "Think of it this way"]
* "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."
* "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.'"
* "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!" ["Alice in Wonderland" "The Sunday Times Style magazine" 14 July 2002]
* "I went brunette for a film called Fascination and I loved it." [Alice Evans' March 2007 "Glamour Magazine" column "Bright Lights, Big Hair"]
* "It must be hard just to be someone's girlfriend." [ [http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/2003/09/05/alice-in-ioan-land-91466-13371356/ Alice in Ioan land - icWales ] ]

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