Caroline Dhavernas

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

Career

Caroline Dhavernas was born in Montreal, Quebec the daughter of the Québécois actors Sébastien Dhavernas and Michèle Deslauriers. 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). Her sister Gabrielle Dhavernas is also an actress and 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 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 "" (1999). 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. 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, an underachiever 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). She did her own voice-overs for the French translation of "Wonderfalls".

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." [http://www.firstweekendclub.ca/exclusive-interview/filmmakers/caroline-dhavernas.html]

Awards and nominations

* Nominated for a Genie at the Genie Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for "Niagara Motel" (2006).
* Nominated for a Genie at the Genie Awards for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song for "La belle bête" (2006) shared with Patrick Watson for the song "Trace-Moi".

Filmography

* "De père en flic" (2009) .... Geneviève (filming)
* "The Cry of the Owl" (2009) .... Nickie Grace (post-production)
* "Passchendaele" (2008) .... Sarah Mann (completed)
* "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
* "Tout le monde en parle" (1 episode, "14 November 2004", 2004) .... Herself
* "Wonderfalls" (13 episodes, 2004) .... Jaye Tyler
* "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" (1 episode, "12 March 2004", 2004) .... Herself
* "Fox & Friends" (1 episode, "6 March 2004", 2004) .... Herself
* "Nez rouge" (2003) .... Nathalie Lachance
* "" (2003) .... Passion Hockmeister
* "" (2003) .... Passion Hockmeister
* "The Baroness and the Pig" (2002) .... Emily
* "Law & Order" (1 episode, "Girl Most Likely", 2002) .... Alicia Milford
* "Edge of Madness" (2002) .... Annie Herron and performer of "My Love's Like A Red, Red Rose"
* "Les moutons de Jacob" (2002) .... Caroline
* "Out Cold" (2001) .... Anna Majors
* "" (2001) .... Marilyn Bell
* "Lost and Delirious" (2001) .... Kara
* "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne" (1 episode, "The Golem", 2000) .... Angélique Doré
* "Tag" (unknown episodes, 2000) .... Stéphanie
* "L'île de sable" (1999) .... Manou
* "Le polock" (unknown episodes, 1999) .... Camille Langlois
* "Running Home" (1999) .... Jessica
* "Réseaux" (unknown episodes, 1998) .... Christine
* "Lobby" (unknown episodes, 1997) .... Roxanne
* "L'oreille de Joé" (1996) (short film) ....
* "Urgence" (unknown episodes, 1996-1997) .... Josianne Villeneuve
* "Cap Tourmente" (1993) .... Valérie Huot
* "Zap" (unknown episodes, 1993-1996) .... Isabelle Daigneault
* "Marilyn" (unknown episodes, 1991-1993) .... Abeille
* "Comme un Voleur" (1990) .... Gabrielle

External links

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* [http://www.superiorpics.com/caroline_dhavernas/ Superiorpics Biography: Caroline Dhavernas]
* [http://www.popgurls.com/article_show.php3?id=533 PopGurls Interview: Caroline Dhavernas]
* [http://www.starpulse.com/Actresses/Dhavernas,_Caroline/Pictures/ Starpulse]
* [http://www.sheisallthat.com/caroline-dhavernas/ Sheisallthat]
* [http://www.starletnet.com/Dhavernas/CarolineDhavernasGallery1.php Starletnet]
* [http://www.cinefile.biz/tulse1.htm The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (in Italian)]
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/delbrayelle/familles.htm Dhavernas en Havernas]