Alice Evans

British American former actress

Alice Evans is a British American actress.

Evans was born in New Jersey, U. S., the daughter of a professor in applied mathematics and a teacher of English literature, and was raised in Bristol, England. She attended Henbury school, along with her two brothers. She graduated from University College London with a focus in French and Italian. Evans's mother died at age 59, the day before Evans's final screen test for the role, which introduced her to British viewers. After appearing in Blackball, she moved to Los Angeles in 2003. She has since appeared in both in films and in television series, including The Mentalist, Brothers & Sisters, Lost, and Grimm. Evans also had a recurring turn as the villainous Esther on The Vampire Diaries and The Originals.

Evans met actor Ioan Gruffudd during the filming of 102 Dalmatians. They became engaged on New Year's Day 2006 and married on 14 September 2007 in Mexico. They have two daughters, born in 2009 and 2013. In January 2021, Evans announced their separation, which Gruffudd initiated. In March 2021, Gruffudd filed for divorce from Evans. In February 2022, Gruffudd was granted a temporary domestic violence restraining order against Evans; he was then granted a three year permanent restraining order in August 2022. In January 2023, Evans faced charges over allegedly breaching her restraining order on two occasions. Evans pleaded not guilty to the charges, which were dropped in March 2023. In 2017, following a slew of sexual assault allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein, Evans claimed that 15 years prior, in 2002, Weinstein made sexual advances towards her, which she declined. Evans said that Weinstein insinuated that her rejection would affect her and Gruffudd's careers.

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