{{short description|Canadian-American comedian}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Deven Green | image = 2015_Deven_041 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Green in 2015 | birth_name = <!--only use if different from name--> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|01|31}}{{cn|date=October 2023}} | birth_place = Thompson, Manitoba, Canada | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | spouse = | occupation = Comedian | known_for = }}
'''Deven Green''' (born January 31, 1975) is a Canadian comedian and model who produces comedy parody videos, including as the satirical character Mrs. '''Betty Bowers''', "America's Best Christian".<ref name=Peeples>{{cite news | last1 = Peeples | first1 = Jase | title = Christian Woman Records Herself Losing it Over Marriage Equality, Gets Remixed | url = http://www.advocate.com/comedy/2015/07/04/christian-woman-records-herself-losing-it-over-marriage-equality-gets-remixed | access-date = 2022-11-03 | work = The Advocate | date = 2015-07-04 | quote = Internet satirical character Mrs. Betty Bowers, "America’s Best Christian" (played by comedian Deven Green) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150705200520/http://www.advocate.com/comedy/2015/07/04/christian-woman-records-herself-losing-it-over-marriage-equality-gets-remixed | issn = 0001-8996 | archive-date = July 5, 2015 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last1 = Bravo | first1 = Tony | date = 2019-08-18 | title = YouTube viral comedy star Deven Green brings her act — and ukulele — to SF's Oasis | url = https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/comedy/youtube-viral-comedy-star-deven-green-brings-her-act-and-ukulele-to-oasis | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200903205711/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/comedy/youtube-viral-comedy-star-deven-green-brings-her-act-and-ukulele-to-oasis | archive-date = 2020-09-03 | access-date = 2022-11-03 | work = San Francisco Chronicle {{!}} Datebook | issn = 1932-8672 | oclc = 8812614 | quote = Deven Green is one of the pioneering performers of YouTube. Her voice-over parody of actress Brenda Dickson’s “Welcome to My Home” vanity video was among the first viral comedy successes for the site in 2010, and she’s become well known for videos lampooning everyone from Melania Trump and Faye Dunaway to her character Mrs. Betty Bowers, “America’s Best Christian.” | df = mdy-all}}</ref>
== Early life and career == Green was born and raised in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, and holds dual Canadian–U.S. citizenship. She began working as a professional figure skater and later started her comedy career at The Second City in Toronto. She has acknowledged comedian Harland Williams as giving her a big break in Canada by casting her in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation stand-up comedy show ''Comics!''.{{fact|date=November 2021}}
== Career == === Parody work === Green portrays the satirical character Mrs. Betty Bowers, "America's Best Christian", created and written by writer Andrew Bradley.<ref name=Peeples/><ref>{{cite news| first =Ed| last =Condran| title =Comic-Musician Deven Green Bringing Lounge Act To Twain House| newspaper =Hartford Courant| date =June 22, 2015| url =http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-deven-green-at-mark-twain-house-20150623-story.html| accessdate = July 11, 2015}}</ref>
Green's comedic work also includes videos that offer her comic parodies and commentary of existing footage of other entertainers. Green is best known in this genre for her viral video parody of "Welcome to My Home" starring soap opera actress Brenda Dickson.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/welcome-to-my-home-video-brenda-dickson-well-hello | title=Well, Hello: Thirty-One Years of Welcome to My Home | website=Vanity Fair | date=21 September 2018 }}</ref>
In 2018, Green was a recipient of the American Humanist Association's Humanist Arts Award.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bradley |first1=Andrew |last2=Green |first2=Deven |title=Parodies of Power: Why Satire Is Needed Now More Than Ever |journal=The Humanist |date=2018 |volume=78 |issue=6 |pages=25–28 |url=https://thehumanist.com/magazine/november-december-2018/features/parodies-of-power-why-satire-is-needed-now-more-than-ever |accessdate=22 August 2019 |quote=Here, adapted from their remarks in acceptance of the American Humanist Association's 2018 Humanist Arts Award, presented at the AHA annual conference on May 19 in Las Vegas NV is presented.|issn=0018-7399}}</ref>
=== Print and modeling === The nail lacquer colour Deven Green was released by OCCmakeup at Sephora.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=deven%20green&skuId=1601624&productId=P377412&_requestid=121716 |title=Nail Lacquer – Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics |publisher=Sephora |accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref>
Green appeared as a spokesmodel for OCC Makeup's 2014 Spring Collection "Plastic Passion"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.temptalia.com/occ-automaton-deven-green-pool-boy-nail-lacquers-reviews-photos-swatches |title=OCC Automaton, Deven Green, Pool Boy Nail Lacquers Reviews, Photos, Swatches |publisher=Temptalia.com |date=2014-02-09 |accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref> and OCC Makeup's 2014 Fall/Winter Collection "Unknown Pleasures".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.temptalia.com/obsessive-compulsive-cosmetics-unknown-pleasures-collection-fall-2014#more-170091 |title=OCC Unknown Pleasures |publisher=Temptalia.com |date=2014-07-22 |accessdate=2014-07-22}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2007 |''Back Soon'' | Trixie | |- | 2012 |''RuPaul's Drag Race'' | Special Guest | Season 5 |- |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == {{Sister project links|auto=yes}} <!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only --> * {{Official website|http://devengreen.com/}} * {{IMDb name|1143722}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Deven}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Canadian comedians Category:21st-century American comedians Category:Canadian women comedians Category:Canadian parodists Category:Canadian emigrants to the United States Category:People from Thompson, Manitoba Category:Comedians from Manitoba