{{short description|American model and actress}} {{Infobox Model | image = Elle Evans shot by Marcel Indik.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Lindsey Gayle Evans | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1989|12|9}} | birth_place = Paris, Texas, U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|Matt Bellamy|10 August 2019}} | children = 2 | occupation = {{flatlist| *Model *actress}} | haircolor = Blonde | manager = 3 Arts Entertainment, United Talent Agency, Agency for the Performing Arts, Wilhelmina Models | website ={{URL|elleevansofficial.com}} | module = {{Infobox Playboy Playmate |embed = yes |name = Lindsey Gayle Evans |image = |caption = |issue = October 2009 |birth_name = |birth_place = |birth_date = |height = {{convert|5|ft|10|in|abbr=on}}<ref name=wekinglypigs /> |preceded = Kimberly Phillips |succeeded = Kelley Thompson}} }}
'''Elle Evans Bellamy''' (born '''Lindsey Gayle Evans'''; December 9, 1989)<ref name=wekinglypigs /> is an American model and actress based in Los Angeles. She appeared in the music video for "Blurred Lines".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://modaandestilo.com/interviews/blurred-lines-boosts-elle-evans|title=Welcome|website=Modaandestilo.co|access-date= March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203004431/http://modaandestilo.com/interviews/blurred-lines-boosts-elle-evans/|archive-date=February 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is also one of the faces of NYX Cosmetics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whosay.com/status/elleevans/812192|title=Elle Evans for NYX Cosmetics|publisher=WhoSay.com|access-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://laurenmessiah.com/2013/06/adventures-in-styling-nyx-cosmetics-campaign|title=Adventures in Styling - NYX Cosmetics, Model Elle Evans|publisher=LaurenMessiah.com|date=June 2013|access-date= February 1, 2014}}</ref>
==Early life== Lindsey Gayle Evans (later known as Elle Evans) was born on December 9, 1989, in Paris, Texas, and grew up in Blanchard, Louisiana.<ref name=wekinglypigs /><ref name=playboy>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playboy.com/lindsey-gayle-evans|title=LINDSEY GAYLE EVANS|access-date=October 26, 2015|magazine=Playboy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909214138/http://www.playboy.com/lindsey-gayle-evans|archive-date=September 9, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> She studied at Northwood High School and attended Northwestern State University, where she majored in broadcast journalism.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.shreveporttimes.com/article/20071113/BREAKINGNEWS/71113020/Blanchard-s-Lindsey-Evans-wins-Miss-Louisiana-Teen-USA-title |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160117173815/http://archive.shreveporttimes.com/article/20071113/BREAKINGNEWS/71113020/Blanchard-s-Lindsey-Evans-wins-Miss-Louisiana-Teen-USA-title |url-status=dead |archive-date= January 17, 2016 |first=Stephanie |last=Netherton |title=Blanchard's Lindsey Evans wins Miss Louisiana Teen USA title |access-date=October 26, 2015 |publisher=Shreveporttimes |date=November 13, 2007 }}</ref><ref name=today>{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/id/27321165/ns/today-today_style/t/miss-louisiana-teen-usa-loses-crown-after-pot-bust/|author=Vidya Rao, with reporting from the Associated Press|title=Miss Louisiana Teen USA loses crown after pot bust|access-date=October 26, 2015|publisher=TODAY.com|date= October 22, 2008}}</ref><ref name=playboyoct>{{cite magazine|magazine=Playboy|title=Riverboat Queen|date=October 2009|volume=56|issue=9|pages=72–82}}</ref>
Evans is a former pageant titleholder who held the Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2008. Evans also competed in the Miss Teen USA 2008 pageant, where she was third runner-up. However, she was stripped of her state title after eleven months following her arrest over an incident in a restaurant, where marijuana was found in her purse, and she and three friends were accused of not paying their bill.<ref name=today/>
Immediately after the much publicized arrest, Evans was asked to pose as a centerfold for ''Playboy''. At the age of 19, she became ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for October 2009 under her legal name, Lindsey Gayle Evans.<ref name=wekinglypigs>{{cite web|url=http://www.wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=2009&limit=0|title=Playmate listing|website=Wekinglypigs.com|access-date=November 8, 2009}}</ref> Her pictorial was photographed by Stephen Wayda.
==Career== In 2010, Evans was cast by MMG in her first commercial. It was shot in China, and she appeared in it styled to look like Marilyn Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashiongonerogue.com/blurred-lines-elle-evans-video-star-interview/|title=Blurred Lines Video Star Elle Evans Interview|work=Fashion Gone Rogue|date=7 August 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref> The commercial aired throughout Shanghai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theimproper.com/86394/elle-evans-from-blurred-lines-is-summers-hottest-blonde/|title=Elle Evans From 'Blurred Lines' Is Summer's Hottest Blonde|work=TheImproper.com|access-date=January 24, 2015|archive-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224143704/http://www.theimproper.com/86394/elle-evans-from-blurred-lines-is-summers-hottest-blonde/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Evans is represented by United Talent Agency as well as Wilhelmina Models in Miami, Florida. Elle is managed by 3 Arts Entertainment and represented commercially by Agency for the Performing Arts. In 2013, she appeared bare-breasted in Robin Thicke's music video for his single "Blurred Lines", featuring Pharrell Williams. The music video generated over 600 million views and made the "Texas-born model part of a pop culture phenomenon."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifestylemirror.com/beauty/2013/09/30/1897952350/robin-thicke-blurred-lines-model-elle-evans-interview/ |title=Robin Thicke Blurred Lines Model Elle Evans Interview |work=Lifestyle Mirror |access-date=January 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106004401/http://www.lifestylemirror.com/beauty/2013/09/30/1897952350/robin-thicke-blurred-lines-model-elle-evans-interview/ |archive-date=November 6, 2014 }}</ref> Shortly after that, Evans was cast in two of Beyoncé's music videos: "Haunted" and "Superpower".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whosay.com/status/elleevans/812650|title=Elle Evans' photo "#11top11of2013 #ElleEvans in @Beyonce #musicvideo #HAUNTED #directed by #legendary #JonasAkerlund …" on WhoSay|work=whosay.com|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref> Both videos were directed by Jonas Akerlund in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/beyonce-music-video-director-jonas-akerlund-haunted-superpower.html|title=Jonas Åkerlund on 'Haunted' and 'Superpower' -- Vulture|author=Jeff Rosenthal|date=16 December 2013|work=Vulture|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref>
Evans, one of the faces of NYX Cosmetics, appeared in Kmart's 2013 national ad campaign "Money Can't Buy Style",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/besteveryou/2014/01/07/elle-evans|title=Elle Evans|date=January 7, 2014|work=BlogTalkRadio|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref> was featured in Relapse Magazine's 2013 and 2014 Photo Annual Issue,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/relapsemag/docs/photoannualwebpdf2/8|title=ISSUU - The Photo Annual - January 2013 by Relapse Magazine|author=Relapse Magazine|work=Issuu|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref> and starred in an AXE Apollo Cologne commercial that aired during the 2013 MTV Movie Awards. Evans modeled for Samuel Bayer. She was shot fully nude, along with 15 other models, for Bayer's exhibition "Diptychs & Triptychs". The black-and-white series of 6-foot-tall diptychs and 12-foot-tall triptychs was "to capture beauty in its most vulnerable state",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://liveurbanlux.com/elle-oh-elle |title=Elle Oh Elle! |work=URBAN LUX MAGAZINE - STYLE - CULTURE - COMMUNITY |access-date=January 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104161437/http://liveurbanlux.com/elle-oh-elle/ |archive-date=January 4, 2015 }}</ref> and was on view at the ACE Gallery in Beverly Hills from March 2013 to April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/director-samuel-bayer-debuts-photography-427005|title=Director Samuel Bayer Debuts Photography Exhibition at L.A. Gallery|author=Tess Eyrich|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=8 March 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref>
In 2014, she guest starred in an episode of ''Two and a Half Men'', which originally aired on February 6, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20140130cbs19/#ixzz2s1okm6q9|title=Listings - TWO AND A HALF MEN on CBS - TheFutonCritic.com|work=thefutoncritic.com|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref> Also in February, she landed the cover of ''FHM'' France. Then in September she was featured in an issue of ''Maxim'' for their "Golden Girl" spread celebrating the 50th anniversary of the film ''Goldfinger'', in which she was painted gold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the007dossier.com/007dossier/post/2014/09/08/Maxim-celebrates-50-years-of-Goldfinger|title=The James Bond 007 Dossier|work=The 007 Dossier|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref> That year, Evans was cast in a Wet 'n Wild cosmetics commercial shot by director David LaChapelle titled "Steal the Look",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popisms.com/TelevisionCommercial/102451/Wet-N-Wild-Commercial-2014.aspx|title=Wet N Wild Commercial (2014)|work=popisms.com|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref> in addition to landing two national ads for Mary Kay Cosmetics which aired during the premiere of the thirteenth season of ''Project Runway'' on Lifetime in November 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7RaQ/mary-kay-brand-color-song-by-kimbra|title=Mary Kay TV Commercial, 'Brand Color' Song by Kimbra|work=iSpot.tv|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref>
In 2015, Evans appeared in a music for the band Muse and their single, "Mercy". The video was directed by Sing J Lee and was released in June.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.axs.com/muse-release-official-mercy-music-video-starring-elle-evans-57179|title=Muse release official 'Mercy' music video starring Elle Evans|website=Axs.com|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> In September, Evans was cast in a Carl's Jr. commercial for their new "Tex Mex Bacon-Thickburger". Donning a patriotic bikini to represent the ladies of Team USA, Evans faces off in a volleyball game against model Alejandra Guilmant and Team Mexico to determine if the burger is "More Tex, or more Mex." The commercial aired on September 28.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/elle-evans-suits-up-in-bikini-for-sexy-carls-jr-burger-battle-pics-2015249#ixzz3mp8EG0tl|title=Hot and Juicy! Elle Evans Suits Up for Sexy Carl's Jr. Burger Game: Pic|website=Usmagazine.com|date=24 September 2015 |access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/style/watch-bikini-models-play-volleyball-over-a-cheeseburger-theres-a-slo-mo-butt-slap/|title=Watch Bikini Models Play Volleyball Over a Cheeseburger (There's a Slo-Mo Butt Slap)|date=September 25, 2015|website=People.com|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> Shortly after that, Evans appeared as Amber in the film ''Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse'' (2015) directed by Christopher Landon,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themoviebox.net/7265|title="Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse" Teasers — Horror Action-Comedy starring Tye Sheridan, Joey Morgan and Logan Miller|website=Themoviebox.net|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> and as Star in the horror-thriller film ''The Love Witch'', which was directed by Anna Biller.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3908142/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt |title=The Love Witch (2016)|website=IMDB.com|access-date=2017-03-22}}</ref>
==Personal life== Evans dated Deadmau5 following her appearance in Playboy, until 2011.
Evans started dating Matt Bellamy, the lead singer and guitarist of the band Muse, in February 2015. They married on August 10, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/ca/news/902002/matthew-bellamy-is-engaged-to-model-elle-evans|title=Matthew Bellamy Is Engaged to Model Elle Evans|last=Fisher|first=Kendall|work=E!|date=December 24, 2017|access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/muse-matthew-bellamy-and-model-elle-evans-get-engaged-8078655/|title=Muse's Matthew Bellamy and Model Elle Evans Get Engaged|last=Peters|first=Mitchell|magazine=Billboard|date=December 24, 2017|access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref>
In February 2020, Evans announced on her Instagram account that she and Bellamy were expecting their first child together.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 9, 2020 |title=Our little family is growing bigger... and so is my belly |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XAZGEBH_B/ |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201075028/https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XAZGEBH_B/ |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> On June 7, 2020, Evans gave birth to a daughter named Lovella Dawn.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2020 |title=Muse Frontman Matthew Bellamy and Wife Elle Welcome Their First Child, Daughter Lovella Dawn |url=https://people.com/parents/matthew-bellamy-wife-elle-welcome-daughter/ |access-date= |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref> In March 2024, Evans announced on her Instagram account that she and Bellamy were expecting their second child together.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 19, 2024 |title=Muse Frontman Matthew Bellamy and Wife Elle Evans Expecting Second Baby Together |url=https://people.com/muse-frontman-matt-bellamy-and-wife-elle-evans-expecting-their-second-baby-together-8610982 |access-date= |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref> On May 12, 2024, Evans gave birth to a boy named George Julien-Wade. She is also stepmother to Bingham Hawn Bellamy, who is the son of Bellamy and his previous partner Kate Hudson.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2024 |title=Muse Frontman Matthew Bellamy and Wife Elle Evans Welcome Second Baby Together |url=https://people.com/muse-frontman-matthew-bellamy-wife-elle-evans-welcome-second-baby-together-8642737 |access-date= |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
===Further reading=== * [http://www.diamonds.net/Magazine/Article.aspx?ArticleID=45500&RDRIssueID=117 "Elle Evans Model, Actress and 'IT' Girl in Hit Music Video 'Blurred Lines{{'"}}], diamonds.net, ''Rapaport Magazine'', Retrieved January 2014 * [http://www.xexmag.com/ones-to-watch-rebel-issue/ Ones to Watch - Rebel Issue - Elle Evans: Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines], ''XEX Mag''. January 2014 Issue, Retrieved 2014 * [http://www.beautyworldnews.com/articles/6505/20131105/celebrity-beauty-secrets-elle-evans-blurred-lines-robin-thicke-t-i-pharell-music-video-vixen-model.htm Celebrity Beauty Secrets: 'Blurred Lines' Video Vixen, Elle Evans], ''BeautyWorldNews.com'', November 2013, Retrieved January 2014 * [http://starrymag.com/content.asp?ID=7681&CATEGORY=Interviews&PAGE=1 Elle Evans - Blurred Lines - Interview], ''Starry Constellation Magazine'', 2013, Retrieved January 2014 * [http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/16/3691088/blurred-lines-vixen-going-places.html 'Blurred Lines' Vixen Going Places], ''Miami Herald'', October 2013, Retrieved January 2014 * [http://herreport.org/2013/10/13/exclusive-itw-elle-evans-of-blurred-lines-a-conversation-we-needed-to-have/ Exclusive ITW: Elle Evans of Blurred Lines: A Conversation We Needed to Have] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221191039/http://herreport.org/2013/10/13/exclusive-itw-elle-evans-of-blurred-lines-a-conversation-we-needed-to-have/ |date=2014-02-21 }}, ''Her Report'', October 2013, Retrieved February 2014
==External links== *[http://www.elleevansofficial.com/#!contact/c2q4 Elle Evans official website] * {{IMDb name|5617007}}
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