{{short description|Canadian singer and actress|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{infobox person | name = Lini Evans | image = Lini_Evans_Edgewater.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | occupation = Entertainer | spouse = Ross Mitchell (married 2022–present) | website = {{URL|http://www.linievans.com}} | module = | module2 = }}
'''Lini Evans''' (born in Calgary) is a Canadian entertainer. Evans has performed songs in multiple languages. She has described learning songs in unfamiliar languages by listening to them repeatedly to memorize the words and inflections.<ref name=":0" />
A couple of noteworthy performances of Evans include singing her bilingual (Japanese-English) rendition of “The End of the World” in Season One, Episode Eight of ''The Man in the High Castle'', and the finale duet of the "Our Chinese Heart" concert at Rogers Arena<ref name="Province-Shanghai">{{cite news |last=Sin |first=Lena |date=23 April 2009 |title=Gala evening showcases Shanghai |work=The Province |publisher=Canada.com |url=http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5191eef0-e6eb-4786-8482-a18f5f63a4c1 |url-status=dead |access-date=22 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519142947/http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=5191eef0-e6eb-4786-8482-a18f5f63a4c1 |archive-date=19 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Andrews |first=Marke |date=20 April 1999 |title=Multilingual Evans to sing for Zhu |page=B10 |work=The Vancouver Sun}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Parry |first=Malcolm |date=31 October 2002 |title=Town Talk |page=B3 |work=The Vancouver Sun}}</ref> with Han Lei. Evans has also performed for the Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, and Japanese royalty in Kobe {{Citation needed|reason="Multilingual vocalist start in RAPBA's annual gala". The Review. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2013. only mentions location nothing about royalty|date=December 2023}}. She has performed alongside well-known Asian pop titans including, Andy Lau, and A-Mei.<ref name="yourlibrary">{{cite web |title=Multilingual vocalist start in RAPBA's annual gala |url=http://www.yourlibrary.ca/community/richmondreview/archive/RR20000426/newssum.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061028/http://www.yourlibrary.ca/community/richmondreview/archive/RR20000426/newssum.html |archivedate=4 March 2016 |accessdate=28 January 2013 |work=The Review}}</ref>
Evans portrayed Betty Logan, the mother to actress Lacey Chabert character in the television movie "The Tree That Saved Christmas". This movie became the highest-rated Up original movie of all-time (as of 2015) and was directed by David Winning.<ref name="The New York Times-Holiday Movies">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/22/arts/christmas-under-wraps-among-top-5-holiday-tv-movies.html|title=Christmas With Death, Heels and Uplift |work=The New York Times|first=Mike|last=Hale|date=21 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="UPtv-Press Releases">{{cite news|url= http://pressroom.uptv.com/pressreleases/2014/tree-saved-christmas-sets-record-highest-rated-original-movie-all-time-reaches-21://|title=The Tree That Saved Christmas Sets Record As Highest Rated UP Original Of All-Time Reaches 2.1 Million Viewers |work= UPtv-Press Releases 2014 Archives|date=3 December 2014}}</ref>
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2010 |''Untold Stories of the E.R.'' |Mrs. Smith |Episode: "Death Breath" |- |2010 |''Smallville'' |Reporter |Episode "Luthor" |- |2011 |''Fairly Legal'' |Mrs. Gardner |Episode "Benched" |- |2011 |''Jake and Jasper: A Ferret Tale'' |Mrs. Tyler |Film |- |2012 |''Alcatraz'' |Annie Hastings |Episode: "Guy Hastings" |- |2012 |''Supernatural'' |Debra Harper |Episode: "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie" |- |2012 |''Untold Stories of the E.R.'' |Donna Jornlin |Episode: "Never Say Die" |- |2012 |''Health Nutz'' |Beatrice Woolawoo | Episode: "Beatrice Woolawoo" |- |2012 |''Arctic Air'' |TV Reporter |Episode: "The Professional" |- |2012 |''Do You Really Want to Know?'' |Mary-Lou Roder |Documentary |- |2012 |''Arrow'' |Business Suit |Episode: "Lone Gunmen" |- |2013 |''Health Nutz'' |Beatrice Woolawoo |Episode: "Juice, Jesus and Rock & Roll" |- |2013 |''Kill For Me'' |911 Operator |Film |- |2014 |''Kits'' |Ms. James |TV movie |- |2014–2015 |''Bates Motel'' |Amelia Martin |3 episodes |- |2014 |data-sort-value="Talent, The" | ''The Talent'' |Susan |Episode: "Talented" |- |2014 |data-sort-value="Tree That Saved Christmas, The" | ''The Tree That Saved Christmas'' |Betty Logan |TV movie (UP) |- |2014 |''Rush'' |Moderator |Episode: "You Spin Me Around" |- |2015 |''Love, Again'' |Brittany Hoffbrauer |TV movie (Hallmark) |- |2015 |data-sort-value="Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story, The" | ''The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story'' |Candy Spelling |TV movie (Lifetime) |- |2015 |data-sort-value="Man in the High Castle, The" | ''The Man in the High Castle'' |Nightclub Singer |Season 1 Episode 8: "The End of the World" |- |2015 |data-sort-value="Unauthorized Melrose Place Story, The" | ''The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story'' |Candy Spelling |TV movie (Lifetime) |- |2016 |''Who Killed My Husband'' |Jean Howell |TV movie (Lifetime) |- |2016 |''Unleashing Mr. Darcy'' |Linda Scott |TV movie (Hallmark) |- |2016 |''Stop the Wedding'' |Belle |TV movie (Hallmark) |- |2016 |''Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery'' |Saleswoman |TV movie (Hallmark) |- |2017 |''Walking the Dog'' |Barb |TV movie (Hallmark) |- |- |2017 |data-sort-value="Arrangement, The" | ''The Arrangement'' |Sue |TV series |- |2017 |''Harvest Love'' |Grace Gilson |TV movie (Hallmark) |- |2018 |''Marrying Mr. Darcy'' | Linda Scott |TV movie (Hallmark) |- |2018 |''Falling for You'' |Patty Hathaway |TV movie (Hallmark) |- |2019 |''Last Stand to Nowhere'' | Sadie Brown | Film |- |2019 |''Darrow & Darrow 4: Burden of Proof'' |Carol Morrison | TV movie (Hallmark) |- |2019 |''Christmas Unleashed'' |Bev Hutton |TV movie (Lifetime) |- |2020 |''Time For Us to Come Home For Christmas'' |Karen |TV movie (Hallmark Movies and Mysteries) |- |2021 |''Raise a Glass to Love'' |Lynn Savern |TV movie (Hallmark) |- |2021 |''Gingerbread Miracle'' |Vanessa Owens |TV movie (Hallmark) |- |2022–2024 |''Resident Alien'' |Bethany Bloom |2 episodes |}
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==External links== *[http://www.linievans.com/ Official website] *{{IMDb name|2546123}} *{{Twitter}}
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