Evany Rosen
Evany Rosen is a Canadian comedian and actress, most noted as a founding member of the comedy troupe Picnicface[1] and as co-creator with Kayla Lorette of the Crave original series New Eden.[2]
Originally from Ontario, Rosen attended Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, forming Picnicface with several of her friends.[3] The troupe achieved significant success on YouTube before launching a Canadian Comedy Award-winning sketch comedy series on The Comedy Network in 2011.[4]
Following Picnicface's cancellation Rosen appeared in the web series Space Janitors, for which she was a Canadian Comedy Award nominee for Best Female Performance in a Web Series at the 15th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2014[5] and at the 16th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2015. She has also had voice roles in cartoons, including Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong, Total DramaRama, Powerbirds, Hotel Transylvania: The Series and Mysticons, and guest appearances in television series including Saving Hope, Workin' Moms, Baroness von Sketch Show and Pretty Hard Cases.
In 2017 she published What I Think Happened: An Underresearched History of the Western World, a book of humorous essays about history.[6]
In 2020, Rosen and Lorette narrated the livestreamed presentation of Craft in Scripted Programming categories for the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[7] In the same year she was announced as a member of the writing staff for Fort Puleyne, Thomas Middleditch's historical comedy pilot.[8]
References[]
- ^ Kate Taylor, "Picnicface: Why are we laughing?I don’t know, but it sure beats crying". The Globe and Mail, October 20, 2012.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Crave’s New Eden explores why women are drawn to true crime". Now, January 1, 2020.
- ^ Jennifer MacMillan, "Halifax comedy troupe hoping to turn YouTube fame into mainstream success". Canadian Press, July 9, 2008.
- ^ Bill Harris (August 30, 2011). "Picnicface' makes its TV debut". Toronto Sun.
- ^ Andrea Nemetz, "Halifax filmmaker gets comedy nod; Much-lauded Torturous nominated for national award along with This Hour". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, June 18, 2014.
- ^ "Comedian's new book pokes fun at Western history". CBC News British Columbia, November 4, 2017.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced For Scripted Drama, Comedy Categories". ET Canada, May 27, 2020.
- ^ Peter White, "Thomas Middleditch & Humphrey Ker Developing Canadian Historical Comedy Series ‘Fort Puleyne’". Deadline Hollywood, November 24, 2020.
External links[]
- Evany Rosen at IMDb
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