Venida Evans
Biography
Venida Evans is an American actress who has worked in television, film, stage and commercials. Born in 1947 in Ypsilanti, she was raised in Detroit and in 1972 moved to New York City to chase an acting career, paying her bills for years as an usher at Broadway theaters and only acting full time from 1999. Her early screen work included the minor part of a nurse in Only When I Laugh (1981), the 1998 Merchant Ivory film Side Streets, guest roles on Law & Order and Special Victims Unit, and appearances on Third Watch and New York Undercover. Since 2008 she has been familiar from IKEA advertisements as The Muse, an invisible older woman, and critics and viewers called the campaign surreal and creepy. She also had a recurring part as the grandmother Loretta on the CBS soap Guiding Light.
79years old
Turns 80 on September 2in 295 days
- Born Ypsilanti
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 37 years1981 to 2018
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A change of course
Evans left her native Detroit for New York City in 1972 to pursue acting. She worked as a Broadway theater usher, a survival job to pay bills while she sought acting work, and did that until 1999, when acting became full-time.
Big break
Evans played an invisible older woman called "The Muse" in IKEA commercials that began in 2008, a campaign created by the ad agency Deutsch New York.
A change of course
Evans appeared on ABC's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on May 21, 2009, and she won $8000 on that game show.
Venida Evans movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Venida Evans shares two films with Taye Diggs, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Marisa Tomei's page
Peter Dinklage's page
William Fichtner's page
Jacqueline Bisset's page
Jonathan LiebesmanDirector, 1 film, 2014
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Mike CahillDirector, 1 film, 2014
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Duncan TuckerDirector, 1 film, 2005
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