Tamara Bernier Evans

She was raised in North Bay, Ontario,{{cite web|title=Spotlight on Alumni: Tamara Bernier Evans : Theatre|url=http://theatre.ampd.yorku.ca/2016/09/spotlight-on-alumni-tamara-bernier-evans/|website=theatre.ampd.yorku.ca|accessdate=February 7, 2017}} by teachers Joanne Scott and Raymond Bernier. Her sister, Trista Bernier Grant, was a professional athlete who won a bronze medal for pole-vaulting at The Commonwealth Games in 1998. She obtained a BFA in acting at York University in Toronto, Ontario.

Evans began her career by earning a coveted spot in The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Young Company where she spent four years playing such roles as Celia and Audrey in As You Like It,{{cite web|title=We Like It|url=http://www.stage-door.org/reviews/stratf96.htm#ay|work=Stage Door Review|publisher=Stage Door|accessdate=August 9, 2011}} Sylvia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona,{{cite web|title=Study Guide|url=http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/uploadedFiles/Stratford/Watch_and_Listen/Publications/Study_Guides/The%20Two%20Gentlemen%20of%20Verona%20Study%20Guide.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120709181118/http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/uploadedFiles/Stratford/Watch_and_Listen/Publications/Study_Guides/The%20Two%20Gentlemen%20of%20Verona%20Study%20Guide.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 9, 2012|work=The Two Gentlemen of Verona Study Guide|publisher=Stratford Shakespeare Festival}} and Dunyasha in The Cherry Orchard.{{cite news|title=Cherry Orchard Review|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117913302?refCatId=33&ref=related|publisher=Variety Magazine|first=Mira|last=Friedlander|date=September 13, 1998}}

In Toronto, she worked with the Necessary Angel,{{cite web |url=http://www.necessaryangel.com/ |title=Home |website=necessaryangel.com}} Canadian Stage Company, Tarragon Theatre and Nightwood Theatre{{cite web |url=http://www.nightwoodtheatre.net/ |title=Home |website=nightwoodtheatre.net}} companies developing and premiering new plays including Seven Lears by Howard Barker,{{cite web|title=Necessary Angel Website|url=http://www.necessaryangel.com/seven_lears_the_persuit_of_the_good|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234242/http://www.necessaryangel.com/seven_lears_the_persuit_of_the_good|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2014|work=Necessary Angel Websire|publisher=Necessary Angel Theatre Company|accessdate=August 9, 2011}} It's All True by Jason Sherman,{{cite web|title=It's All True|url=http://www.necessaryangel.com/its_all_true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222003424/http://www.necessaryangel.com/its_all_true|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2014|work=Necessary Angel website|publisher=Necessary Angel Theatre Company}} Outrageous! by Brad Fraser{{cite web|title=Outrageous|url=http://archives.xtra.ca/Story.aspx?s=1415642|publisher=Xtra! Magazine|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928152541/http://archives.xtra.ca/Story.aspx?s=1415642|archivedate=September 28, 2011}} and Anything That Moves by Ann-Marie MacDonald.{{cite web|title=Anything That Moves review|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/A/Anything_That_Moves/2000/04/28/733777.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713234234/http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/A/Anything_That_Moves/2000/04/28/733777.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 13, 2012|work=Canoe Online|publisher=Toronto Sun/Canoe Online}} In Ottawa, she performed at The National Arts Centre in the world premiere of Allen Cole's jazz opera The Wrong Son.{{cite web|title=Study Guide|url=http://www.nac-cna.ca/pdf/eth/0607/thewrongson.pdf|work=The Wrong Son|publisher=National Arts Centre.|accessdate=August 9, 2011}}

In 2000 she won the role of Tanya{{cite web|title=Mamma Mia!|url=https://www.angelfire.com/musicals/miatoronto/tickets.html|work=The Unofficial Toronto Fan Site|publisher=Angelfire}} in the Toronto stage production of Mamma Mia!.{{cite news|title=More Mamma|url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/stage/story.cfm?content=124707|accessdate=August 9, 2011|newspaper=NOW Magazine|date=October 5, 2000}} After performing the role for two years at The Royal Alexandra Theatre, she was asked to join the Broadway company{{cite web|title=Mamma Mia!|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=112826|work=Internet Broadway Database|accessdate=August 9, 2011}} at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.{{cite web|title=Mamma Mia! Divas Wave Goodbye|url=http://www.broadway.com/shows/mamma-mia/photos/mamma-mia-divas-wave-goodbye/|work=Broadway.com}} She also performed the same role at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

She played the role of Rose Narracott in Mirvish's 2012 Toronto Production of War Horse.{{cite news|last=Ouzounian|first=Richard|title=All-Canadian team saddles up for War Horse|url=https://www.thestar.com/article/1036324--all-canadian-team-saddles-up-for-war-horse|accessdate=August 9, 2011|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=August 9, 2011}}

Her television credits include Republic of Doyle (CBC), Flashpoint (CTV), The Border (CBC), Kung Fu The Legend Continues (Warner Bros){{cite web|title=Kung Fu The Legend Continues|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0623239/|work=Internet Movie Database|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=August 9, 2011}} as well as many recurring voice roles on animated series including Mystique on Wolverine and the X-Men, Helen Spitz on Braceface and Lady Illusion on Ace Lightning.

She has worked on the feature films The Break-Up, The Invasion, Catch and Release and St. Roz,{{cite web|title=St. Roz|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1493208/|work=Internet Movie Database|publisher=IMDB}} among others.

Tamara is a co-founder and co-owner of Awen Entertainment, a TV and film production company she started with Gregory Sheppard, set up to nurture Canadian television writers and their projects in order to attract international co-production.

As a playwright, her musical Beholden was produced at Theatre Calgary's Fuse series in 2009.{{cite web|title=FUSE poster|url=http://theatrecalgary.com/media/documents/FUSEposterWEB.pdf|work=Theatre Calgary website|publisher=Theatre Calgary}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}

Evans became the Assistant Artistic Director at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto in August 2015.{{cite web|title=Tamara Bernier Evans {{!}} Tarragon Theatre|url=http://www.tarragontheatre.com/contributor/tamara-bernier-evans/|website=www.tarragontheatre.com|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}

She directed 'Midsummer, a play with songs', at Tarragon in April, 2017.

Evans produced her first album of original music entitled Brand New Remedy in 2000.{{cite web|title=Pop work|url=http://markshannon.ca/markshannon.ca/Pop.html|work=Mark Shannon Website|publisher=Mark Shannon}}

Tamara married composer and pianist Richard Evans in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They have two children, Meredith and Owen.

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• [http://www.tamevans.com Tamara Bernier Evans Online]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111015005644/http://www.theatre20.com/ Theatre 20 Website]
• [http://www.mirvish.com Mirvish Productions – WAR HORSE]
• [http://www.richardevansmusic.com Richard Evans Online]

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