Andrea Evans was most recognized for her portrayal of Tina Lord on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, a role she played from 1978 to 1981 and from 1985 to 1990, returning in 2008 and 2011.
19 Facts About Andrea Evans
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Andrea Evans was born in Aurora, Illinois, on June 18,1957.
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Andrea Evans graduated early from high school and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Andrea Evans then went on to portray Patty Williams, Paul Williams' little sister and Jack Abbott's wife, on The Young and the Restless from 1983 to 1984.
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Andrea Evans returned to One Life to Live in 1985, in a storyline credited with putting the series "back on course" and ultimately bringing Tina to her height of popularity.
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Andrea Evans was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988 for Outstanding Ingenue for One Life to Live, and has appeared on the cover of Soap Opera Digest five times, every year from 1986 to 1990.
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In January 1990, Andrea Evans abruptly quit One Life to Live and dropped out of public view for nearly a decade.
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Andrea Evans taped her last scenes in December 1989, and last aired January 18,1990.
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Andrea Evans made two feature films during the 1990s, performing a small part in A Low Down Dirty Shame in 1994 and a major role in Ice Cream Man in 1995.
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In 1999, Andrea Evans returned to television, appearing as Amber Moore's "trashy" mother Tawny on The Bold and the Beautiful until 2000.
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Andrea Evans' longtime recurring status on Passions fueled rumors for years of her return to her One Life to Live role of Tina.
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Andrea Evans's short-term run ended as Cord and Tina remarried on November 15,2011.
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In 2012, Andrea Evans had a supporting role in the Joey Lawrence film Hit List.
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Andrea Evans was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series for her performance, and won a 2015 Indie Series Award for Best Guest Actress in a Drama for the role.
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Andrea Evans was executive producer of the documentary Rocking the Couch, released in 2018.
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Andrea Evans portrayed the recurring role of Patty Walker on the web series The Bay from 2017 to 2020.
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Andrea Evans was briefly married to One Life to Live co-star Wayne Massey in 1981.
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Andrea Evans married Los Angeles attorney Stephen Rodriguez on January 10,1998; the couple adopted a daughter in 2004.
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Andrea Evans died of breast cancer at her home in Pasadena, California, on July 9,2023, at the age of 66.