Karena Evans was born on December 17,1995 and is a Canadian director and actress.
13 Facts About Karena Evans
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Karena Evans won the 2018 Much Music Video Award for Best Director and became the first woman to receive the Prism Prize's Lipsett Award for music video direction.
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Karena Evans has acted in the television series Mary Kills People and had a starring role in the 2018 indie film Firecrackers, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
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In 2020, Karena Evans directed the premiere episode for the Starz drama series P-Valley.
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Karena Evans directed an episode each of the fourth and fifth seasons of the FX crime drama Snowfall, and she directed the first two episodes of the HBO Max Gossip Girl reboot.
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Since then, Karena Evans has directed music videos for numerous artists, including Belly and Sean Paul.
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Karena Evans garnered attention in early 2018 when she directed the music video for Drake's single "God's Plan"; the video went viral and the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Karena Evans subsequently directed his "Nice for What" music video, which garnered critical acclaim from several publications.
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Karena Evans referred to the video as a "celebration of women", as the video featured iconic female stars such as Olivia Wilde and Issa Rae.
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In late 2018, Karena Evans earned Much Music Video Award and MTV Video Music Award nominations for her work on Drake's videos.
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Karena Evans ultimately won Best Director at the 2018 iHeartRadio MMVAs for her work on "God's Plan".
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Karena Evans is the younger sister of Jordan Karena Evans, a producer who has worked with several successful artists, and was inspired by him to pursue her passion.
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Karena Evans has stated that she is heavily influenced by Melina Matsoukas, whom she called her "hero" in an interview with Billboard.