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Andrea Evans

Andrea Evans
Born Andrea Lynn Evans
June 18, 1957 (1957-06-18) (age 50)
Aurora, Illinois
Spouse(s) Stephen Rodriguez (1998-present)
Wayne Massey (1981-1984)
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Andrea Evans (born June 18, 1957) is an American Emmy-nominated actress. Evans is best known for her portrayal of Tina Lord Roberts on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. She played the role from 1978 to 1981, and again from 1985 to 1990.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

In 1988, Evans was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series" for One Life to Live. She also portrayed the role of Patty Williams, Paul Williams' little sister and Jack Abbott's wife, on The Young and the Restless in the early 1980s.

Evans left One Life to Live abruptly in 1990 and dropped out of public view for nearly a decade. Years later she revealed that she had left to escape a persistent stalker who had gone as far as breaking into the ABC studios in New York City, intent on killing her. At the time, the stalker incident had been played down heavily in the press. On One Life to Live, the character of Tina returned after a short hiatus, with former Playboy Playmate Karen Witter in the role.

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. She returned to television in 1999, appearing as Amber Moore's "trashy" mother Tawny on The Bold and the Beautiful until 2000. That year she stepped into the role of Rebecca Hotchkiss Crane on the NBC soap opera Passions (replacing Maureen McCormick, whose ten-episode stint had ended). Evans has portrayed the role ever since. Her longtime recurring status on Passions and NBC's 2006 cancellation of the series fueled rumors of her return to the One Life to Live role of Tina, but it was announced in July 2007 that she would stay with Passions for its continued run on DirecTV. [1]

In the 26 June 2007 issue of Soap Opera Digest, Evans was asked what her favorite role was besides her current one on Passions; she answered "That's an easy one ... Tina Lord Roberts on One Life to Live because in every actor's life, you hope for a role that becomes bigger than yourself and for me, Tina was that role."[2]

In April 2008, ABC.com announced that Evans would return to the role of Tina, with episodes airing at the beginning of June 2008.[3] Executive Producer Frank Valentini noted, "Even though Andrea has not appeared on OLTL since 1990, she has remained among the most requested characters to return to the show ... I welcome her home to OLTL and to the role where she made an indelible mark on our audience."[3]

[edit] Personal life

Evans was briefly married to costar Wayne Massey (who played Tina's love interest Johnny Drummond) in 1981. Evans and her second husband, Los Angeles attorney Steve Rodriguez, adopted a daughter, Kylie Lynn, in May 2004.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Soap Opera Digest, Vol. 32, No. 30, 24 July 2007, page 17.
  2. ^ Soap Opera Digest, Vol. 32, No. 26, 26 June 2007, page 57.
  3. ^ a b "Andrea Evans returns to OLTL as Tina Lord!" Retrieved from ABC.com on 9 April 2008.

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Tina Clayton Lord actresses on One Life to Live
Andrea Evans (1978-1981)   –   Kelli Maroney (1984)   –   Marsha Clark (1984-1985)   –   Andrea Evans (1985-1990)   –   Karen Witter (1990-1994)   –   Krista Tesreau (1994-1996, 1997)   –   Andrea Evans (2008-present)


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NAME Evans, Andrea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evans, Andrea Lynn
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Aurora, Illinois
DATE OF DEATH
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