Evany Rosen

Evany Rosen is a Canadian comedian and actress, most noted as a founding member of the comedy troupe Picnicface[1] and as co-creator with Kayla Lorette of the Crave original series New Eden.[2]

Originally from Ontario, Rosen attended Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, forming Picnicface with several of her friends.[3] The troupe achieved significant success on YouTube before launching a Canadian Comedy Award-winning sketch comedy series on The Comedy Network in 2011.[4]

Following Picnicface's cancellation Rosen appeared in the web series Space Janitors, for which she was a Canadian Comedy Award nominee for Best Female Performance in a Web Series at the 15th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2014[5] and at the 16th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2015. She has also had voice roles in cartoons, including Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong, Total DramaRama, Powerbirds, Hotel Transylvania: The Series and Mysticons, and guest appearances in television series including Saving Hope, Workin' Moms, Baroness von Sketch Show and Pretty Hard Cases.

In 2017 she published What I Think Happened: An Underresearched History of the Western World, a book of humorous essays about history.[6]

In 2020, Rosen and Lorette narrated the livestreamed presentation of Craft in Scripted Programming categories for the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[7] In the same year she was announced as a member of the writing staff for Fort Puleyne, Thomas Middleditch's historical comedy pilot.[8]

References
  1. Kate Taylor, "Picnicface: Why are we laughing?I don’t know, but it sure beats crying". The Globe and Mail, October 20, 2012.
  2. Norman Wilner, "Crave’s New Eden explores why women are drawn to true crime". Now, January 1, 2020.
  3. Jennifer MacMillan, "Halifax comedy troupe hoping to turn YouTube fame into mainstream success". Canadian Press, July 9, 2008.
  4. Bill Harris (August 30, 2011). "Picnicface' makes its TV debut". Toronto Sun.
  5. Andrea Nemetz, "Halifax filmmaker gets comedy nod; Much-lauded Torturous nominated for national award along with This Hour". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, June 18, 2014.
  6. "Comedian's new book pokes fun at Western history". CBC News British Columbia, November 4, 2017.
  7. Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced For Scripted Drama, Comedy Categories". ET Canada, May 27, 2020.
  8. Peter White, "Thomas Middleditch & Humphrey Ker Developing Canadian Historical Comedy Series ‘Fort Puleyne’". Deadline Hollywood, November 24, 2020.


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