Deven Green
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| Born | January 31, 1975[citation needed] Thompson, Manitoba,Canada |
| Occupation | Comedian |
Deven Green(born January 31, 1975) is a Canadiancomedianandmodelwho produces comedy parody videos, including as the satirical character Mrs.Betty Bowers,"America's Best Christian".[1][2]
Early life and career
[edit]Green was born and raised inThompson, Manitoba,Canada, and holds dual Canadian–U.S. citizenship. She began working as a professional figure skater and later started her comedy career atThe Second Cityin Toronto. She has acknowledged comedianHarland Williamsas giving her a big break in Canada by casting her in theCanadian Broadcasting Corporationstand-up comedy showComics!.[citation needed]She later moved toLos Angelesto further her career.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Parody work
[edit]Green portrays the satirical character Mrs. Betty Bowers, "America's Best Christian", created and written by writer Andrew Bradley.[1][3][4]
Green's comedic work also includes videos that offer her comic parodies and commentary of existing footage of other entertainers. Green is best known in this genre for her viral videoparodyof "Welcome to My Home" starring soap opera actressBrenda Dickson.[5]
In 2018 Green was a recipient of theAmerican Humanist Association's Humanist Arts Award.[6]
Print and modelling
[edit]Green has been a panel member ofStarmagazine's weekly Style Squad since May 2012.[citation needed]
The nail lacquer colour Deven Green was released by OCCmakeup atSephora.[7]
She appeared as a spokesmodel for OCCmakeup's 2014 Spring Collection "Plastic Passion"[8]and OCCmakeup's 2014 Fall/Winter Collection "Unknown Pleasures".[9]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Back Soon | Trixie | |
| 2012 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Special Guest | Season 5 |
References
[edit]- ^abPeeples, Jase (July 4, 2015)."Christian Woman Records Herself Losing it Over Marriage Equality, Gets Remixed".The Advocate.ISSN0001-8996.Archivedfrom the original on July 5, 2015.RetrievedNovember 3,2022.
Internet satirical character Mrs. Betty Bowers, "America's Best Christian" (played by comedian Deven Green)
- ^Bravo, Tony (August 18, 2019)."YouTube viral comedy star Deven Green brings her act — and ukulele — to SF's Oasis".San Francisco Chronicle | Datebook.ISSN1932-8672.OCLC8812614.Archivedfrom the original on September 3, 2020.RetrievedNovember 3,2022.
Deven Green is one of the pioneering performers of YouTube. Her voice-over parody of actress Brenda Dickson's "Welcome to My Home" vanity video was among the first viral comedy successes for the site in 2010, and she's become well known for videos lampooning everyone from Melania Trump and Faye Dunaway to her character Mrs. Betty Bowers, "America's Best Christian."
- ^Internet Movie Database
- ^Condran, Ed (June 22, 2015)."Comic-Musician Deven Green Bringing Lounge Act To Twain House".Hartford Courant.RetrievedJuly 11,2015.
- ^"Well, Hello: Thirty-One Years of Welcome to My Home".Vanity Fair.21 September 2018.
- ^Bradley, Andrew; Green, Deven (2018)."Parodies of Power: Why Satire Is Needed Now More Than Ever".The Humanist.78(6): 25–28.ISSN0018-7399.Retrieved22 August2019.
Here, adapted from their remarks in acceptance of the American Humanist Association's 2018 Humanist Arts Award, presented at the AHA annual conference on May 19 in Las Vegas NV is presented.
- ^"Nail Lacquer – Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics".Sephora.Retrieved2014-03-23.
- ^"OCC Automaton, Deven Green, Pool Boy Nail Lacquers Reviews, Photos, Swatches".Temptalia.com. 2014-02-09.Retrieved2014-03-23.
- ^"OCC Unknown Pleasures".Temptalia.com. 2014-07-22.Retrieved2014-07-22.
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