Deven Green Explained
| Deven Green |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Thompson, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation: | Comedian |
Deven Green (born January 31, 1975) is a Canadian comedian and model who produces comedy parody videos, including as the satirical character Mrs. Betty Bowers, "America's Best Christian".[1] [2]
Early life and career
Green was born and raised in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, and holds dual Canadian–U.S. citizenship. She began working as a professional figure skater and later started her comedy career at The Second City in Toronto. She has acknowledged comedian Harland Williams as giving her a big break in Canada by casting her in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation stand-up comedy show Comics!. She later moved to Los Angeles to further her career.
Career
Parody work
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 video parody of "Welcome to My Home" starring soap opera actress Brenda Dickson. [5]
In 2018 Green was a recipient of the American Humanist Association's Humanist Arts Award.[6]
Print and modelling
Green has been a panel member of Star magazine's weekly Style Squad since May 2012.
The nail lacquer colour Deven Green was released by OCCmakeup at Sephora.[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
Notes and References
- News: Peeples . Jase . Christian Woman Records Herself Losing it Over Marriage Equality, Gets Remixed . 2022-11-03 . . 2015-07-04 . Internet satirical character Mrs. Betty Bowers, "America’s Best Christian" (played by comedian Deven Green) . https://web.archive.org/web/20150705200520/http://www.advocate.com/comedy/2015/07/04/christian-woman-records-herself-losing-it-over-marriage-equality-gets-remixed . 0001-8996 . July 5, 2015 . live . mdy-all .
- News: Bravo . Tony . 2019-08-18 . YouTube viral comedy star Deven Green brings her act — and ukulele — to SF's Oasis . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903205711/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/comedy/youtube-viral-comedy-star-deven-green-brings-her-act-and-ukulele-to-oasis . 2020-09-03 . 2022-11-03 . . 1932-8672 . 8812614 . 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.” . mdy-all.
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1143722/ Internet Movie Database
- News: Ed. Condran. Comic-Musician Deven Green Bringing Lounge Act To Twain House. Hartford Courant. June 22, 2015. July 11, 2015.
- Web site: Well, Hello: Thirty-One Years of Welcome to My Home . . 21 September 2018 .
- Bradley . Andrew . Green . Deven . Parodies of Power: Why Satire Is Needed Now More Than Ever . The Humanist . 2018 . 78 . 6 . 25–28 . 22 August 2019 . 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.. 0018-7399.
- Web site: Nail Lacquer – Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics . Sephora . 2014-03-23.
- Web site: OCC Automaton, Deven Green, Pool Boy Nail Lacquers Reviews, Photos, Swatches . Temptalia.com . 2014-02-09 . 2014-03-23.
- Web site: OCC Unknown Pleasures . Temptalia.com . 2014-07-22 . 2014-07-22.
