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Deven Green
Green in 2015
Born (1975-01-31) January 31, 1975 (age 49)[citation needed]
Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
OccupationComedian

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!.[citation needed] She later moved to Los Angeles to further her career.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Back Soon Trixie
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race Special Guest Season 5

References

  1. ^ a b Peeples, Jase (July 4, 2015). "Christian Woman Records Herself Losing it Over Marriage Equality, Gets Remixed". The Advocate. ISSN 0001-8996. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2022. Internet satirical character Mrs. Betty Bowers, "America's Best Christian" (played by comedian Deven Green)
  2. ^ Bravo, Tony (August 18, 2019). "YouTube viral comedy star Deven Green brings her act — and ukulele — to SF's Oasis". San Francisco Chronicle | Datebook. ISSN 1932-8672. OCLC 8812614. Archived from the original on September 3, 2020. Retrieved November 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."
  3. ^ Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ Condran, Ed (June 22, 2015). "Comic-Musician Deven Green Bringing Lounge Act To Twain House". Hartford Courant. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  5. ^ "Well, Hello: Thirty-One Years of Welcome to My Home". Vanity Fair. 21 September 2018.
  6. ^ Bradley, Andrew; Green, Deven (2018). "Parodies of Power: Why Satire Is Needed Now More Than Ever". The Humanist. 78 (6): 25–28. ISSN 0018-7399. Retrieved 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.
  7. ^ "Nail Lacquer – Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics". Sephora. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  8. ^ "OCC Automaton, Deven Green, Pool Boy Nail Lacquers Reviews, Photos, Swatches". Temptalia.com. 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  9. ^ "OCC Unknown Pleasures". Temptalia.com. 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2014-07-22.

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