Serena Evans
Serena Evans (born 2 December 1959) is a British actress who is best known for playing Police Sergeant Patricia Dawkins in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line which was shown on BBC1 from 1995 to 1996.
Serena Evans
- Name
- Serena Evans
- Born
- 2 December 1959
- Birthplace
- Westminster, London, England
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama · Beaconsfield High School
- Languages
- English
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Serena Evans (born 2 December 1959) is a British actress who is best known for playing Police Sergeant Patricia Dawkins in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line which was shown on BBC1 from 1995 to 1996.
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Serena Evans (born 1959) is an actress, dancer and model, of British nationality. The actress was born in Westminster. Serena Evans was educated at Beaconsfield High School and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Serena Evans • Born — 2 December 1959 • Birthplace — Westminster, London, England • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1977–present • Children — 2
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Early life and career
Serena Evans was born 2 December 1959, to actor parents Tenniel Evans and Evangeline (née Banks). Evans played police Sergeant Patricia Dawkins in the BBC1 sitcom The Thin Blue Line from 1995 to 1996. She also had a regular role as Sarah Chapman in ITV sitcom The Piglet Files, and appeared in six episodes of The Comic Strip Presents playing various characters, such as the schoolgirl, in 'The Bad News Tour'. In 2010, Evans appeared in the role of Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. Between 2018 and 2021, she starred in the horror drama, Approaching Shadows; the film premiered at the BFI Southbank in London on 3 December 2021, had a private VIP screening at Vue Rhyl on 21 March 2022, and released digitally on 1 July 2022, through many platforms such as iTunes, Sky Store, Microsoft, YouTube, Google Play and Amazon Prime Video.
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Evans the granddaughter of actor, director and producer Leslie Banks on her mother's side; her brother Matthew Evans is a TV director. On her father's side she is a direct descendant of Isaac Evans, brother of Mary Ann Evans otherwise known as author George Eliot. She is married to the actor Daniel Flynn and they have two children together.
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Serena Evans was born on 2 December 1959.
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Activity and practice. Recorded as having studied at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Beaconsfield High School.
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