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Brely Evans is an American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, author and comedian. She was a member of the 1990s R&B group Emage. She moved into acting and appeared in films such as '' Sparkle'' (2012) and ''
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'' (2015) and the 2019
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primetime soap opera, '' Ambitions''. She starred in
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drama series '' The Family Business'' (2020–2022) and '' Haus of Vicious'' (2022–present).


Life and career

Evans was born and raised in
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. She was a member in the early 1990s R&B group Emage. Their only album, ''Soul Deep,'' was mostly produced by D'Wayne Wiggins from Tony Toni Toné and was released in 1994 by
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. Their only notable single, "The Choice Is Yours," reached #81 on the
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chart. Evans later received a bachelor’s degree in marketing in Los Angeles and landed a job in Larrabee Sound Studios. She also became a session singer, sang backup on several
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songs, and worked on
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’s debut studio album, ''
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''. By the end of the 2000s, Evans worked as a real estate agent and sold her first home to
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.rollingout.com/2020/07/16/brely-evans-continues-to-manifest-her-lifes-biggest-moments/ Evans later had a minor role in the 2010 romantic comedy ''
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'' starring Latifah. In 2010s, Evans began acting in films such as ''He's Mine Not Yours'' (2011), ''Note to Self'' (2012), and the 2012 remake of '' Sparkle''. She co-starred in the
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-directed drama '' Let the Church Say Amen'', and appeared in
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's ''Suddenly Single'' (2013), ''Black Coffee'' (2014), ''
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'' (2015), and played the leading role in ''You Can't Fight Christmas'' (2017). On television, Evans had a recurring roles on BET drama series ''
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'' from 2014 to 2015, and TV One comedy series ''
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'' in 2015. In 2019, Evans was cast in two series regular roles. First, a female lead on the
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comedy series ''Last Call'' opposite
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. Later that year, she began starring in the
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prime time soap opera, '' Ambitions,'' playing Rondell Lancaster, the sister of Atlanta Mayor Evan Lancaster (
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). The series was canceled after one season. In 2020 she co-starred in the made-for-television movie ''Steppin' Back to Love'', starred in the first season of
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horror-anthology series ''
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'', and the Urban Movie Channel comedy-drama series ''For the Love of Jason''. In 2020, Evans was cast as Sonya Duncan in the second season of BET crime drama series '' The Family Business''. She was promoted to series regular for the fourth season. In 2022 she co-starred opposite Meagan Tandy in the thriller film ''Stalked Within'' and played the lead in the romantic drama film ''Single Not Searching''. Later in 2022 she starred opposite
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in the BET drama series '' Haus of Vicious''. The following year, Evans starred opposite
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in the TV One and Lifetime drama film ''A Mother's Intuition'', and the comedy-drama '' Whatever It Takes'' alongside
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, A.J. Johnson and
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. In 2023, Evans starred as GeGe in the We TV drama series ''Kold x Windy''.


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