---
name: "Karena Evans"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karena-evans"
fi1m_id: "karena-evans"
imdb_id: "nm8032591"
tmdb_id: 1603053
wikidata_id: "Q52818640"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 December 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T00:23:28.315315+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Karena Evans

## Identity

Karena Evans

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karena-evans
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karena-evans
- **IMDb ID:** nm8032591
- **TMDB ID:** 1603053
- **Wikidata ID:** Q52818640
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karena_Evans, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52818640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8032591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1603053

Director. Born 17 December 1995 in Pickering, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 December 1995, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2024–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karena_Evans, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52818640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8032591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1603053

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Furious*](https://film.one/tv/furious.md) (75)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mr. & Mrs. Smith*](https://film.one/tv/mr-and-mrs-smith.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Karena Evans is a Canadian director and actress. Born on 17 December 1995 in Pickering, Ontario, she began her career as an actress with roles in the television series *Mary Kills People* (2017) as Heather and the film *Every Day* (2018) as Hannah/A.

She gained recognition as a director of music videos, including Drake's 2018 singles "God's Plan", "Nice for What" and "In My Feelings", as well as Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" (2025). She was the first woman to receive the Prism Prize's Lipsett Award for music video direction.

Since 2018, Evans has directed episodes of television series including *P-Valley* (2020), *Snowfall* (2021), *Gossip Girl* (2021), *Dead Ringers* (2023), *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2024) and *Furious* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Furious* (2026), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/furious.md)
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2024), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-and-mrs-smith.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Furious* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/furious.md)
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-and-mrs-smith.md)
- *Dead Ringers* (2023), series, Director
- *Y: The Last Man* (2021), series, Director
- *Gossip Girl* (2021), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *P-Valley* (2020), series, Director
- *Firecrackers* (2019), as Chantal
- *Every Day* (2018), as Hannah / A
- *Snowfall* (2017), series, Director
- *Mary Kills People* (2017), series, as Heather
- *WhiteWoods* (2016), as Amy

## Gallery

- ![Karena Evans](https://film.one/media/person/21956/gallery-1cbbb1390752.jpg) Karena Evans — Image via TMDB
- ![Karena Evans](https://film.one/media/person/21956/gallery-47b824bd0881.jpg) Karena Evans — Image via TMDB
- ![Karena Evans](https://film.one/media/person/21956/gallery-cb463119e533.jpg) Karena Evans — Image via TMDB
- ![Karena Evans](https://film.one/media/person/21956/gallery-2fac5483e96b.jpg) Karena Evans — Image via TMDB
- ![Karena Evans](https://film.one/media/person/21956/gallery-67e3df13e61d.jpg) Karena Evans — Image via TMDB
- ![Karena Evans](https://film.one/media/person/21956/gallery-df48a27ae9ce.jpg) Karena Evans — Image via TMDB

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/karena-evans