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Brely Evans
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Evans in 2019
Born
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • comedian
  • author
  • producer
Years active 1990–present

Brely Evans is an American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, author, and comedian. She started her career in the 1990s as a singer in an R&B music group called Emage. Later, she became well-known for her acting roles in movies like Sparkle (2012) and The Man in 3B (2015). She also starred in TV shows such as Ambitions (2019), The Family Business (2020–2022), and Haus of Vicious (2022–present).

Early Life and Music Career

Brely Evans was born and grew up in Oakland, California. In the early 1990s, she was part of an R&B group named Emage. Their only album, Soul Deep, came out in 1994. The group had one song that became popular, "The Choice Is Yours."

After her time with Emage, Brely went to college in Los Angeles. She earned a degree in marketing. She also became a session singer, which means she sang backup for other artists. She worked on songs for Warren G and even on Dr. Dre’s first album, The Chronic. Before becoming a full-time actress, Brely also worked as a real estate agent. She even sold a house to the famous artist Queen Latifah.

Acting Career Begins

In the 2010s, Brely Evans started acting in movies. Some of her early films include He's Mine Not Yours (2011) and Note to Self (2012). A big role for her was in the 2012 movie Sparkle. She also appeared in David E. Talbert's Suddenly Single (2013) and Black Coffee (2014).

Brely took on a main role in the movie You Can't Fight Christmas (2017). On television, she had repeated roles in the BET show Being Mary Jane from 2014 to 2015. She also appeared in the TV One comedy series Born Again Virgin in 2015.

Recent Roles in TV and Film

In 2019, Brely Evans got two important roles in TV shows. First, she played a main character named Joy Beane in the Bounce TV comedy series Last Call. Later that year, she joined the cast of the Oprah Winfrey Network show Ambitions. In this show, she played Rondell Lancaster, who was the sister of the mayor.

In 2020, Brely starred in the TV movie Steppin' Back to Love. She also appeared in the horror series Terror Lake Drive and the comedy-drama For the Love of Jason.

From 2020 to 2022, Brely Evans played Sonya Duncan in the BET crime drama series The Family Business. Her role became even bigger in the fourth season. In 2022, she starred in the thriller film Stalked Within and played the main role in the romantic movie Single Not Searching. Later that year, she also starred in the BET drama series Haus of Vicious.

In 2023, Brely continued to act in many projects. She was in the TV One and Lifetime drama film A Mother's Intuition. She also appeared in the comedy-drama Whatever It Takes. In the same year, she played GeGe in the We TV drama series Kold x Windy.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Outrighteous Singing Elizabeth
2010 Just Wright Sabrina
2010 Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed Nurse
2011 Tracks - Short film
2011 He's Mine Not Yours Waitress
2012 The Marriage Lottery Team Roman
2012 Note to Self Tiffany Grace
2012 C'mon Man Interviewee
2012 Sparkle Tune Ann
2012 David E. Talbert's Suddenly Single Kat
2012 Douglass U Kayla
2014 Black Coffee Nicole
2014 More to Love Chelle
2014 For Love or Money Lil Mama
2014 Just a Dream Rachel Short film
2015 72 Hours Marquita
2015 B Love Victoria Short film
2015 The Man in 3B Connie
2015 My First Love Jasmine
2016 Addicted to You Amber Taylor
2017 Walk Away from Love Lana
2017 Miss Me This Christmas Leslie Major
2017 You Can't Fight Christmas Leslie Major
2019 Black Privilege Angie
2021 Triggers Camila Short film, also associate producer
2022 Boosters LA Yvonne
2022 Stalked Within Trina
2022 Single Not Searching Brianna Also associate producer
2022 Turnt Kim
2023 Channel You Marianne
2023 A Mother's Intuition Cicely
2023 Black Girl Erupted Jillian
2023 Wide Open: The Andre Rison Story Psychologist
2023 Whatever It Takes India
2024 Black Girl Magic Marie Also producer
2024 Momma's Boy - A Son Returns Faith Tenner Also producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Lbs Episode: "Tummy Loves Trouble"
2011 The Cookout 2 Ghetto Cheerleader Television film
2013 Let the Church Say Amen Shante Television film
2014–2015 Being Mary Jane Nichelle Recurring role (seasons 1–3), 6 episodes
2015 Born Again Virgin Kelly Recurring role (season 1), 3 episodes
2017 Mann & Wife Cabella Episode: "Take Me to the Mann"
2019 Last Call Joy Beane Main role, 13 episodes
2019 Ambitions Rondell Pauline Lancaster Main role, 18 episodes
2020 Steppin' Back to Love Paula Television film
2020 Terror Lake Drive Jojo Recurring role (season 1)
2020–2022 The Family Business Sonya Recurring role (season 2); guest star (season 3), Regular (season 4), 14 episodes
2020–2022 For the Love of Jason Alexandria Grant Main role, 7 episodes
2022 The Neighborhood Janice Episode: "Welcome to the Dream Girls"
2022–present Haus of Vicious Avery Main role
2023–present Kold x Windy GeGe Main role
2024 Churchy Executive producer

Music Videos

Year Title Artist Notes
2014 Beautiful Mali Music Herself
2015 Shame Tyrese Mary
2018 Just My Type Tiana Herself

See also

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