Deven Green

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]

Deven Green
Green in 2015
Born	(1975-01-31) January 31, 1975 (age 50)[citation needed] Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation	Comedian

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]}

Career

Parody work

Green portrays the satirical character Mrs. Betty Bowers, "America's Best Christian", created and written by writer Andrew Bradley.^[1][3]

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.^[4]

In 2018 Green was a recipient of the American Humanist Association's Humanist Arts Award.^[5]

Print and modelling

The nail lacquer colour Deven Green was released by OCCmakeup at Sephora.^[6]

She appeared as a spokesmodel for OCCmakeup's 2014 Spring Collection "Plastic Passion"^[7] and OCCmakeup's 2014 Fall/Winter Collection "Unknown Pleasures".^[8]

Filmography

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