- Born
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Caroline Dhavernas commands the attention of filmgoers and television viewers with her beauty, talent and poise. Beginning her career at age 11, the Montreal native is already an acclaimed young actress who has also made her mark in Hollywood. She is the recipient of two Gemeaux Awards, one for "Best Interpretation in a Youth Series" for Zap (1993) and the second for "Best Supporting Role" in Tag.
Her first feature film, Thick as Thieves (1999), was followed by L'île de sable (1999).
She co-starred in English director Peter Greenaway's The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003), which was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003.
Dhavernas made her American television debut in 2002 in Law & Order (1990). But it's her role as "Jaye Tyler" in the critically acclaimed FOX comedy Wonderfalls (2004) that will make a mark in the minds of viewers.
In 2005, she landed a part in the drama Niagara Motel (2005) and received a Genie Award nomination for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role".
In 2006, she starred in the Focus Features film Hollywoodland (2006) opposite Adrien Brody, with whom she reunited in 2010 in Wrecked (2010). She also acted alongside Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillippe in Breach (2007).
Dhavernas appeared in the widely acclaimed Canadian feature Passchendaele (2008), which won the 2009 Genie Award for "Best Motion Picture".
She was in the supernatural thriller Devil (2010) produced by M. Night Shyamalan and The Switch (2010) with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman.
She also starred as "Vera Keller" in The Pacific (2010), a mini-series about World War II that debuted on HBO in March 2010.
In 2011, she could be seen in the ABC medical drama Off the Map (2011).
In 2013, she reunited with Wonderfalls (2004) creator Bryan Fuller in NBC's psychological horror thriller hit Hannibal (2013). Her performance as "Dr. Alana Bloom" earned her 4 nominations: a Saturn Award nod for "Best Supporting Actress on Television", an ACTRA Montreal Award nod for "Outstanding Female Performance", a Golden Maple Award nod for "Best Actress in a TV Series Broadcasted in the US" and a Chainsaw Award nod for "Best TV Actress".
2017 will see Dhavernas take on another strong TV leading role in Lifetime's thought-provoking euthanasia drama Mary Kills People (2017).- IMDb Mini Biography By: WKT Public Relations (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
- Bright blue eyes
- Angelic smile
- Soothing voice
- She trained for 2 months with the Pointe-Claire Swim Club to convincingly portray Marilyn Bell in Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (2001), who was the first to cross 32-mile Lake Ontario in 1954.
- She's used to doing her own dubbing for the French versions of her TV shows.
- Her sister Gabrielle Dhavernas is also an actress and specializes in dubbing. The voice timbre of both actresses is so similar that Gabrielle can dub the voice of Caroline.
- Her first name is pronounced Caro"lean" because of her French-Canadian heritage.
- She learned English at a very young age, as her parents sent her to an English-speaking elementary school called The Priory School.
- [2005] [on filming Wonderfalls (2004)] We [had a fantastic time]. It was so much fun. You know when you say that a crew is like a family - this one, it really was. I remember the guest stars who came, they were always trying to find a new plot for their characters because they wanted to stay. It was really a great working environment.
- [2005] [on Wonderfalls (2004) cancellation] It's heartbreaking but we're trying to get over it. As disappointed as we were, I think that somehow you have to find a way to think that it happened for a reason. At least, I'm very happy that it's going out on DVD because if it wasn't for the fans who signed this petition and were really ongoing about how they loved it, we wouldn't see this DVD right now.
- [2005] [on being asked if she has any irrational fears] Yes, I have one! Driving over a bridge and falling in the water, in the car.
- [2005] You really have someone else's words when you play a character - it's never very close to you, I have to say. I never felt like 'Oh, this is totally me.' That's why I do this job [laughs], to take a break from me.
- [2014] [on signing on to Hannibal (2013)] Well, Bryan [Fuller] was a big part of it. I did Wonderfalls (2004) with him, 10 years ago, and I've always wanted to work with him again. What's great about Bryan is that he never forgets the actors that he liked working with, and he takes mighty pleasure into making you do the exact opposite of what you did before with him. That was really fun. Wonderfalls was a comedy, and Jaye Tyler was this underachiever who was always in a sour mood. And Alana Bloom is the polar opposite, completely. This is a drama. She takes care of people, and she wants to. She has this savior complex. It's fantastic to know that someone believes that you can actually pull off the opposite of what you did before. Also, the cast was just fantastic. They're all actors that I truly admire and really wanted to work with. I also know that Bryan's writing is crazy and beautiful, and he would make this story his own. I thought it was possible to take on that challenge with him. It's such an iconic story, as you said, with the books and the movies, that how do you make people forget, or at least buy a new version of Hannibal Lecter - Anthony Hopkins gave such a memorable performance. I think Mads Mikkelsen really pulled it off by being who he wanted him to be, with a much more subtle way of being evil and a dandy, and all that. So, it was a no-brainer because of all those reasons.
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