Sophie Evans is an
English magician
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who lives and works mainly in
Las Vegas. She works regularly at the famous
Hollywood Magic Castle, in the close-up room and the parlor, as well as onstage in the Palace. An international award-winning magician, she took the coveted Closeup Award in
Australia
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in the mid-1990s, becoming the first woman ever to win an international award for
close-up magic. She is best known in
England for her work on the
BBC's "
Sorcerers Apprentice" magical
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for children.
She comes from an established English
show-biz
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family that goes back 4 generations. Her great-great-grandmother was a
Gaiety girl; her great-grandfather a
music hall
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performer and her grandfather was well-known
stuntman
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and
technical director, Rupert Evans. Other family members include actress
Monica Evans, who
understudied Joan Littlewood in ''Rhinoceros'' and later became become a Pigeon Sister in "
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" and is the voice of Maid Marian in the 1973 film ''
Robin Hood''.
Evans is a specialist in
close-up
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and
comedy magic, as well performing her
burlesque
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The Amazing Johnathan
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" in Vegas, and often works with International Magician
Kevin James as part of the Award Winning "Twisted Cabaret". She also acts as a magic and fire consultant.
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Living people
English magicians
People from Portsmouth
Year of birth missing (living people)