
Lini Evans
Career at a glance
10Hallmark films
2 at Christmas
across 10 rated films
Mostly standard issue
Best reviewed
Most recent
Lini Evans is one of those faces you recognize long before you can place the name, and that is exactly the job. Across 10 films since 2015 she never top-bills, which makes her a supporting hand rather than a lead, the kind Hallmark keeps calling back to fill out a small town. Five of those films plant her squarely on Main Street, though she only turns up at Christmas twice, so she is not strictly a holiday regular. Her ratings sit in comfortable middle territory around 6.5, with her high point Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas from 2020 at 7.0, and Raise a Glass to Love just behind. She has crossed paths with Ryan Paevey on three pictures, but that is shared scenery rather than a pairing. If you watch enough of these, she is the reassuring background you stop noticing and would miss.
Follow & about Lini
- From
- Calgary
Lini Evans is a Canadian entertainer. Evans has performed songs in multiple languages. She has described learning songs in unfamiliar languages by listening to them repeatedly to memorize the words and inflections.
Lini’s signature
Across 10 films, Lini frequently leans into Christmas, usually plays a lawyer and is usually set in small towns.
- Christmas2 films
- small towns5 films
- a lawyer5 films
- a wedding finale3 films
- enemies-to-lovers6 films
- a return home4 films
3 films
Lini has shared more Hallmark sets with Ryan Paevey than with anyone else.
3 films, one enduring on-screen pairing.
Known for
On-screen partners

Lini’s most frequent on-screen partner is Ryan Paevey, with 3 films together.
Where Lini fits in
The corners of the Hallmark universe Lini keeps turning up in. Each one is a full ranked guide.
All 10 movies
Newest first2020s
3 films2010s
7 films- 2018
Falling for YouActress as Patty Hathaway · Small Town6.6Weird 4/10 - 2018
Marrying Mr. DarcyActress as Linda Scott · Big City6.0Weird 2/10 - 2017
Harvest LoveActress as Grace · Thanksgiving6.3Weird 4/10 - 2017
Walking the DogActress as Barb Simmons · Valentine's Day6.5Weird 3/10 - 2016
Stop the WeddingActress as Belle · Big City6.4Weird 5/10 - 2016
Unleashing Mr. DarcyActress as Linda Scott · Big City6.2Weird 4/10 - 2015
Love, AgainActress as Brittany Hoffbrauer · Wedding Anniversary6.0Weird 2/10
Lini’s standouts
In pictures
A quick look at Lini’s Hallmark run — headshot and the posters fans know best.
Lini’s creative circle
Most directed by
- David Winning2 films
- Michael M. Scott2 films
Most written by
- Teena Booth2 films
- Teri Wilson2 films
Who Lini works with
The cast and crew Lini keeps ending up on set with — the regular faces you’ll recognise from one film to the next. Bigger circle, more films together.
Movies by year
Ratings profile
Average 6.5 across 10 rated movies — each dot is one film.



