Jenny Evans (journalist)
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| Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
Jenny Evans is an investigative journalist and producer. As a teenager she starred in a movie, Twin Town. Her 2025 memoir documents her thirty-year search for justice, after being sexually assaulted.[1]
Evans grew up in Abergavenny, with an older brother, Will. Her father, Keith Evans, died when she was 13.[1] Her brother died in a house fire in Bristol, in 2001.[2]
Career
As a teenager, Evans made her debut film appearance in 1997 in the dark comedy Twin Town. This film has been described as a cult classic.[3][4] Soon after making the film, Evans was sexually assaulted in London by a public figure and his friend.[5] She left acting, but after studying for a degree at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama,[1] went on to became an investigative journalist, producer and documentary maker.[6]
Her producing and directing credits include the 2017 Channel 4 documentary on the wealth gap in Britain seen through the lens of two dogs, Rich Dog, Poor Dog[7][8]
In 2025, Evans published her memoir, Don't Let it Break You, Honey.[9] The title of the memoir came from words that Maya Angelou said to Evans, after they met at the Hay Festival when Evans was a teenager.[10] Evans’ memoir documents her search for justice after her sexual assault; and of the chain of events that followed, when her disclosures to the police ended up being printed in the tabloid newspapers. Evans worked as a researcher for the investigative journalist Nick Davies, whose work uncovered the depths of the phone hacking scandal.[1] Evans' search for justice took many years. In 2014, she received a formal apology from the Metropolitan Police for their role in leaking information.[11] The book was longlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.[12]