Actor

Karena Evans

December 17, 1995 · Pickering, Ontario, Canada

Karena Evans is a Canadian TV and music video director and actress. She is known for directing the music videos for Drake's 2018 Billboard Hot 100 number one singles "God's Plan", "Nice for What", and "In My Feelings". Evans is the first woman to receive the Prism Prize's Lipsett Award for music video direction. Since 2018, she has directed several episodes of television, including for series such as Snowfall (2021), Gossip Girl (2021), and most recently, Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2024). She also directed the music video for the Kendrick Lamar and SZA song "Luther" in 2025.

Notable work

7.2
Every Day (2018)
as Hannah / A
8.4
Snowfall (2017)
Director
6.6
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024)
Director
6.6
Y: The Last Man (2021)
Director
7.3
Gossip Girl (2021)
Director

Often works with

Katie Douglas
2 titles together
Every Day, Mary Kills People
Jess Salgueiro
2 titles together
Y: The Last Man, Mary Kills People

Full filmography · 11

Furious
Director
20267.1
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Director
20246.6
Dead Ringers
Director
20236.1
Y: The Last Man
Director
20216.6
Gossip Girl
Director
20217.3
P-Valley
Director
20207.6
Snowfall
Director
20178.4
Mary Kills People
as Heather
20177.4