Sophia Michaels
Evelyn is an artist, too. She has an extensive background in music, film and TV. She is the creator and star of the internet series “The Great British Baking Show.” The show is a collaboration between BBC Wales and BBC America, and is published by BBC Books. In addition to her work on “The Great British Baking Show,” Evelyn also appears on “The One Show with Stephen Colbert.”
Like her husband, Evelyn McGee-Colbert has an entertainment background. She attended the University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences and studied English and Drama. After married to Stephen Colbert, she guest-starred in the comedy series “Strangers with Candy,” which was co-created by the television host. In 2005, Evelyn had a role in the movie version as Clair Noblet. She went on to have minor roles in “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” in 2013 and then “Alpha House” in 2014.
Like her husband, Evelyn McGee-Colbert has an entertainment background. She attended the University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences and studied English and Drama. After marrying Stephen Colbert, she guest-starred in the comedy series “Strangers with Candy,” which was co-created by the television host. In 2005, Evelyn had a role in the movie version as Clair Noblet. She went on to have minor roles in “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” in 2013 and then “Alpha House” in 2014.
Evie became an enormously popular recurring guest on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” In May 2022, she came on for the show’s “First Drafts” segment and gave her opinion on which Mother’s Day cards were appropriate and which were “sometimes offensive.” Evelyn appeared again in February for the “First Drafts” Valentine’s Day segment and told the audience how she and Stephen got engaged. “We went for a lovely walk and we were in The Battery in Charleston in the gazebo and you asked me if I would marry you,” she recounted. Looking at Stephen she continued, “And I said — and this says a lot about me, not about you — I said, ‘Are you sure?'” The couple’s working relationship extends beyond “The Late Show” and the two also work side-by-side at Stephen’s production company.
