Eve Russell is a fictional character on the American soap opera
Passions, which aired on NBC from 1999 to 2007 and on DirecTV in
2007â€"08. Created by the soap's head writer, James E. Reilly, Eve was
played by Tracey Ross for the series' entire run. In 2003, actresses
Amanda Maiden and Kimberly Kevon Williams played the character in
flashbacks to her childhood and her time as a nightclub singer. Ross
was initially hesitant to audition for the role following her negative
experience on Ryan's Hope, but was attracted to the show after
learning about its supernatural and fantasy elements. Her casting was
part of NBC's attempt to include a racially diverse ensemble on
daytime television. She based her performance on Joanne Woodward's
role in the 1957 film The Three Faces of Eve and Catherine Halsey from
Ayn Rand's 1943 novel, The Fountainhead.Eve Russell is a fictional
character on the American soap opera Passions, which aired on NBC from
1999 to 2007 and on DirecTV in 2007â€"08. Created by the soap's head
writer, James E. Reilly, Eve was played by Tracey Ross for the series'
entire run. In 2003, actresses Amanda Maiden and Kimberly Kevon
Williams played the character in flashbacks to her childhood and her
time as a nightclub singer. Ross was initially hesitant to audition
for the role following her negative experience on Ryan's Hope, but was
attracted to the show after learning about its supernatural and
fantasy elements. Her casting was part of NBC's attempt to include a
racially diverse ensemble on daytime television. She based her
performance on Joanne Woodward's role in the 1957 film The Three Faces
of Eve and Catherine Halsey from Ayn Rand's 1943 novel, The
Fountainhead.Eve, part of Passions' Russell family, is introduced as
the perfect wife of T. C. Russell and mother of Whitney and Simone.
Eve's desperation to conceal all evidence of her past
relationshipâ€"and childâ€"with Julian Crane leads to the breakup of
her marriage and family, especially when her adoptive sister Liz
Sanbourne arrives in the fictional Northeastern town of Harmony and
ruins Eve's life for abandoning her first family. Later storylines
focus on Eve's on-again, off-again relationship with Julian, and her
search for their son, who is revealed as Vincent Clarkson despite
long-running speculation by the show's characters and media outlets
that he was Chad Harris-Crane. Ross and Johnson made cameo appearances
as Eve and T. C. in the series finale of the NBC primetime drama
Providence. At the end of the show, several props and costumes related
to Eve were sold in an auction, along with other items from the
show.Critics and fans praised Ross' performance, although the
character's later storylines were criticized by the cast. Eve and
Julian, known by fans as "Evian", were dubbed "the Odd Couple of
Passions" by Soap Opera Weekly, and critics reacted positively to the
actors' chemistry. Ross felt that Eve's relationship with Julian
showcased an authentic representation of an interracial couple. She
received eight nominations for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding
Actress in a Daytime Drama Series, winning at the 38th NAACP Image
Awards. Eve Russell Top Movies & Young Movies