Evelina was born and reared in Portugal in the city famous for its wine, Oporto. Born in a family of artists she soon started to get involved in theater productions. She studied piano, violin, and singing in the Oporto Music Conservatory and different types of dances including ballet and jazz dance when she was just a little girl. Her passion for the arts took her to many different countries where she lived for a while and refined her actress skills as Italy, England, France, Greece, USA, Spain, Brasil. She moved to New York in 2005 and is currently living in Los Angeles.

Plays Piano, Violin and Guitar.She was a Portuguese Ambassador for Toyota.Speaks fluent English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French.As a teenager she was a lead singer in a top Portuguese Girls Band named Antilook.