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02/05/2016 – Shirer, Alena Pitts – 23rd Annual MovieGuide Awards Gala – Arrivals – Universal Hilton Hotel – Universal City, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos
Birth Name: Priscilla Carleen Evans
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 31, 1974
Ethnicity: African-American
Priscilla Shirer is an American author, motivational speaker, actress, Christian media personality, and evangelist. She has starred in the films War Room (2015), I Can Only Imagine , Overcomer , and The Forge (2024).
She is the daughter of Lois (Cannings) and Tony Evans (Anthony Tyrone Evans), a Christian pastor, speaker, author, and syndicated radio and television broadcaster. Her father is senior pastor to the over-9,500-member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. She is the sister of Christian singer and songwriter Anthony Evans and professional football player Jonathan Evans. Priscilla is married to hotel executive Jerry Shirer, with whom she has three children. Priscilla and her husband founded Going Beyond Ministries.