| Evangeline Lilly |
Evangeline Lilly in Monaco. |
| Birth name: |
Nicole Evangeline Lilly |
| Date of birth: |
August 3, 1979 (age: 27) |
| Birth location: |
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta |
| Notable role(s): |
"Kate Austen" in "Lost" |
Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Katherine "Kate" Austen in ABC's Lost.
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Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
- 1.3 Personal life
- 2 References
- 3 External links
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Biography
Early life
Lilly served briefly as a foreign missionary and lived in a grass hut in the Philippines. She founded and ran a world development and human rights committee while studying international relations at the University of British Columbia. She has been a volunteer for children's projects since she was 14. Lilly is a former flight attendant and is fluent in French.
Career
Lilly was discovered on the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia by Ford modeling agency. Although she initially decided to pass on a modeling career, she went ahead and signed with Ford anyway, to help pay for her University of British Columbia tuition and expenses. Despite being signed to Ford Models, she was never actually a fashion model. - "People don’t realise Ford has an acting branch,” she said. “So I was never really a model.” [1]
She was previously featured in several LiveLinks Chatline television commercials and on G4's Judgment Day. She appeared (uncredited) in the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason as a high-school girl leaning against a locker, and in an episode of Smallville in a pool hall scene. She also had a guest appearance on the ABC supernatural horror series Kingdom Hospital (2004).
When Lilly was cast as Kate in Lost, her main concern was acquiring a work visa to enter the United States. With production literally days away and no news about the visa, casting directors were forced to begrudingly begin re-casting the role of Kate. After nearly 20 auditions, Lilly's work visa was approved/cleared but she arrived on set a day late. Her salary in 2004 for Lost was $80,000 [2]. On the heels of her role in Lost, she was voted one of the Breakout Stars of 2004 by Entertainment Weekly. Although Lilly placed eighth in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006 and initially placed second on Maxim's Hot 100 list of 2005 [3], she slipped to #67 in Maxim's 2006 list.
Lilly recently used her celebrity status to help promote Just Yell Fire, a video aimed at teaching teenage girls how to defend themselves against rapists.
Personal life
Lilly's known nicknames include "Evi" and "Monkey." Her Lost castmates nicknamed her "Monkey" because of her ability to climb trees with ease (a skill which has been incorporated into her character). [4] She is known for her tomboyishness, Christian faith, and her "potty mouth." [5] She has two sisters, including a younger one named Andrea [2]. Lilly was once married to Canadian hockey player Murray Hone [6], but is now rumoured to be engaged to her Lost co-star Dominic Monaghan. [7]
References
- ^ Article on Parade.com
- ^ a b IMDB Biography for Evangeline Lilly
- ^ Evangeline Lilly makes Maxim Hot 100, CBC Arts
- ^ Article on Lilly at HairBoutique.com
- ^ Evangeline Lilly and Religion
- ^ Article at SundayMirror.co.uk
- ^ News about the engagement between Lilly and Monaghan at TeenHollywood.com
External links
- Evangeline Lilly at the Internet Movie Database
- LiveLinks Ad with Evangeline Lilly at Google Video
Categories: 1979 births | Canadian film actors | Canadian television actors | Living people | Lost actors | People from Alberta | Flight attendants
