Evangeline Lilly

The US Trends | Evangeline Lilly | Evangeline Lilly,is a Canadian actress,best known for her role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama,Lost.Evangeline Lilly was bornNicole Evangeline Lilly onAugust3,1979,in FortSaskatchewan,Alberta, Canada,to a devoutProtestant family.Her father was an economics teacher,and her mother is a secretary at SandyHill Elementary School. Evangeline Lilly also has two sisters.Her youngest sister,Andrea,has been described by Evangeline as"the actor in the family\\\."

Before leaving the town ofFort Saskatchewan for Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada,Evangeline briefly attended 3elementary schools,Fort Elementary School,RudolphHennig and JamesMowat Elementary School. Evangeline Lilly recalled,"When I was a kid, the Fort was tiny.I could ride my bike at 5years old from one end of town to the other...To meFort Saskatchewan holds a lot of really great memories.I just consider it a little happy hideaway."In Abbotsford,Lilly completed her high school years atW.J.Mouat Secondary School,and went on to study international relations at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Evangeline Lilly also served briefly as a foreign missionary and lived in a grass hut in the Philippines.She was offered permanent missionary work there for 2years,an offer she nearly accepted but eventually declined because of her parents' wishes.Lilly was a flight attendant withRoyal Airlines and also did some modelling for phone chat line Livelinks.She speaks French very well.She also worked at Green Bay BibleCamp nearKelowna and at theEarls Restaurant inAbbotsford.

Evangeline Lilly studied acting atThe Yaletown Actors Lab with writer,directorDavid Palffy and was 1st discovered by agentJeff Palffy,formerly of Ford Models,now withPMG Management in Vancouver.

Evangeline Lilly appeared on G4'sJudgment Day and in an uncredited role in the2003 film Freddy vs.Jason as a high school girl leaning against a locker,and some appearances in a few episodes ofSmallville as an extra.She had a guest appearance on theABC supernatural horror series Kingdom Hospital(2004).She also appeared on a Live Links chat line commercial.Lilly\\\'s 1st speaking role was on "Lost" ,a role in whichPalffy was instrumental in helping her to obtain.

When Evangeline Lilly was cast asKate Austen 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 grudgingly begin recasting the role of Kate.After nearly 20auditions,Lilly\\\'s work visa was approved / cleared but she arrived on set a day late.

Her salary in2004 for "Lost" was $ 80,000per episode.On the heels of her role in "Lost" ,she was voted one of theBreakout Stars of 2004by Entertainment Weekly and on December14, 2006,was nominated for a GoldenGlobe forBest Lead Actress-Drama.Action figures of Lilly\\\'s Lost character were released during the holiday season of2006.On May11,2010, Evangeline Lilly announced onThe View that she places writing and being a mother as top priorities,but she likes acting as a day job and she will continue acting when possible.

Evangeline Lilly is planning to write children\\\'s books called TheSquickerwonkers.

On June19,2011,it was announced that Evangeline Lilly would play the role of the ElfTauriel in PeterJackson\\\'s upcoming 2-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien\\\'s The Hobbit,due for release in December2012 and 2013and currently in production inNew Zealand.

OnOct 17,2011, Evangeline Lilly stated on JimmyKimmel Live that she is trying to distance herself from her character in the TV show "\\\Lost" and is now focusing on her future film projects.

Evangeline Lilly has stated that she"lives in a bubble",specifying that she is not familiar with popular culture and does not watch television or own a TV set.She has also said that she would not appear in a nude scene or perform in sexual scenes that she would consider"gratuitous".

In theMay 9,2007 episode ofJimmy KimmelLive, Evangeline Lilly described her deep need to leave her home town after her high school graduation.She did much travelling at this point in her life,moving from town to town approximately every 6months.She stated that in each town she took on a persona;for example,she would decide in 1town to take on the role of a"\\\nerdy bookworm"and in another,a ditzy"\\\cheerleader" type. Evangeline Lilly has jokingly stated that,as such,she would frequently date different men.

Evangeline Lilly has also used her celebrity status to help promoteJust Yell Fire,a2006 video aimed at teaching teenage girls how to defend themselves against rapists.

Her fellow "Lost" actor JoshHolloway also calls her"\\\Freckles",sharing the nickname his onscreen characterSawyer gave her. Evangeline Lilly was also known on set for being a tomboy,and"\\\potty mouth\\\".

OnDecember20,2006, Lilly\\\'s house in Kailua, Hawaii,was completely destroyed by fire while she was on the "Lost" set with one of her 2roommates,both of whom work as her stand-ins on the show.The 2ndroommate was off island at the time of the blaze,which occurred on the final day of shooting before the show\\\’s holiday break.The cause of the fire was an electrical problem.

Evangeline Lilly was once married to Canadian hockey player MurrayHone.From2004 to2009, Lilly dated"Lost" costar DominicMonaghan.She had her first child,a son named Kahekili(a Hawaiian name meaning"TheThunder"),with boyfriend NormanKali inMay2011.