EVANGELINE LILLY

biography

Evangeline Lilly’s combination of irresistible, playful charm and natural talent is earning her a reputation as one of the most promising young actresses in Hollywood.
Four years ago Lilly was discovered by a Ford talent agent on the streets of Kelowna, BC. Six months later she moved to Vancouver to attend the University of British Columbia to study international relations. After appearing in a few commercials, she chose to give up acting and focus on studying. A couple of years later, a friend urged her to give acting another shot, and soon thereafter she landed the non-speaking roles of a corpse in both an episode of “Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital” and the film “The Long Weekend.”
Lilly landed her first speaking role on “Lost” and was recently nominated for a 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama.
When not in Hawaii filming the show, Lilly is wholeheartedly devoted to philanthropy, traveling and gaining a higher knowledge of various cultures around the world. During her college years, she founded and ran a world development and human rights committee, and later spent three weeks living under a grass hut in the jungles of the Philippines. She has been a volunteer for children’s projects since the age of 14.
Fluent in French, Lilly loves reading, writing, painting, music, nature, staying active, learning, tea and travel.

FACTS

Name: Nicole Evangeline Lilly
Born: August 3rd 1979 in  Fort Saskatchewan, Canada.
Nicknames: Evie, Monkey
Age:  28
Height: 5' 5"
Status: Single
Family:  Mother, Father, two sisters

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

2007
Nominations
Saturn Award - Best Actress in a Television Program
Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Teen Choice Awards - Choice TV Actress: Drama

2006
Nominations
Saturn Award - Best Actress on Television
National Television Award - Most Popular Actress
Teen Choice Award - TV - Choice Actress: Drama/Action Adventure
Teen Choice Award - TV - Choice Chemistry (with Matthew Fox and Josh Holloway)

Won
Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

2005
Nominations
Saturn Award - Best Actress on Television
Golden Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Series, Drama
Teen Choice Award - Choice TV Actress: Drama
Teen Choice Award - Choice TV Breakout Performance - Female
Teen Choice Award - Choice TV Chemistry (with Matthew Fox)'
 

TRIVIA

Her first speaking role was on Lost.

Founded and ran a world development and human rights committee at her university. She has lived under a grass hut in the jungles of the Philippines with a missionary group, and has been a volunteer for children's projects since the age of 14.

Has two sisters - younger sister is named Andrea.

Before starring on "Lost" , she worked a variety of other jobs. She has worked as a flight attendant, waitress, and completed oil changes on big rigs while doing commercials and modeling to earn money for University
 

CAREER

Afterwards [2008] - Claire
Lost [2004-2008]  - Kate Austen
The Long Weekend [2005] - Simone
Kingdom Hospital [2004] - Benson's Girlfriend
Tru Calling [2003] - Party Guest
Freddy vs. Jason [2003] - School Student
Stealing Sinatra [2003] Model in commercial
Smallville [2002] - Wade's Girlfriend
Judgment Day [2002]  - JD Girl
 

QUOTES/ EVANGELINE LILLY

"Probably because I think that being isolated from the Hollywood world of premieres and red carpet events was probably good for me because I could ease into those at will and by my own choice. But in other aspects, when it comes to fanfare Hawaii is nuts and in L.A. they're all so jaded. They don't care. They see another star and it's like, 'oh yeah, we've seen a hundred of them before. You're a dime a dozen'. Which is a little bit easier to deal with. "

"Yeah, definitely it's changed. I can't wear scarves and boots and coats and hats anymore and I miss it like crazy. Of course I do. I'm a good Canadian girl. I miss all that good stuff. I miss tobogganing and I miss snowboarding, but I've also learned to surf and I've become a water baby which I used to be relatively terrified of the water and I kayak all the time now and I'm able to run year round on the beach which you can't obviously do in Canada. So there is all of that and it has been really great. "
On how Hawaii has changed the way she dress and live.

"Most people left, so it was myself, Matthew, Jorge and Dominic, three goofy, out-there guys. So we're in the middle of a parking lot in Kailua, daring each other to do things. Jorge turns to me and says, 'I'll give you twenty dollars if you pee in that garbage can. Thirty seconds later, I've got my pants down and my bum hanging into this garbage can, and he has to give me twenty dollars."

"And it was almost liberating. I kept waiting to wake up and panic that my stuff was all gone. But I never did. I'm actively trying to resist replacing things. But I'm in no hurry to clutter my life up again."
About losing her things in the fire 2006.

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