Evangeline Lilly is a Canadian actress and fashion model who is
currently starring in the American television series Lost as the
character Kate Austen.
* Birth Name:--Nicole Evangeline Lilly
* Known Nicknames:--Evi, Evie
* Date of Birth:--August 3, 1979
* Place of Origin:--Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
* Height:--1.65m (About 5'5")
Background
Evangeline Lilly was discovered on the streets of Kelowna, British
Columbia by the famous 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. She was previously featured in several LiveLinks
Chatline television commercials in the United States, which David
Letterman showed on his Late Show program when she was a guest, and on
G4's Judgment Day.
Trivia
* Lilly served briefly as a foreign missionary and traveled to 14
countries. She also lived in a grass hut in the Philippines. She also
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.
* Lilly is fluent in French.
* She was voted one of the Breakout Stars of 2004 by Entertainment
Weekly.
* She also came in second on Maxim's hot 100 list of 2005.
* It is rumoured that she lives in Hawaii together with Lost costar
Dominic Monaghan; The two have never come forward and officially
"announced" their relationship. On November 8, 2005 tabloid photos of
the two were published in a variety of magazines and websites,
featuring the two kissing intimately while taking a break from
surfing.