Biography for
Evangeline Lilly More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

3 August 1979, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada

Birth Name

Nicole Evangeline Lilly

Nickname

Evi
Monkey

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

Evangeline Lilly, born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta in 1979, 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.

IMDb Mini Biography By: RaDragon

Spouse

Murray Hone

(2003 - 2004) (divorced)

Trade Mark

Freckles

Trivia

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.

Fluent in French and loves reading, writing, painting, long walks, tea, and nature.

Refused to do a partial nude scene in an early episode of "Lost" (2004).

Voted one of the Breakout Stars of 2004 by Entertainment Weekly Magazine

Named #2 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

Prior to her starring role on "Lost" (2004), she worked as an extra on film sets to help pay her University tuition. She can be seen in episodes of "Tru Calling" (2003), "Dead Like Me" (2003) and "Smallville" (2001), and in several films including White Chicks (2004), Stealing Sinatra (2003) and Freddy vs. Jason (2003).

Has two sisters - younger sister is named Andrea.

Before starring on "Lost" (2004), she worked a variety of other jobs. She has worked as a flight attendant, waitress, and completed oil changes on big rigs before doing commercials and extra work on film sets to earn money for University.

Her father is a Home Economics teacher in Canada. Her mother is a middle school secretary, who previously worked as a cosmetician and ran a daycare service.

Attended the University of British Columbia where she studied international relations. Her studies were cut short by her role as "Kate" on Lost.

Kate, her character on "Lost" (2004), is frequently seen climbing trees. This is because the very athletic Lilly loves to climb trees herself.

Jeff Palffy, formerly Ford Models, now with PMG Management in Vancouver was her first agent and was instrumental in her first break on "Lost" (2004).

Ranked as #75 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

In 2003, she was cast in several commercials for a dating hot-line called "LiveLinks". The late-night ads ran for over two years on basic cable channels, even after she made it big on ABC's hit drama "Lost" (2004). During a guest spot on "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993), David Letterman played one of her commercials on the show.

Named #73 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

Her house in Hawaii was destroyed by a fire. Luckily, no one was hurt. [December 2006]

Ranked #68 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Ranked #12 on Wizard magazine's "Sexiest Women of TV" list (March 2008).

Ranked #88 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

First husband, Canadian Murray Hone, enjoyed hockey as a hobby.

Spokenmodel since 2009 of L'Oreal Paris.

Confirmed after much speculation that she is 8 months pregnant with her first child by boyfriend Norman Kali, whom she has been in a relationship with since May 2010 (15 April 2011).

US Weekly revealed that she had given birth to her son Kahekili, with boyfriend Norman Kali (21 May 2011).

Was 1 month pregnant with her son Kahekili when she completed filming Real Steel (2011).

Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her son Kahekili to begin filming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).

Delivered her son Kahekili naturally in a home birth after a 30-hour labor.

Personal Quotes

I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.

I love being outside - that's where I'm the happiest.

I feel like I'm in boot camp. On "Lost" (2004) - my first year was baptism by fire. I just was thrown in. And I had no idea what I was doing, not just on set, and not just as an actor, but as a public figure. I had no idea what I was doing. I had no idea how to cope with it, and what the best ways were to manage it. I'm constantly learning that and therefore, in learning it, I knew I didn't want to - one of the first things I knew was, I don't want to have this beast become so big and uncontrollable that I am swallowed up by it.

To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing. I think it's more cumbersome and more of a hindrance to your life than it is the other. But the fortune is fantastic. I'll take it, and I have no complaints. But it's not - you know, I didn't become an actress because I wanted to be famous. I didn't become an actress because this is the ultimate career goal of my life. I became an actress by accident. I was doing a psychological exercise with myself, challenging myself, by going to auditions. I had no idea that it would connect to a job. I had no intention for it to connect to a job. I was doing it as an exercise. So when I got a job, I, in that moment, had to sit down and go, "Do I want to be an actor?"

Even if you're unhappy, just pretend that you're happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that, I used to think, 'I'm being fake,' but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable. - on her mindset.

Salary

"Lost" (2004)

$80,000

Where Are They Now

(2013) Starred opposite Hugh Jackman in the 2011 Blockbuster film "Real Steel" and will appear as the elf "Tauriel" in Peter Jackson's 2013 release of the Hobbit 2: The Desolation of Smaug.