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.
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 role 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. For the role, she has been nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Actress in a Drama Series and also received a 2007 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series.
While on hiatus from LOST last summer, Lilly filmed her first major lead role in the feature film Afterwards, starring opposite Romain Duris and John Malkovich. Directed by Gilles Bourdos, the film was co-produced by a Canadian company, Christal Films, and the U.S.-based Salty Features, and is expected to be released in 2008.
When not in Hawaii filming LOST, 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 maintained a world development and human rights committee. She has spent three weeks living under a grass hut in the jungles of the Philippines, and 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.