EVANGELINE LILLY
Name: Nicole Evangeline Lilly
Born: 3 August 1979 Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian Golden Globe-nominated
actress. She is known for her role as Katherine "Kate" Austen in ABC's hit drama
Lost.
Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada to a devoutly Christian
family. Her father is a home economics teacher, and her mother is a beauty
consultant. Lilly also has a younger sister, whom she has described as "the
actor in the family". During her childhood, the family did not have a television.
Before leaving the city of Fort Saskatchewan at the age of 10, she attended
three elementary schools. She briefly attended Fort Elementary, Rudolph Henning
and James Mowat Elementary. During a phone interview with the local paper, The
Record, Evangeline was quoted saying, "When I was a kid, the Fort was tiny. I
could ride my bike at five years old from one end of town to the other ... To me
Fort Saskatchewan holds a lot of really great memories. I just consider it a
little happy hideaway."
Lilly served briefly as a foreign missionary and lived in a grass hut in the
Philippines at the age of 18. She was offered a missionary post there for two
years, an offer she nearly accepted but eventually declined because of her
parents' wishes. Lilly is a former flight attendant of Air Canada, and
speaks French fairly well.
Lilly was discovered on the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia by 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. Despite being signed to Ford Models, she
was never actually a fashion model, working instead with their acting branch.
She was previously featured in several provocative television commercials for
LiveLinks Chatline, a service billed as the "best place to meet local singles
for dating, friendship, or phone chat." Her image is still used to promote the
service. She also appeared on G4's Judgment Day. She appeared uncredited in
the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason as a high-school girl leaning against a locker,
and in an episode of Smallville in a pool hall scene. She also had a guest
appearance on the ABC supernatural horror series Kingdom Hospital (2004). Lilly's
first speaking role was on Lost. She also appeared in the 2003 teenager film
The Lizzie McGuire Movie as an (uncredited) Italian police officer.
When Lilly was cast as Kate 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 re-casting the
role of Kate. After nearly 20 auditions, Lilly's work visa was approved/cleared
but she arrived on set a day late.
Her salary in 2004 for Lost was $80,000 per episode. On the heels of her role in
Lost, she was voted one of the Breakout Stars of 2004 by Entertainment Weekly.
Although Lilly placed 8th in the FHM "100 Sexiest Women in the World" of 2006
and initially placed 2nd on Maxim's "Hot 100" list of 2005, she slipped to 67th
in Maxim's 2006 list. On December 14, 2006, Lilly was nominated for a Golden
Globe for Best Lead Actress-Drama. Action figures of Lilly's Lost character were
released during the holiday season of 2006.
Name: Nicole Evangeline Lilly
Born: 3 August 1979 Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian Golden Globe-nominated
actress. She is known for her role as Katherine "Kate" Austen in ABC's hit drama
Lost.
Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada to a devoutly Christian
family. Her father is a home economics teacher, and her mother is a beauty
consultant. Lilly also has a younger sister, whom she has described as "the
actor in the family". During her childhood, the family did not have a television.
Before leaving the city of Fort Saskatchewan at the age of 10, she attended
three elementary schools. She briefly attended Fort Elementary, Rudolph Henning
and James Mowat Elementary. During a phone interview with the local paper, The
Record, Evangeline was quoted saying, "When I was a kid, the Fort was tiny. I
could ride my bike at five years old from one end of town to the other ... To me
Fort Saskatchewan holds a lot of really great memories. I just consider it a
little happy hideaway."
Lilly served briefly as a foreign missionary and lived in a grass hut in the
Philippines at the age of 18. She was offered a missionary post there for two
years, an offer she nearly accepted but eventually declined because of her
parents' wishes. Lilly is a former flight attendant of Air Canada, and
speaks French fairly well.
Lilly was discovered on the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia by 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. Despite being signed to Ford Models, she
was never actually a fashion model, working instead with their acting branch.
She was previously featured in several provocative television commercials for
LiveLinks Chatline, a service billed as the "best place to meet local singles
for dating, friendship, or phone chat." Her image is still used to promote the
service. She also appeared on G4's Judgment Day. She appeared uncredited in
the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason as a high-school girl leaning against a locker,
and in an episode of Smallville in a pool hall scene. She also had a guest
appearance on the ABC supernatural horror series Kingdom Hospital (2004). Lilly's
first speaking role was on Lost. She also appeared in the 2003 teenager film
The Lizzie McGuire Movie as an (uncredited) Italian police officer.
When Lilly was cast as Kate 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 re-casting the
role of Kate. After nearly 20 auditions, Lilly's work visa was approved/cleared
but she arrived on set a day late.
Her salary in 2004 for Lost was $80,000 per episode. On the heels of her role in
Lost, she was voted one of the Breakout Stars of 2004 by Entertainment Weekly.
Although Lilly placed 8th in the FHM "100 Sexiest Women in the World" of 2006
and initially placed 2nd on Maxim's "Hot 100" list of 2005, she slipped to 67th
in Maxim's 2006 list. On December 14, 2006, Lilly was nominated for a Golden
Globe for Best Lead Actress-Drama. Action figures of Lilly's Lost character were
released during the holiday season of 2006.