Evangeline Lilly
| Evangeline Lilly | |
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 Nicole Evangeline Lilly |
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| Born | Nicole Evangeline Lilly August 3, 1979 Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse | Murray Hone (2003-2004) |
| Partner | Norman Kali (2010-present) Dominic Monaghan (2004-2009) |
| Children | 1 |
Evangeline Lilly (born Nicole Evangeline Lilly on August 3, 1979) is a Canadian actress, who starred as Kate Austen in ABC drama, Lost, from 2004 to 2010.
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[edit] Early life
Evangeline Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, to a devout Protestant family. Her father was an economics teacher, and her mother is a secretary at Sandy Hill Elementary. Lilly also has two sisters. Her youngest sister, Andrea, has been described by Evangeline as "the actor in the family."[1]
Before leaving the town of Fort Saskatchewan for Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, Evangeline briefly attended three elementary schools, Fort Elementary, Rudolph Hennig and James Mowat Elementary. Lilly recalled, "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."[2]
Lilly supported herself financially from the age of 15.[3] In the May 9, 2007 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Lilly stated that she left her home town after her high school graduation, and moved from town to town approximately every six months. She stated that in each town she took on a persona; for example, she would decide in one town to take on the role of a "nerdy bookworm" and in another, a ditzy "cheerleader" type.
Lilly also served briefly as a foreign missionary and lived in a grass hut in the Philippines. She was offered permanent missionary work there for two years, an offer she nearly accepted but eventually declined because of her parents' wishes.[4] Lilly was a flight attendant with Royal Airlines and also did some modelling for phone chat line Livelinks.[5] She speaks French very well.[6] She also worked at Green Bay Bible Camp near Kelowna and at the Earls Restaurant in Abbotsford.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
She studied acting at The Yaletown Actors Lab with writer, director David Palffy and was first discovered by agent Jeff Palffy, formerly of Ford Models, now with PMG Management in Vancouver.[citation needed]
Lilly appeared on G4's Judgment Day and in an uncredited role in the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason as a high-school girl leaning against a locker, and some appearances in a few episodes of Smallville as an extra. She had a guest appearance on the ABC supernatural horror series Kingdom Hospital (2004). She also appeared on a Live Links chat line commercial. Lilly's first speaking role was on Lost,[1] a role in which Palffy was instrumental in helping her to obtain.[citation needed]
When Lilly was cast as Kate Austen 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.[7]
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 and on December 14, 2006, 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. On May 11, 2010, Lilly announced on The View that she places writing and being a mother as top priorities, but she likes acting as a day job and she will continue acting when possible.[8]
Following the conclusion of production on Lost Lilly stated her intention to write children's books called The Squickerwonkers.[9] and to focus on feature films.[10] She has stated that she would not appear in a nude scene or perform in sexual scenes that she would consider "gratuitous".[1]
In October 2011, she appeared as Bailey Tallet in Real Steel, beating out a number of other women that director Shawn Levy had auditioned. Despite having turned down a number of movie offers, she traveled to Los Angeles to acquire the part a few days after Levy sent her the script because the emotional impact that read the story had on her. Levy cast her because, in his words, "She’s magnificent to look at, she’s soulful, and she’s sexy with Hugh. I needed someone who you believed had grown up in a man’s world. Bailey needed to have a strength and a toughness that was not at the expense of her being womanly."[11]
In 2012 Lilly will play the role of the Woodland Elf Tauriel in Peter Jackson's upcoming two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, due for release in December 2012 and 2013 and currently in production in New Zealand. The character, which does not appear in the original book by Tolkien, was created by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh[12] as the head of the Elven guard who, like Legolas (who also appears in the film), wields a bow and two daggers as weapons. Her character will only appear briefly in the first film, more substantially until the second.[12][13] Lilly, who had been a fan of Tolkien's books since she was 13,[14] underwent training for swordplay and archery, as well as in the Elvish language for the role.[12][15]
[edit] Personal life
Lilly appeared in Just Yell Fire, a 2006 video aimed at teaching teenage girls how to defend themselves against rapists.[16]
Her fellow Lost actor Josh Holloway also calls her "Freckles", sharing the nickname his on-screen character Sawyer gave her. She was also known on set for being a tomboy, and "potty mouth".[17]
On December 20, 2006, Lilly's house in Kailua, Hawaii, was completely destroyed by fire while she was on the Lost set with one of her two roommates, both of whom work as her stand-ins on the show. The second roommate was off-island at the time of the blaze, which occurred on the final day of shooting before the show’s holiday break.[18] The cause of the fire was an electrical problem.
Lilly was once married to Canadian hockey player Murray Hone.[19] From 2004 to 2009, Lilly dated Lost co-star Dominic Monaghan.[20] She had her first child, a son named Kahekili (a Hawaiian name meaning "The Thunder"), with boyfriend Norman Kali in May 2011.[20][21]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | A police officer | |
| 2003 | Stealing Sinatra | Model in commercial | |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | School student | Uncredited |
| 2005 | The Long Weekend | Simone | |
| 2006 | Just Yell Fire | Herself | |
| 2008 | Afterwards | Claire | |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Connie James | Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 2011 | Real Steel | Bailey Tallet | |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Tauriel | Filming |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: There and Back Again | Tauriel | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Reviews on the Run | Hardware girl | |
| 2002–2004 | Smallville | Various | 5 episodes |
| 2003 | Tru Calling | Party guest | 1 episode: "Morning After" |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital | Benspoln's girlfriend | 1 episode: "Heartless" |
| 2004–2010 | Lost | Kate Austen | 114 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2006) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2007) Nominated—National Television Award for Most Popular Actress (2006) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2005) Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Drama (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Performance – Female Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Chemistry (Shared with Matthew Fox and Josh Holloway) |
[edit] Other awards
| Year | Award | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | The Hurt Locker | Won |
| 2010 | Denver Film Critics Society | The Hurt Locker | Nominated |
[edit] Advertising
| Year | Brand | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Karastan Carpets | USA |
| 2006 | Michelle K Footwear | USA |
| 2007–2008 | Davidoff Coolwater Women | Europe |
| 2009 | Baume et Mercier | |
| 2009–present | L’Oreal Paris | International |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "INS News". I'M NOT JUST Lost PROPERTY; She May Be One of the Hottest Young Actresses in Hollywood, but Lost St.... http://feed.insnews.org/v-cgi/feeds.cgi?feedid=145&story_id=2232820. Retrieved October 16, 2006.
- ^ Interview, The Record.
- ^ A Spiritual Biography of Evangeline Lilly [1]
- ^ Nepales, Ruben V. (November 3, 2006). "Evangeline Lilly dreamt of Palawan, not Hawaii". Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=30307. Retrieved February 13, 2008.
- ^ "Sundance Interview: Evangeline Lilly for "Afterwards"". February 2, 2009. http://www.darkhorizons.com/interviews/1376/evangeline-lilly-for-afterwards-. Retrieved July 19, 2009.
- ^ Evangeline Lilly speaking French during an interview
- ^ Before They Were Lost (Documentary). Lost: The Complete First Season: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
- ^ Andrea Reiher (May 11, 2010). "'Lost's' Evangeline Lilly on 'The View': She lost the Sawyer letter when her house burned down". Zap2It. http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/losts-evangeline-lilly-on-the-view-she-lost-the-sawyer-letter-when-her-house-burned-down.html. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ "'Lost's' Evangeline Lilly writing books". azcentral.com. June 4, 2010
- ^ Jimmy Kimmel Live!. ABC. October 17, 2011
- ^ Greenberger, Robert. "Real Steel Director Shawn Levy Enters the Ring". ComicMix. January 25, 2012
- ^ a b c "Evangeline Lilly Reveals Her Fears About Her ‘Hobbit’ Character". Access Hollywood. October 3, 2011
- ^ "Evangeline Lilly on Her Hobbit Character Tauriel". ComingSoon.net. January 25, 2012
- ^ "Actress Evangeline Lilly discusses taking on the role of Tauriel in The Hobbit". Hobbit Movie News. September 19, 2011
- ^ "Actress Evangeline Lilly discusses taking on the role of Tauriel in The Hobbit". Hobbit Movie News. September 19, 2011
- ^ "St. Mary's Academy News & Events: Freshman Video". Archived from the original on 2007-01-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070107220318/http://stmaryspdx.org/news_events/FreshmanVideo.htm. Retrieved 2006-09-09.
- ^ "Evangeline Lilly and Religion". ReligionFacts. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ^ Dondoneau, Dave; Ritz, Mary Kaye. Fire destroys home of 'Lost' actress Lilly, The Honolulu Advertiser, December 20, 2006. Accessed May 26, 2008.
- ^ Gould, Lara.Exclusive: I Got So Famous I Nearly Lost It, Sunday Mirror, November 19, 2006. Accessed May 26, 2008.
- ^ a b "It's her biggest plot twist yet: Lost's Evangeline Lilly is heavily pregnant with her first child". Daily Mail. April 16, 2011
- ^ "It's Lost hours of sleep for Evangeline Lilly as she gives birth to a baby boy". Daily Mail. May 23, 2011
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