Biography
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.
Evangeline Lilly has always been interested in social causes. Since age 14, she has been involved in everything from children's causes to missionary work in the Philippines, but she always dreamed of becoming an actress. When she was approached by the Ford modeling agency in Kelowna, British Columbia, she turned down Ford's first offer, electing instead to pursue charitable causes.
evangeline lilly on smallville
Evangeline Lilly worked as an airline hostess and waitress for a brief time. She eventually agreed to a modeling contract in order to pay for her tuition and receive her international relations degree from the University of British Columbia. Since starting her acting/modeling career, she has appeared in episodes of TV shows like Smallville, Tru Calling and Stephen King's miniseries Kingdom Hospital. Evangeline Lilly also appeared as a model in the 2003 film Stealing Sinatra and as a corpse in 2005's The Long Weekend.
evangeline lilly on lost
Evangeline Lilly's next gig was the one that put her on the Hollywood map. She became one of the stars of the sci-fi television drama Lost, which scored a huge hit for ABC, and she was named the second sexiest woman in the world by Maxim magazine in 2005.
Film
* Afterwards (2008)
* The Long Weekend (2005) as Simone
* Freddy vs. Jason (2003) as School Student - Next to Locker (uncredited)
* The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2002) as Police Officer
Television
* Punk'd (2007) as herself
* Lost (2004–present) as Kate Austen
* Kingdom Hospital (2004) (guest appearance) as Benson's Girlfriend
* Tru Calling (2003) (guest appearance) as Party Guest
* Smallville (2002) (guest appearance) as Wade's Girlfriend (Season 1, Episode 13 "Kinetic")
* Judgment Day (2002) (guest appearance) as JD Girl
In 2007, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama as well as a Saturn Award for Best Actress on a Television Series. She was also "punked" by Ashton Kutcher on his hit comedy prank show, Punk'd.
In 2008, she appeared in the flick Afterwards.
