Evangeline Lilly
Evangeline Lilly
Nicole Evangeline Lilly is a Canadian actress and author. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award and received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as Kate Austen in the ABC series Lost. She is also known for her roles in films such as the psychological thriller Afterwards, the war film The Hurt Locker, and the sci-fi sports drama film Real Steel. She played an Elf, Tauriel, in the fantasy adventure series The Hobbit and Hope van Dyne in the...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth3 August 1979
CityFort Saskatchewan, Canada
CountryCanada
I'm a bit of a pick-pocket on-set. If something is small enough to go in my pocket, and it will be neat memorabilia, it's gone.
I'm a bit delusional, but every time I do a job, I think I'm retired.
I was brought up in a household where I was not allowed to take the Lord's name in vain.
I used to watch actors and say, 'You poor suckers, that job looks miserable.'
I think of the 'Hobbit' films as being films for the family.
I think I can allow myself one child - and from then on, I think I would have to adopt. It makes sense not to add to the population problem.
I seem to be landing really great locations on a lot of my work. I hope that continues, knock on wood.
I say no to photographs. When people take my picture, I feel like they've taken a piece of me, and I can't get that back. It's soul-draining.
I love to dance. Don't get me started, because you will never get me to stop.
I have been a bit of a reluctant actress since the get-go, since the beginning of 'Lost.'
I hated being a flight attendant. I did it for a month and then quit.
I never developed hard cartilage in my ears because I played with them since I was a baby. I can fold my ear entirely inside out, and I can put the whole thing inside itself.
I love to write. I write everything across the board - kids' stories and novels and scripts. I actually would like to give that a go; I'd like to try to be a writer.
I don't like the idea of playing a one-dimensional character who is just fearless, strong, and killer and has instincts and just thrives in dangerous circumstances - that's really boring to me, and I don't think it represents what most women feel inside.