Evangeline Lilly was born on 3rd August 1979 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. She is a Canadian actress and was a fashion model. Before her career as an actress, Lilly was formerly an airhostess. Evey, that's how people usually call her, is fluent in French. Between acting and modeling, Lilly spends her spare time ice-skating, canoeing, kayaking, snowboarding and rock climbing. Lilly served briefly as a foreign missionary and lived in a grass hut in the Philippines. She was offered a missionary position there for two years, an offer she nearly accepted but eventually declined because of her parents' wishes. Lilly was a flight attendant with Air Canada, and speaks French fairly well. She also worked at Green Bay Bible Camp near Kelowna. The Ford modeling agency found Lilly on the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia and she later signed with the agency in order to be able to pay her education expenses at the University of British Columbia. Despite being signed to Ford Models, she was never actually a fashion model, working instead with their acting branch. She had a few small roles in various TV series' and some horror flicks before getting her big break as Kate Austen in the 2004 ABC TV series "Lost". She was originally auditioned for one of the supporting roles, but unexpectedly won the lead role of Kate. The series has led her to be nominated as the Best Actress in a Series by Golden Satellite Awards and Best Actress on Television by Saturn Awards. Lilly also had her role in TV series "Judgment Day" (2002) and "Kingdom Hospital" (2004), and movies "Stealing Sinatra" (2003) and "The Long Weekend" (2005). As a result of her outstanding acting, the Entertainment Weekly has voted Evangeline Lilly as one of the Breakout Stars of 2004. By 2008, she had added another big screen role to her resume, a slot in thriller flick "Afterwards" | 
