Evangeline Lilly

Evangeline Lilly
Lilly at the 2023 GalaxyCon
Born
Nicole Evangeline Lilly

(1979-08-03) August 3, 1979 (age 45)
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Occupations
  • Actress
  • author
Years active2002–2023
Spouse
Murray Hone
(m. 2003; div. 2004)
Partners
Children2

Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979)[1][2] is a Canadian author and retired actress. She gained popularity for her first leading role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama series Lost (2004–2010), which garnered her six nominations for the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series.

Lilly has also appeared in the war film The Hurt Locker (2008) and sports drama Real Steel (2011), and has starred as Tauriel in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film series, appearing in The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). She portrayed Hope van Dyne / Wasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), from 2015 to 2023. Lilly is also the author of a children's book series The Squickerwonkers.

  1. ^ MacDonald, Gayle (11 September 2005). "The blooming of Evangeline Lilly". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1271. 9 August 2013. p. 22.