Evangeline Lilly - Biography
Last Modified: Jun 19, 2020
Personal Details
| Born on : | August 3, 1979 (age 42) |
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| Birth Name / Full Name: |
Nicole Evangeline Lilly |
| Birth Place: | Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada |
| Horoscope: | Leo |
| Father's Name: | N/A |
| Mother's Name: | N/A |
| Siblings: |
2 older sister |
| High School: | W. J. Mouat Secondary School |
| University: | University of British Columbia |
| Ethnicity: | Multi-ethnic (English, Irish) |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
Relationships
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
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| Marital Status: | In Relationship |
| Boyfriend Name: | Norman Kali |
| Ex-Spouse: | Murray Hone (2003- 2004) |
| Children: | 2 Kahekili Kali (son) |
Body Measurements
| Height: | 1.68 meter (5 feet 6 inch) |
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| Weight: | 55 kg (121.25 lb) |
| Hair Color: | Brown |
| Eye Color: | Olive Green |
| Shoe Size: | US 8 |
| Dress Size: | US 6 |
| Breast Size: | 34 inch |
| Waist Size: | 23 inch |
| Hip Size: | 34 inch |
| Bra Size: | N/A |
| Cup Size: | N/A |
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Who is Evangeline Lilly?
Evangeline Lilly is a successful Hollywood actress but did not dream of becoming an actress. A student with strong academics, she worked odd jobs including acting to put herself through college. Although Lilly now loves acting, she has always been a storyteller.
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Evangeline Lilly: Age, Mother, Father, Sisters
Evangeline Lilly was born on August 3, 1979, in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Her birth name/full name is Nicole Evangeline Lilly. She was raised along with her two siblings- older sister and younger sister, Andrea Lilly by her mother and father. Her mother used to work as cosmetician, middle school secretary and run day-care while her father used to work as the home economics teacher in Canada.
Education, Ethnicity
Lilly graduated from W. J. Mouat Secondary School. While in school she was an active student who played soccer and also was Vice-president of the student council. Evangeline Lilly then went on to enroll at the University of British Columbia. Her major was in International Relations. To pay her tuition fees, Lilly did several odd jobs like waitressing, mechanical works, flight attending.
Her ethnicity includes English, Irish.
Evangeline Lilly: Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Divorce
Evangeline Lilly was in a relationship with Canadian Murray Hone. After dating, she married her boyfriend in 2003. But the marriage did not last and they divorced in 2004. Did either of them have an extra-marital affair? The reason for the divorce was not publicized.
Lilly then went on to date Dominic Monaghan, her Lost co-star from 2004 to 2009. Even after dating for around 5 years, the former couple never married.
Evangeline Lilly got in a romantic relationship with Norman Kali in 2010 and have been together ever since. On May 23, 2011, she gave birth to the couple’s first child together. The baby boy was named Kahekili Kali. She also has a daughter born on 30 October 2015.
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Source: fanpop (Evangeline Lilly and Norman Kali with their son on August 21, 2011)
Evangeline Lilly: Career
Early days
Evangeline Lilly initially did not have interests in acting. She was actually discovered by Ford Modeling Agency agent while she was walking the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia. She did take the agent’s business card but did not immediately pursue acting.
Eventually, she called the agency and signed with Ford to help pay her tuition fee. Soon she landed roles in several commercials and some minor roles in TV shows such as Smallville and Kingdom Hospital.
Lilly’s breakthrough role came with the ABC’s series Lost. She was chosen among 75 women to portray the role of Kate Austen in the series which ran a total of six seasons from 2004 to 2010.
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Films, Series
She went on to star in Academy Award-winning film The Hurt Locker (2008), Afterwards (2008), The Long Weekend (2005), etc. After a brief hiatus she had taken to focus on her writing and motherhood, Lilly returned to the big screen in 2011 with the movie Real Steel. In 2012, she was cast in The Hobbit and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in 2014.
This was followed by her role Hope van Dyne/Wasp in Marvel’s Ant-Man (2015), Little Evil (2017), and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). She is now set to play her character in Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame (2019) and The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2020).
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Source: GeekTyrant (Evangeline Lilly in Ant-Man)
Co-stars
On the set of Lost, Lilly worked with Jorge Garcia, Emilie de Ravin, Daniel Dae Kim, Naveen Andrews, Yunjin Kim.
As a writer
Lilly is not only an actress but also a writer. Her children's book titled The Squickerwonkers was published on July 18, 2013. She also has revealed that her future books will follow the characters of The Squickerwonkers.
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Evangeline Lilly: Awards, nominations
She has been nominated for numerous awards such as Screen Actors Guild Awards, Teen Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Kids' Choice Awards, etc among which she has won Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005), Gotham Awards (2010), MTV Movie Awards (2014).
Evangeline Lilly: Net Worth, Salary
The net worth of Lilly is estimated at around $15 million while the figure on her annual salary is under review.
Evangeline Lilly: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
On Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Evangeline Lilly is followed by millions of followers. She also has an official website for her books- thesquickerwonkers.com.
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