Evangeline Lilly
| Evangeline Lilly | |
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Evangeline Lilly in 2014
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| Born |
Nicole Evangeline Lilly August 3, 1979 Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
| Occupation | Actress, author |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse(s) | Murray Hone (2003–04) |
| Partner(s) |
Dominic Monaghan (2004–09) Norman Kali (2010–Present) |
| Children | 2 |
Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) 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 (2004–10). She is also best known for her roles as Tauriel in The Hobbit,Hope van Dyne in Ant-Man and Connie James in The Hurt Locker.
Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, and raised in British Columbia by her mother and her father, a produce manager. Her father was raised in Nigeria, as her paternal grandparents were missionaries in Africa (her paternal grandfather was a Baptist minister). Lilly has English and Irish ancestry; one of her grandmothers was an English war bride.
Lilly graduated from W. J. Mouat Secondary School in Abbotsford, British Columbia, where she played soccer and was vice-president of the student council. While in college, she worked as a waitress, did "oil changes and grease jobs on big rig trucks", and worked as a flight attendant for Royal Airlines to pay for her tuition. She grew up Christian and her faith influenced her decision to take part in a three-week mission trip to the Philippines when she was 18. Her interest in humanitarian causes and global development led her to major in International Relations at the University of British Columbia.
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