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CAREER A native of Fort Saskatchewan , Alberta , Canada , the 1.65m (5 ft. 5 in.) Evangeline Lilly was discovered on the streets of Kelowna , British Columbia by Ford Modeling Agency . Although she initially decided to pass on a modeling career, she went ahead and signed with Ford anyway, to help pay for her University Of British Columbia tuition and expenses. Despite being signed to Ford Models, Inc. , she was never actually a fashion model. - "People don’t realise Ford has an acting branch,” she said. “So I was never really a model.” {Link without Title} She was previously featured in several ''LiveLinks Chatline'' television commercials, which were shown on David Letterman's '' Late Show '' when she was a guest, and on G4 's '' Judgment Day ''. She appeared (uncredited) in the 2003 film Freddy Vs. Jason as a high-school girl leaning against a locker. When Lilly was cast as Kate in ''Lost'', she still had to obtain a work visa to enter the United States. With production literally days away and no news about the visa, casting directors were forced to begrudingly begin re-casting the role of Kate. After nearly 20 auditions, Lilly's visa finally cleared and she arrived on set a day late. Her salary in 2004 for ''Lost'' was $36,000 per episode {Link without Title} . On the heels of her role in ''Lost'', she was voted one of the Breakout Stars of . PERSONAL INFORMATION Her known nicknames are "Evi" and "Monkey". Her ''Lost'' castmates nicknamed Lilly "Monkey" because of her ability to climb trees with ease. {Link without Title} She has two sisters, including a younger one named Andrea {Link without Title} . Lilly was once married to Canadian hockey player Murray Hone and her ''Lost'' co-star Dominic Monaghan is her fiancé [http://www.teenhollywood.com/d.asp?r=115428&c=1055 [http://popsugar.com/5401]. Lilly served briefly as a foreign Missionary and lived in a grass hut in the Philippines . She founded and ran a world development and human rights committee while studying International Relations at the University Of British Columbia . She has been a volunteer for children's projects since she was 14. Lilly is a former Flight Attendant and is fluent in French . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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