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3 | Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta) is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Kate Austen in ''Series/{{Lost}}''. Since the end of the series, she has been seen in movies such as ''Film/TheHurtLocker'' and ''Film/RealSteel''. She appeared in Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'' and ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' as a new character, the elf warrior Tauriel. She's currently enjoying success in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as the Wasp. |
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5 | Before acting, Lilly worked as a flight attendant and as a Christian missionary in the Philippines. |
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8 | !!Selected Filmography |
9 | * ''Series/{{Lost}}'' (2004 – 2010) as Kate Austen |
10 | * ''Film/TheHurtLocker'' (2009) as Connie James |
11 | * ''Film/RealSteel'' (2011) as Bailey Tallet |
12 | * ''Film/TheHobbit'' trilogy as Tauriel: |
13 | ** ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'' (2013) |
14 | ** ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' (2014) |
15 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as [[ComicBook/TheWasp Hope van Dyne / The Wasp II]]: |
16 | ** ''Film/AntMan1'' (2015) |
17 | ** ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' (2018) |
18 | ** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019) |
19 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' (2021) |
20 | ** ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'' (2023) |
21 | * ''Film/LittleEvil'' (2017) as Samantha Bloom |
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23 | !!Tropes associated with her work: |
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25 | * ActorAllusion: In ''Film/AntMan1'' Hope believes her mother died in a plane crash - as a nod to ''{{Series/Lost}}''. |
26 | * ActorInspiredElement:[[invoked]] |
27 | ** Kate in ''Lost'' climbs trees a lot because that is one of Evangeline's favorite things to do. |
28 | ** She lobbied for Creator/MichellePfeiffer to be cast as Janet in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''. |
29 | * AwesomeDearBoy:[[invoked]] Having been in semi-retirement since ''Lost'' finished, she travelled all the way to Los Angeles to audition for ''Film/RealSteel'' after seeing the script. |
30 | * CreatorBacklash:[[invoked]] |
31 | ** She's not too fond of the love triangle Tauriel ended up in - which was forced by the studio on re-shoots for ''Film/TheHobbit''. |
32 | ** In 2018 she came out and said she was uncomfortable doing a semi-nude scene in ''{{Series/Lost}}'' and it made her vow never to do nudity again. |
33 | * FakeAmerican:[[invoked]] She's Canadian so she plays a lot of Americans. |
34 | * FakeBrit:[[invoked]] As Tauriel in ''Film/TheHobbit''. |
35 | * SheAlsoDid: |
36 | ** She worked as an extra before becoming an actress. Among the shows and films she can be glimpsed on are ''Series/TruCalling'', ''Series/DeadLikeMe'', ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', ''Film/WhiteChicks'', ''Film/FreddyVsJason'', ''Film/TheLizzieMcGuireMovie'' and ''Stealing Sinatra''. |
37 | ** She's also authored several children's books. |
38 | * SweetAndSourGrapes: Has said that she never intended to become an actress, and going on auditions was just her way of challenging herself. Then she got a role on ''{{Series/Lost}}'' having never acted outside of commercials or extra work. |
39 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen:[[invoked]] |
40 | ** Hope's role in ''Film/AntMan1'' was much smaller in Creator/EdgarWright's drafts. During rewrites it was beefed up considerably, thanks to Adam [=McKay=] consulting the actors on their characters and expanding them. |
41 | ** Tauriel's role in ''Film/TheHobbit'' was meant to be a straightforward romance with Kili. ExecutiveMeddling turning it into three films had Legolas being made part of a love triangle - when he and Tauriel were PlatonicLifePartners originally. |
42 | ** She was nearly recast in ''{{Series/Lost}}'' because of trouble getting her work visa. It took twenty tries for her application to be accepted. |
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