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Evangeline Lilly | Actress

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From Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

Nicole Evangeline Lilly is an actress and author. She received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as Kate Austen in the ABC series Lost (2004–10).

  • Born in 1979 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.

Evangeline Lilly won a Screen Actors Guild Award.

She is also best known for her roles:

  • Tauriel in The Hobbit,
  • Hope van Dyne in Ant-Man
  • Connie James in The Hurt Locker.
 
Fort Saskatchewan is located 25 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, along the North Saskatchewan River. It was established in 1875 as a fort on the North Saskatchewan River. The community was later incorporated as a village in 1899, a town in 1904, and a city in 1985.  
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