My favorite person to greet when I get to work.. that would have to be Evangeline. She's a great hugger.
- Terry O'Quinn

She deserves it. She's a hottie.
- Matthew Fox

Evi is incredibly charming, and she's fun to be around.
- Matthew Fox

It's all genetics. She doesn't have to work. She's just lucky. No, I'm kidding [laughs]. She is a little machine.
- Josh Holloway

One of the things Evangeline has handled so amazingly is the pressure of the whole thing. I just want to help her in any way I can and make sure nobody is getting in the way of it.
- Matthew Fox

She's so beautiful it's hard to concentrate around her.
- Matthew Fox

She's a Christian, but she's a pottymouth.
- Dominic Monaghan

I saw her videotape that was sent in from an agency in Canada, and I just knew from the audition, by the little choices she made...I have had the experience on Alias and Felicity working with people who had never been given the lead before. And it was clear that this was someone who had a natural gift even if she didn't have a résumé of a dozen roles, let alone one.
- JJ

She knows what's important to her, and she isn't willing to have those things change.
- Dominic Monaghan

Isn't she pretty?
- Dominic Monaghan

She's a wonderful, natural actress. And she ain't ugly.
- Josh Holloway

She's a very, very attractive woman. She's just very real. You know, what you see is what you get.
- Dominic Monaghan

We've scratched beneath the surface of the public persona of Evangeline Lilly and found quite an impressive and authentic young woman who's independent, adventuresome, a goal-setter and a caring humanitarian. She possesses extraordinary qualities and has great integrity and we already see many parallels between her and the Karastan customer who seeks out a distinctive, unapologetic lifestyle.
- David Duncan

She has an absolutely filthy, filthy mouth. She can swear like a sailor and dress provocatively, but that doesn't reflect her beliefs. She's a walking oxymoron.
- Bryan Burk

She ain't ugly, is she? She's a beautiful young lady.
- Josh Holloway

There's a lot of that Christian good girl in her, but sometimes certain things come out of her mouth. She's got the devil mixed in there too.
- Jorge Garcia

When JJ said 'Stop!' and we saw Evi read the scene for the first time, we were all like, 'Get that girl on a plane immediately!'
- Damon Lindelof

I'm madly in love with her.
- Art Streiber

She was beautiful, but there was a goofy quality about her. It didn't feel like she wasn't a human being.
- JJ

She is the most down-to-earth girl and has a wicked sense of humor.
- Lisa Storey

-Birthname: Nicole Evangeline Lilly
-Born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta in Canada
-Nickname: Evi
-Has two sisters; one older, the other younger (Andrea)
-Studied international relations at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver
where she founded and ran a world development and human rights committee.
-Fluent in French.
-Loves ice skating, canoeing, kayaking, snowboarding and rock climbing.
-Enjoys writing, painting, surfing and nature
-Lived in a grass hut in the Philippines while doing missionary work
-Has been a volunteer for children's projects since the age of 14.
-Battled depression from ages 18 to 23
-Had many odd jobs including: a hostess, a waitress, a restaurant floor manager, a grease-monkey
(did oil changes and grease jobs on big-rig trucks and rental cars), a flight attendant, a retail girl,
a gym teacher for juvenile delinquents, a camp counselor, a camp program director, a Sunday school teacher, a gardener, an extra and a bartender.
-Discovered by a Ford agent on the streets of Kelowna, BC
-Did various commercials, including a series of spots for date service LiveLinks
-Worked as an extra on various movie and tv shows productions including Smallville, Kingdom Hospital, Tru Calling
-Prior to her Lost gig, she had never had a speaking role before
-Abrams and the network spent weeks getting her a work visa from the U.S. government so that she could start working on Lost
-Refused to do a partial nude scene in an early episode of Lost
-Voted one of the Breakout Stars of 2004 by Entertainment Weekly.
-Admits she's a bad driver. she's had over 8 car accidents (once hitting a pedestrian who, remarkably, was fine and walked away unharmed.
She offered him a ride afterwards, but he declined. Go figure.)
-Nominated for a Golden Globe Award on Dec. 14th, 2006: Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series - Drama