Evangeline Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan,
Alberta,Canada; she was discovered on the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia by the famous 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.
She has lived under a grass hut in the jungles of the Philippines with a missionary group, and has been a volunteer for children's projects since the age of 14. Fluent in French and loves ice skating, canoeing, kayaking, snowboarding and rock climbing.

Matthew Fox's parents raised longhorn

cattle and horses and grew barley for Coors beer. He entered the Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts for a post-grad year after high school, and then matriculated at Columbia University where he played football and majored in Economics with the intent to end up on Wall Street. However, his girl friend's mother was a modeling agent who convinced him to try some modeling which led to a couple of TV commercials.Soon after he was sold on acting.He was raised in Crowheart, Wyoming on the family ranch. He has been horseback riding since he was six years old.