Evangeline plays Connie James in "The Hurt Locker" ,a movie where an elite Army bomb squad unit is forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war. They must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. One of those men happens to be Connie's husband, Staff Sergeant William James, played by Jeremy Renner. He has successfully disabled 873 devices, approaching the job with the no-nonsense grit of a Bigelow hero and the recklessness too. But as the unit faces tougher challenges with each new bomb, the men start to fight James's bullish methods. They have only thirty-eight days left in their rotation. They want to live to see day thirty-nine, and Connie along with their young child agrees. The movie won 6 Oscars,including Best Picture of 2009.

Evangeline plays Claire in "Afterwards" ,a character who's trying to move on after losing a child and becoming estranged from her husband Nathan. He's a brilliant New York lawyer who leads a life of professional success, but his private life is pretty dismal since he divorced Claire his only love. This,until he meets Doctor Kay, a mysterious doctor who introduces himself as a "Messenger." He claims that he can sense when certain people are about to die, and that he is sent to help them put their life in order before it's too late.Nathan doesn't believe a word of this, but soon afterwards he witnesses some disconcerting scenes which seem to confirm the doctor's claims.

From Evi

My goal as an actress is to be able to work for as long as I want to work with as little attention and fame as possible.


My idea of true happiness is greeting the sun as gloriously as the sun greets me every day. I really believe that if you can wake up and feel the sunshine pouring in the window and you really feel that it warms your heart, then you feel happy. And it doesnt matter what's happening in your life, your whole world could be falling down, but if that warmth can pierce into you, you're happy.

It's not your circumstances that make or break your day. It's your attitude!

Hollywood is the Sodom and Gomorrah of today. It's a world I avoid because it's destroying our culture.

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Over and over again, I've been called a walking oxymoron. I do things that you wouldn't associate with a good little Christian girl. People say I'm half-boy, half-girl.


I remember saying to myself when I got to this new town, 'You can be anyone you want to be now. Nobody knows you. Nobody has an expectation of you. So you choose who you want to be'.


Being the hot star isn’t the dream. But I can do more humanitarian work and effect more people on a larger scale. Not necessarily because I’m famous but just because, financially, I’m more capable and I have more influence. It’s an amazing place to be in.

I loved being anonymous and settled.


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I was fortunate enough to be one of those stories where I was scouted on the street by somebody and actually refused to go to the agency, and was approached on different occasions and finally kind of caved and said, ‘OK, I’ll try it and see what happens.’ A month and a half after my first audition I won the role on Lost

I am kind of prudish and I have very strict standards about how I present myself. But one of the things that I’ve always stood by is that women are beautiful and sexy. We shouldn’t be afraid of that. [But] we need to make sure that we present that beauty and that sexiness in a way that says we are in control of our bodies. We’re strong, we’re classy, we’re beautiful, powerful beings to be reckoned with, not victims.


I’m a very stubborn woman and I’m from a very stubborn family of headstrong women.

I have so much respect for womanhood and femininity and I really believe that as naturally that you can present that, the better..

I still have a family who adore me. I still have friends I count on back home, and I still have brown hair. Other than that ...

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I was a very, intensely private person before this all began. I've never wanted to be famous, and I still don't. I don't really like it very much, but I know it's the price you have to pay to do the job I want to do.

I love style and dressing up, but I've also got competitive testosterone and I'm incredibly stubborn. When I'm going for a jog and I come up behind a guy on his bike, I try to beat him, even if it kills me.

I had a league of imaginary friends! "Tracy, come back!"

My dream? I'd like to be a writer. It is one of my passions.


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I really love the ocean. It’s so warm and peaceful and welcoming. Now, every day that I’m not in the ocean is incomplete.

I'm like a man - you know, I can do anything.

I am very independent and I do very well on my own.

I come from a family of women with big thighs. So be it!

I really don't want to be mysterious. Women in this business are expected to put forth a poised and perfect persona. I want people to see that I'm an ordinary-Joe girl. I blow my nose after work, I drool in my sleep and my **** stinks.

I need alone time like I need air.

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I'm an oddball. So it was nice to finally be a part of something where I felt like I fit. I have very "out there" ideas about life and spirit and energy and living and where we should be directing our energy.

It's been my goal to socialise more this year because I am such a geek and I thought I should try to do a bit better with my socialising skills.

Writing has been one of the most powerful influences in my life and it always has been since I was a little girl.

I'm doing everything in my power just to continue to tick along as a normal girl. And fighting the weird, surreal insanity of what my life has become in just a single year.

I’ve never driven a moped in my life. Within 30 seconds, I crash it! I go for the accelerator instead of the brake. But I get back up and we buzz around town

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[On Kate ]

I think Kate has become the heart of the island in some way. I don't know if that is because she is healed, or because she feels so confused or tormented, that it's easier for her to care for others than herself.

She has completely flipped on her head. She used to be the person everyone else had to take care of, and now she is taking care of everyone else. It is good though. It is fun to see that arc.

Kate was there in the wild when Aaron was born. That connection between the three of them means that Claire and Aaron are one for Kate.

Kate's strength is often to protect herself - she is often against the world - but suddenly that strength changes focus to wrap claire up in safety and take care of her.

I find it interesting that heroes come in all forms, shapes and sizes.

She has completely flipped on her head. She used to be the person everyone else had to take care of, and now she is taking care of everyone else. It is good though. It is fun to see that arc.

About Evi

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

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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

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

I particularly enjoy working with Evangeline because you get a big hug and a kiss in the morning, which is pretty much the high point of my day - Terry O'Quinn

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

We were all broken-hearted and crying quite a bit. Evangeline couldn’t have been more supportive about all of it. - Elizabeth Mitchell on Juliet's Death

Evangeline can tear up and I’m instantly like …oh god I’ve to take care of her, do you know what i mean? She has the most lovely face, in the most lovely way and she’s so gifted and it’s so nice. - Elizabeth Mitchell


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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


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

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

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

That was awesome! She's like the best, I will say this... I do not believe that there is a better actor in television at climbing trees and picking mangoes than Evangeline Lilly - Carlton Cuse





Ever since high school I had done things so people wouldn't just respect me because of the way I looked. I decided, to hell with it. I'm going to pursue mediocrity, and I'm going to be so happy.

It's important to always remember that beauty comes from the inside


You don't accomplish real beauty until you find wisdom and depth

I am very sappy and I made sure I went to every single person and place that meant something to me,
and I had my goodbyes.


I had been thinking for many seasons how much I value our crew and how much they mean to me. I don't know if people outside of this industry can imagine how much a crew actually carries a show. I have gone through some emotionally unhappy time over the last six years, as everyone does over the course of six years, but my crew have literally picked me up and carried me through those times. A couple of weeks before the end of the show, I threw a party for the crew. We hugged, laughed and talked about the years we worked together. It was a really big 'sap-fest' with tears and the whole nine yards! but it was so cathartic. At about 5AM when all of us were still partying hard, I found a quiet place and sat down and cried my eyes out for the loss, the gratitude, the joy and the love for what I was experiencing and what I has been experiencing for the last six years. I feel like for me that was a real let go moment."