Evangeline Lilly

Nicole Evangeline Lilly born August 3 1979 is a retired Canadian actress She gained popularity for her first leading role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama series Lost 20042010 which garnered her six nominations for the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series Lilly has also appeared in the war film The Hurt Locker 2008 and the sports drama Real Steel 2011 and has starred as Tauriel in Peter Jacksons The Hobbit film series appearing in The Desolation of Smaug 2013 and The Battle of the Five Armies 2014 She has also portrayed Hope van DyneWasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe MCU from 2015 to 2023 Lilly is also the author of a childrens book series The Squickerwonkers Description above from the Wikipedia article Evangeline Lilly licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia