Biography
Nicole Angeline Lilly was born August 3, 1979 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.
Lilly was discoverd by the Ford Modelling Agency in the streets of British Columbia, Canada, and signed to the Ford Modelling Agency Acting Division. She began her acting career in a series of Live Links television ads, and moved on to other non-speaking rolls in Freddy vs. Jason(2003), an episode of Smallville, and Kingdom Hospital(2004).
Lilly's first speaking roll was in the ABC serial drama, Lost, a roll that she nearly missed out on due to problems acquiring a work visa.
Lilly was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actress in a television drama on December 14, 2006.
Fellow Lost actor, Josh Holloway is noted as calling Evangeline "Frekles", in and out of character. Other Lost cast mates refer to Lilly as "Monkey", because of her inate ability to climb trees, a skill that has been useful for her roll on Lost.