Evangeline Lilly may need gotten her begin on the small display screen, however earlier than lengthy, she joined two completely different main franchises and formally grew to become a significant film star. The Canadian-born actress performed small elements on reveals like “Smallville” and “Tru Calling” earlier than auditioning for “Misplaced,” a buzzy new ABC drama created by J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof; apparently, a buddy helped persuade her to audition for the sequence, however Lilly by no means thought she’d get the lead position of Kate Austen. After the present closed out its sixth and last season, Lilly advised Vulture that whereas she wasn’t taking a tough stance on quitting appearing however that it is not her total life. “I think about appearing a day job — it is not my dream; it is not my be-all, end-all,” Lilly advised the outlet. “So I am going to proceed to learn scripts and I am going to proceed to maintain my thoughts open, nevertheless it’s not one thing I am pursuing with any form of intent.”
Clearly, Lilly keps appearing; in 2011, she appeared alongside Hugh Jackman within the motion flick “Actual Metal” as boxing gymnasium proprietor Bailey Tallet, and in 2012, she joined Peter Jackson’s trilogy of movies primarily based on “The Hobbit.” For 3 movies, together with the 2 sequels “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” and “The Hobbit: The Battle of the 5 Armies,” Lilly performed Tauriel the elf — a personality invented for the movie diversifications that does not seem in J.R.R. Tolkien’s authentic guide — who strikes up a romance with a younger elf named Kili (Aidan Turner).
Whether or not or not Lilly makes her break from Hollywood everlasting is her enterprise and her enterprise alone … but when she desires to return to her craft, it looks like the business will welcome the franchise veteran with open arms.