''Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie'' is an epic poem published in 1847 by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians.

The idea for the poem came from Longfellow's friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Longfellow used dactylic hexameter reminiscent of Greek and Latin classics, though the choice was criticized. It was published in 1847 and became Longfellow's most famous work in his lifetime. It remains one of his most popular and enduring works.

The poem had a powerful effect in defining both Acadian history and identity in the nineteenth and twentieth century. More recent scholarship has revealed the historical errors in the poem and the complexity of the Expulsion and those involved, which the poem ignores.

Plot

''Evangeline'' describes the betrothal of a fictional Acadian girl named Evangeline Bellefontaine to her beloved, Gabriel Lajeunesse, and their separation as the British deport the Acadians from Acadie in the Great Upheaval. The poem then follows Evangeline across the landscapes of America as she spends years in a search for him, at some times being near to Gabriel without realizing he was near. Finally she settles in Philadelphia and, as an old woman, works as a Sister of Mercy among the poor. While tending the dying during an epidemic she finds Gabriel among the sick, and he dies in her arms.

Composition and publication history

Longfellow was introduced to the true story of the Acadians in Nova Scotia by his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne and Longfellow had attended Bowdoin College together, though they were not friends at the time. Years later, in 1837, Hawthorne contacted Longfellow for his opinion on his recently published tales in the ''North American Review'', which Longfellow praised as works of genius; the two became lifelong friends. Hawthorne was not interested in fictionalizing it so Longfellow turned it into a poem after months of studying the histories of Nova Scotian families.

Longfellow, who had never visited the setting of the true story, relied heavily on Thomas Chandler Haliburton's ''An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia'' and other books for further background information. ''Evangeline'' was published in book form on November 1, 1847, and by 1857 it had sold nearly 36,000 copies. During this time, Longfellow's literary payment was at its peak; for ''Evangeline'', he received "a net of twenty-five and sixteenths per cent" royalties, believed to be an all-time high for a poet.

Longfellow said of his poem: "I had the fever a long time burning in my own brain before I let my hero take it. 'Evangeline' is so easy for you to read, because it was so hard for me to write".

Analysis

The poem is written in dactylic hexameter, possibly inspired by Greek and Latin classics, including Homer, whose work Longfellow was reading at the time he was writing ''Evangeline''. He also had recently, in 1841, translated "The Children of the Lord's Supper", a poem by Swedish writer Esaias Tegnér, which also used this meter. ''Evangeline'' is one of the few nineteenth-century compositions in that meter which is still read today.

Some criticized Longfellow's choice of dactylic hexameter, including poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who said the poem would have been better in a prose style similar to Longfellow's ''Hyperion''. Longfellow was conscious of the potential criticism. When sending a copy of the poem to Bryan Procter, Longfellow wrote: "I hope you will not reject it on account of the metre. In fact, I could not write it ''as it is'' in any other; it would have changed its character entirely to have put it into a different measure." Even Longfellow's wife Fanny defended his choice, writing to a friend: "It enables greater richness of expression than any other, and it is sonorous like the sea which is ever sounding in Evangeline's ear". As an experiment, Longfellow reassured himself that he was using the best meter by attempting a passage in blank verse. Even so, while looking over the proofs for a second edition, Longfellow briefly wished he had used a different poetic structure:

The name ''Evangeline'' comes from the Latin word "evangelium" meaning "gospel". The Latin word itself is derived from the Greek words "eu"—"good"—and "angela"—"news".

Critical response

''Evangeline'' became Longfellow's most famous work in his lifetime and was widely read. Contemporary reviews were very positive. A reviewer for the ''Metropolitan'' said, "No one with any pretensions to poetic feeling can read its delicious portraiture of rustic scenery and of a mode of life long since defunct, without the most intense delight". Longfellow's friend Charles Sumner said he had met a woman who "has read 'Evangeline' some twenty times and thinks it the most perfect poem in the language". Other admirers of the poem included King Leopold I of Belgium. It has been called the first important long poem in American literature.

Influence

Prior to the influence of Longfellow's poem, historians generally focused on the British founding of Halifax (1749) as the beginning of Nova Scotia. Longfellow's poem shed light on the 150 years of Acadian settlement that preceded the establishment of Halifax.

The Expulsion was planned and executed by New Englanders and British. Longfellow omitted from the poem New England's responsibility for the event. Through his poem, Longfellow defines the British as responsible for the expulsion and America is cast as a place of refuge. This omission may explain in part why Americans were able to celebrate a poem that was based on a traumatic historic event for which they were significantly responsible. Longfellow's account was later challenged by Francis Parkman in his book ''Montcalm and Wolfe'' (1884). Rather than blaming the British, Parkman defined the real problem in expulsion as the ''French'' influence on Acadians, particularly by Abbe Jean-Louis Le Loutre. American historian John Brebner eventually wrote ''New England's Outpost'' (1927), which identified how instrumental New Englanders were in the expulsion of the Acadians.

The poem had a powerful impact in both defining Acadian history and identity in the nineteenth and twentieth century. More recent scholarship has revealed the historical errors in the poem and the complexity of the Expulsion and those involved, which the poem obscures. For example, Longfellow's poem renders Acadia a utopia and the Acadians as simply a homogeneous, passive, peaceful, innocent people. This account obscured the resistance that many Acadians demonstrated — both politically and militarily — against the British occupation of Acadia.

The poem also led generations of Protestant anglophones to sympathize with the plight of a people who they often demonized and persecuted for being Catholic. The poem also provided a safe symbolic space for Acadians to develop arguments for more recognition and respect.

Landmarks and statues

In 1920, at Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, Acadians reconstructed the French church with a statue of Evangeline in the courtyard. Almost a decade later, in 1929, a statue of Evangeline — posed for by silent Mexican film star Dolores del Río, who starred in the 1929 film ''Evangeline'' - was donated to the town of St. Martin Louisana by the film's cast and crew. In 1934, the first state park in Louisiana was named the Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site.

Tourism in Louisiana and Nova Scotia demanded that the fictional character be made real. In response, Felix Voorhies wrote the book ''Acadian Reminiscences : The True Story of Evangeline'' and other later works of fiction expanded upon the material of the poem, claiming the "real names" of the characters had been "Emmeline LaBiche" (in Longfellow her full name is Evangeline Bellefontaine) and "Louis Arceneaux" (in the poem, Gabriel Lajeunesse). Among sites that claim a relation to these pseudohistorical figures are a house north of Lafayette, Louisiana, which supposedly belonged to Gabriel, and the grave of Emmeline in the Perpetual Adoration Garden & Historic Cemetery in St. Martin de Tours Church Square, on Main Street, St. Martinville (the site having been determined for its convenience by local boosters about the turn of the 20th century). "Evangeline Oak" trees in St. Martinville also lay claim to marking the original meeting place of Emmeline and Gabriel.

Another site claiming to have relation to the historical figures that Evangeline was based upon is the Arceneaux House in Hamshire, Texas, which is marked by a Texas Historical Marker. The house was given to Mary Gadrac Arceneaux, great-great-granddaughter of Louis Arceneaux by her husband.

Place names

Evangeline has also been the namesake of many places in Louisiana and the Canadian Maritime Provinces. Evangeline is the name of a Parish in Louisiana, a rural community in Prince Edward Island, a residence hall at Louisiana State University, and a small settlement in the Acadian Peninsula in New Brunswick. It is also often used as a street name in Acadian communities. The Evangeline Trail is a historic route in Nova Scotia that traces the Annapolis Valley, ancestral home of the Acadians. Picturesque especially in Summer and Fall, the trail runs from Grand Pré, site of the first expulsions, south to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia near the original French settlement in North America, Port Royal, Nova Scotia. More than a dozen small Acadian villages line the trail.

Film

There have also been numerous film adaptations of the poem Evangline. ''Evangeline'' was the first Canadian feature film, produced in 1913 by Canadian Bioscope of Halifax. It was shot in the Annapolis Valley and at Grand Pré. In 1919 Raoul Walsh made a film based on the poem for 20th Century Fox. It was suggested by and starred his wife Miriam Cooper. The film was one of the duo's biggest hits but is now lost. In 1929 Edwin Carewe made a film version starring Dolores del Rio, shot in Louisiana and accompanied by a theme song written by Al Jolson and Billy Rose.

Music

Evangeline has also been the subject of numerous songs. A popular French song titled "Evangeline" written in 1971 by Michel Conte and originally sung by Isabelle Pierre is based on her story. This song, performed by Annie Blanchard, won the 2006 ADISQ award for "Most popular song". A 1998 musical adaptation of the story was recorded and released on CD, and a 1999 production staged at the Strand Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana was taped and broadcast by PBS in 2000. The poem was also mentioned in the movie ''Angel Heart'', starring Mickey Rourke and Robert de Niro. Emmylou Harris and The Band's Robbie Robertson wrote the song "Evangeline" with Longfellow's character in mind. Ian "Boots" McNabb of Liverpool music beat group outfit "Neil Youngs Icicle Works" wrote "Evangeline" in 1965 - Although the song was popular the band were eclipsed by The Holliesmiths who were from Manchester and far less plagiaristic, by most accounts. A half-hour suite of guitar music by guitarist composer Loren MazzaCane Connors based on scenes in the Longfellow story was released as a compact disc titled, "Evangeline" (RoadCone, 1998), with the title track vocal by Suzanne Langille.

Other

A depiction of Evangeline from Longfellow's poem was incorporated into the Dominion Atlantic Railway logo along with the text 'Land of Evangeline Route'. Additionally, there was once a Via Rail train known as the "Evangeline" that ran from Halifax to Yarmouth, that was cut in 1990. ''L'Évangeline'' was also an important daily newspaper in New Brunswick from 1949 to 1982.

References

External links

1850 edition of ''Evangeline'' at Google Book Search

Longfellow-Evangeline State Park in Louisiana

Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada

Audio excerpt read by Layne Longfellow; music by Michael Hoppé

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birth name	Sidney Matthew Sweet
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genre	Power pop, Grunge, Alternative Rock
years active	1980s - present
occupation	Singer, songwriter, record producer, instrumentalist
instrument	Vocals, guitar, bass guitar
label	Columbia Records A&M; Records Zoo Entertainment Shout! Factory
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Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964, in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s. He continues to release albums and tour.

Early career

As a teenager in Lincoln, Sweet wrote and recorded songs on four-track cassettes, and in the ninth grade joined the band the Specs which resulted in his first recording on a battle of the bands LP produced by a local radio station. Sweet set off to Athens, Georgia in the early '80s after graduating from Lincoln Southeast High School in 1983 to attend college and join the vibrant Athens music scene, most famous as the home base for R.E.M. and The B-52's. In 1983, Sweet collaborated with R.E.M. member Michael Stipe under the name Community Trolls as well as being in Stipe's sister Lynda Stipe's band Oh-OK, and that year also formed the power-pop duo, The Buzz of Delight with drummer David Pierce (Oh-Ok). They released an EP Sound Castles on DB Recs later that year.

In 1985, he was signed to a solo recording contract with Columbia Records. One album, ''Inside'', was released by Columbia in 1986 to good reviews, but limited success.

Sweet was then picked up by A&M; Records where he released his second album, ''Earth'' (1989), again without commercial success. This period marked a personal and professional low point for Sweet, as A&M; lost interest and his marriage failed.

Sweet quickly recovered and formed a new band including Richard Lloyd, Robert Quine, Greg Leisz, Lloyd Cole, and Fred Maher. The new group spent 1990 assembling Sweet's next work, originally titled ''Nothing Lasts''.

Commercial breakthrough

In 1990, A&M; released Sweet from his contract, and he signed with rival Zoo Entertainment. The album, still under construction at the time, was retitled ''Girlfriend'' and released in October 1991. This album featured a classic set of pop-rock songs, was considered by many to be an artistic breakthrough, and quickly garnered impressive U.S. sales (spawning a Top 10 single with the title track). The video for the title track was aired on MTV, MuchMusic and Night Tracks and features Japanese animation, of which Sweet is a fan. The animated clips in the video for "Girlfriend" are taken from the movie ''Space Adventure Cobra'', and the video for "I've Been Waiting" uses clips of the ''Urusei Yatsura'' character Lum Invader, of whom Sweet has a tattoo.

Sweet's follow-up album, 1993's ''Altered Beast'', was a more diverse and less immediately accessible album than ''Girlfriend''; the album divided fans and critics who had mixed reactions to emotionally intense and brooding tracks like "Someone to Pull the Trigger" and "Knowing People." A second single, "Time Capsule", became a music video classic directed by Douglas Gayeton. The highly conceptual work featured extreme closeups of Sweet singing while supine on the grass. As he performed, his body was slowly covered with cockroaches that ultimately wrapped his body with twine. The final shot showed him pinned to the ground in a literary homage to Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels".

In 1995, Sweet released ''100% Fun''. The album mixed bouncy pop style with darker lyrics, including a leadoff track, the self-deprecating "Sick of Myself."

Recent history

Sweet would issue a few more albums in the second half of the 1990s and maintain a devoted core audience, but received little critical acclaim or chart success.

Sweet's international success has been somewhat limited by his fear of flying; however he gained a significant following in Japan and his 2003 album ''Kimi Ga Suki * Raifu'', was initially a Japan-only release.

In early 2002, he formed the supergroup The Thorns with Shawn Mullins and Pete Droge. He released a new album of solo material, ''Living Things'' in late 2004, though the material on the album was recorded in 2002.

In April 2006 he partnered with Bangles rhythm guitarist-vocalist Susanna Hoffs to release a collection of 1960's classics, titled ''Under the Covers, Vol. 1'' featuring their take on such widely known '60s hits as "Monday, Monday" and "The Kids Are Alright". The album represented a return to the accessible and melodic approach associated with Sweet's early breakthroughs.

Sweet's album, ''Sunshine Lies,'' was released on Shout! Factory on August 26, 2008. Accompanying the CD and download formats of the album is a 2-LP set featuring four previously unreleased songs.

On July 21, 2009, Sweet and Susanna Hoffs released their second collaboration ''Under the Covers, Vol. 2'', which features covers of songs from the 1970s by such artists as Fleetwood Mac, Carly Simon, Yes, Todd Rundgren, and Rod Stewart.

In April, 2010, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre staged the world premiere of the musical play "Girlfriend," which used songs from Sweet's album of the same name, crediting Sweet with music and lyrics. The title of the play is ironic because its two characters are gay boys in their late teens.

Sweet has recently completed work on an album titled ''Modern Art'' (currently scheduled for a September 27th, 2011 release).

Discography

1984 - ''Sound Castles'' - DB Records

1986 - ''Inside'' - Sony Records

1989 - ''Earth'' - A&M; Records

1991 - ''Girlfriend'' - Zoo Entertainment. Later re-released as a Legacy Edition.

1993 - ''Altered Beast'' - Zoo Entertainment

1994 - ''Son of Altered Beast'' - Zoo Entertainment

1995 - ''100% Fun'' - Zoo Entertainment

1997 - ''Blue Sky on Mars'' - Zoo Entertainment

1999 - ''In Reverse'' - Volcano Records

2000 - ''Time Capsule: Best of 90/00'' - Volcano Records

2002 - ''To Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet'' - Hip-O Records

2003 - ''Kimi Ga Suki'' - RCAM Records

2004 - ''Living Things'' - RCAM Records

2006 - ''Under the Covers, Vol. 1'' (with Susanna Hoffs) - Shout! Factory

2008 - ''Sunshine Lies'' - Shout! Factory

2009 - ''Under the Covers, Vol. 2'' (with Susanna Hoffs) - Shout! Factory

September 20, 2011 - ''Modern Art'' - Missing Piece

Compilations

''Luxury Condos Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon'' - Coyote Records - 1985. Under the name "The Jacks," Sweet, Chris Stamey, and Don Dixon contributed a reworking of the dB's song, ''Ask for Jill'', to this Hoboken anthology, with Sweet on lead vocals.

In 1993 contributed to the AIDS-Benefit Album No Alternative produced by the Red Hot Organization with his song "Superdeformed".

A cover of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, performed by Matthew Sweet, is included on the 1995 tribute album ''Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits'', produced by Ralph Sall for MCA Records.

''Wild'' - 2007, from The Bigtop (soundtrack) (2008)

Sweet performs a cover of "This Moment" by Victoria Williams on the tribute album for her, ''Sweet Relief''.

Sweet performed a cover of Walter Egan's "Magnet & Steel" for Sabrina the Teenage Witch. It can be found on the 1998 release Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Album.

Other work

Sweet appears briefly as an extra walking by the camera in the film ''Terms of Endearment''.

Sweet has contributed numerous tracks to compilations and soundtracks, ranging from the Carpenters tribute album ''If I Were A Carpenter'' to covering Tom Petty's classic "American Girl" for the popular 80's compilation ''High School Reunion - a tribute to those great 80's films'', and to soundtracks for ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (song: "Silent City"), ''Brain Candy'', ''The Baby-Sitters Club'' and ''Can't Hardly Wait'', as well as "Superdeformed" to the AIDS benefit album ''No Alternative'' and "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" to the compilation ''Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits''.

Sweet provided guitar, bass and/or vocals on a number of tracks on Lloyd Cole's albums ''Lloyd Cole'' (1990), ''Don't Get Weird on Me Babe'' (1991) and ''Bad Vibes'' (1993), as well as bass on Cole's recording of "Chelsea Hotel," on the Leonard Cohen tribute album ''I'm Your Fan''.

Sweet co-produced the Velvet Crush albums ''Teenage Symphonies to God'' and ''Free Expression'' and co-wrote two songs on the latter.

Sweet and Jules Shear collaborated to write the title track for ''Everything's Different Now,'' the third and final album by 'Til Tuesday. Sweet and Shear also collaborated on Sweet's album ''Earth'', which also included collaborations between Sweet and Shear's then-wife, Pal Shazar.

He has also co-written at least one song with the Jayhawks, "Stumbling Through the Dark," on which he sang backing vocals, and has provided backing vocals on at least one other Jayhawks song, "Sixteen Down." In addition, the Thorns recorded a Jayhawks tune, "Blue."

Sweet collaborated with Delerium on a song called "Daylight" from their 2001 album ''Poem''.

Sweet was also the guitarist in Ming Tea, a band featured in the first Austin Powers movie, with Susanna Hoffs and Mike Myers.

Sweet appeared as himself in an episode of Cartoon Network's hit TV series ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast''

Sweet was namechecked in Kōsuke Fujishima's long-running manga series Ah! My Goddess during a storyline about the male lead, Keiichi Morisato, and his encounter with Schrodinger's Whale (a play on Schrödinger's Cat, this was a whale that existed in a five-dimensional quantum state). Keiichi taught the whale Sweet's song ''Millennium Blues'', and the whale learned ''Missing Time'' by itself, thus ensuring (albeit inadvertently) that the species would survive by having a call that they would be able to locate each other by.

Sweet interpreted a cover version of Magnet and Steel (Walter Egan) for Sabrina The Teenage Witch TV Series Soundtrack in 1998.

Sweet worked with Anton Fier's Golden Palominos in 1986, ''Blast of Silence'' CD, reissued in 1998.

In 2001, he co-wrote the song "Underneath" with the re-emerging rock band Hanson. The song appeared on Hanson's 2004 album ''Underneath''.

Sweet provided backing vocals on the title track from Counting Crows' 2002 album ''Hard Candy''.

"Girlfriend" is featured in ''Crossroads''.

Cover version of "Girlfriend" is featured in ''Guitar Hero II''.

Cover version of "Girlfriend" is downloadable content for ''Guitar Hero III Mobile''.

Sweet performed "Ballad of El Goodo" on the 2006 Big Star tribute album, ''Big Star Small World''.

Recently, Sweet composed the music for the opening and closing of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.

References

External links

MySpace page

Official website

Matthew Sweet discography

Lazy-i Interview: October 2004

1997 TV Profile of Matthew Sweet - NET Television

The Matthew Sweet Song Database

Exclaim Interview

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Coordinates	53°47′″N20°30′″N
name	Evangeline Lilly
birthname	Nicole Evangeline Lilly
birth date	August 03, 1979
birth place	Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
occupation	Actress
yearsactive	2002–present
spouse	Murray Hone(m.2003-2004)
partner	Norman Kali(d.2010-present; 1 child)Dominic Monaghan (d.2004-2009)
children	Unknown son (b.2011) }}

Evangeline Lilly (born Nicole Evangeline Lilly; August 3, 1979) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama, ''Lost''.

Early life

Evangeline Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada, to a devout Protestant family. Her father was an economics teacher, and her mother is a secretary at Sandy Hill Elementary. Lilly also has two sisters. Her youngest sister, Andrea, has been described by Evangeline as "the actor in the family."

Before leaving the town of Fort Saskatchewan for Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, Evangeline briefly attended three elementary schools, Fort Elementary, Rudolph Hennig and James Mowat Elementary. Lilly recalled, "When I was a kid, the Fort was tiny. I could ride my bike at five years old from one end of town to the other.... To me Fort Saskatchewan holds a lot of really great memories. I just consider it a little happy hideaway." In Abbotsford, Lilly completed her high school years at W. J. Mouat Secondary School, and went on to study international relations at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Lilly also served briefly as a foreign missionary and lived in a grass hut in the Philippines. She was offered permanent missionary work there for two years, an offer she nearly accepted but eventually declined because of her parents' wishes. Lilly was a flight attendant with Royal Airlines and also did some modelling for phone chat line Livelinks. She speaks French very well. She also worked at Green Bay Bible Camp near Kelowna and at the Earls Restaurant in Abbotsford.

Career

She studied acting at The Yaletown Actors Lab with writer, director David Palffy and was first discovered by agent Jeff Palffy, formerly of Ford Models, now with PMG Management in Vancouver.

Lilly appeared on G4's ''Judgment Day'' and in an uncredited role in the 2003 film ''Freddy vs. Jason'' as a high-school girl leaning against a locker, and some appearances in a few episodes of ''Smallville'' as an extra. She had a guest appearance on the ABC supernatural horror series ''Kingdom Hospital'' (2004). She also appeared on a Live Links chat line commercial. Lilly's first speaking role was on ''Lost'', a role in which Palffy was instrumental in helping her to obtain

When Lilly was cast as Kate Austen in ''Lost'', her main concern was acquiring a work visa to enter the United States. With production literally days away and no news about the visa, casting directors were forced to grudgingly begin re-casting the role of Kate. After nearly 20 auditions, Lilly's work visa was approved/cleared but she arrived on set a day late.

Her salary in 2004 for ''Lost'' was $80,000 per episode. On the heels of her role in ''Lost'', she was voted one of the Breakout Stars of 2004 by ''Entertainment Weekly'' and on December 14, 2006, was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Lead Actress-Drama. Action figures of Lilly's ''Lost'' character were released during the holiday season of 2006. On May 11, 2010, Lilly announced on ''The View'' that she places writing and being a mother as top priorities, but she likes acting as a day job and she will continue acting when possible.

Lilly is planning to write children's books called ''The Squickerwonkers''.

On June 19th 2011, it was announced that Lilly would play the role of the Elf Tauriel in Peter Jackson's upcoming two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Hobbit'', due for release in December 2012 and 2013 and currently in production in New Zealand.

Personal life

Lilly has stated that she "live[s] in a bubble", specifying that she is not familiar with popular culture and does not watch television or own a TV set. She has also said that she would not appear in a nude scene or perform in sexual scenes that she would consider "gratuitous".

In the May 9, 2007 episode of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'', Lilly described her deep need to leave her home town after her high-school graduation. She did much travelling at this point in her life, moving from town to town approximately every six months. She stated that in each town she took on a persona; for example, she would decide in one town to take on the role of a "nerdy bookworm" and in another, a ditzy "cheerleader" type. She has jokingly stated that, as such, she would frequently date different men.

Lilly has also used her celebrity status to help promote ''Just Yell Fire'', a 2006 video aimed at teaching teenage girls how to defend themselves against rapists.

Her fellow ''Lost'' actor Josh Holloway also calls her "Freckles", sharing the nickname his on-screen character Sawyer gave her. She was also known on set for being a tomboy, and "potty mouth".

On December 20, 2006, Lilly's house in Kailua, Hawaii, was completely destroyed by fire while she was on the ''Lost'' set with one of her two roommates, both of whom work as her stand-ins on the show. The second roommate was off-island at the time of the blaze, which occurred on the final day of shooting before the show’s holiday break. The cause of the fire was an electrical problem.

Lilly was once married to Canadian hockey player Murray Hone. From 2004 to 2009, Lilly dated ''Lost'' co-star Dominic Monaghan. She had her first child, a boy, with boyfriend Norman Kali in May 2011.

Filmography

+ Film
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2003	''The Lizzie McGuire Movie''	A police officer
2003	''Stealing Sinatra''	Model in commercial
2003	''Freddy vs. Jason''	School student	Uncredited
2005	''The Long Weekend''	Simone
2006	''Just Yell Fire''	Herself
2008	''Afterwards''	Claire
2009	''The Hurt Locker''	Connie James
2011	''Real Steel''	Bailey Tallet	Completed
2012		Tauriel	Filming
2013		Tauriel	Filming

+ Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2002	''Reviews on the Run''	Hardware girl
2002–2004	''Smallville''	Various	5 episodes
2003	''Tru Calling''	Party guest	1 episode: "Morning After"
2004	''Kingdom Hospital''	Benspoln's girlfriend	1 episode: "Heartless"
2004–2010		Kate Austen	114 episodesScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated—National Television Award for Most Popular Actress Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Drama Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Performance – FemaleNominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Chemistry

Other awards

! Year	! Award	! Work	Result
2010	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	''The Hurt Locker''
2010	Denver Film Critics Society	''The Hurt Locker''

Advertising

! Year	! Brand	! Country
2006	''Karastan Carpets''	USA
2006	''Michelle K Footwear''	USA
2007–2008	''Davidoff Coolwater Women''	Europe
2009	''Baume et Mercier''
2009–present	''L’Oreal Paris''	International

References

External links

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