Born on 3 August 1979 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Evangeline Lilly is an actress, model and an author from Canada, of English and Irish ancestry. She is a receiver of a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a nominee for a Golden Globe award, for her role in the TV series “Lost”.
So how much is Evangeline worth? As at early 2016, Evangeline is estimated to have a net worth of $15 million, her wealth is accrued for her movie career, commercial and television appearances.
Evangeline Lilly Net Worth $15 Million
Evangeline was raised by ardent Christian parents in British Columbia. She is a graduate of W.J Mowat Secondary School located in Abbotsford, in British Columbia and enjoyed playing soccer whiles in school. She also pick up a leadership position as the student council vice-president. To be able to pay her tuition, Evangeline did jobs like waitress, oil and grease changer on big trucks and also served as a flight attendant on Royal Airlines. When she was 18, she partook in a faith trip to the Philippines because she was a Christian. Evangeline studied International Relations at the University of British Columbia due to her concern in global development and humanitarian causes.
Whiles walking the street of Kelowna, British Columbia, an agent of Ford Modeling Agency discovered Evangeline and that is how her career began. She initially took part in numerous roles in TV commercials, and in the TV shows “Small Ville” and also “Kingdom Hospital”.
Evangeline auditioned for “Lost” and landed the role of Kate Austen ahead of about 75 auditioned women. “Lost” was one of the top shows on ABC’s primetime and was shown for six seasons, 2004 to 2010. The series received a Golden Globe as well as 11 Prime Time Emmy Awards, and ranked in the top ten shows of a ten year period by IMDb. She was also voted for as the Breakout Star of 2004 by Entertainment Weekly. Her net worth was starting to rise.
Evangeline announced in May 2010 on The View that she was taking a break from acting for a while to concentrate on writing and parenting. However, when a script was sent to her by Shawn Levy, a movie director, she left for Los Angeles to cast. She has since then starred in movies like “The Hobbit”, “Ant-Man” and many others. Meantime she published her first book “Squickerwonkers” in July 2013, noting that it was an idea conceived at age 14 years, and announced that in subsequent books a new character would be introduced to ruin the previous character.
She has been working with non-profit organizations like Go Campaign, Task Brasil to help provide secure housing for Brazilian street children, and also help widows and orphans in Rwanda when she auctioned off custom lingerie and her three lunches in Vancouver, Honolulu and Los Angeles.
Whiles on set in December 2006, her house caught fire through an electric fault, and she lost all her belongings. However she noted that, through the fire, she has nearly been redeemed and was not in haste to muddle her life up again.
In her personal life, Evangeline married Canadian Murray Hone in 2003 – they divorced in 2004. She then dated Dominic Monaghan, also in the cast of “Lost” – they broke up in 2009. She is currently dating Norman Kali also of “Lost” fame. He has two children, with her first child.
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