Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian actress who came to prominence for her starring role as Kate Austen in the ABC series Lost (2004–10), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award and received a Golden Globe Award nomination. She is also known for her roles as Connie James in The Hurt Locker (2008), Bailey Tallet in Real Steel (2011), and Tauriel in The Hobbit film series (2012–14).\n', '

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she starred as the superhero Hope van Dyne / Wasp in the films Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). She will reprise her role alongside Paul Rudd in the upcoming Avengers 4 (2019).\n', '

Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta. She was raised in British Columbia by her mother and her father, a produce manager. She has both an older sister and a younger sister. \n', '

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