Evangeline Lilly

Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian actress and author. She won multiple Saturn Awards and Teen Choice Awards and a Golden Globe nomination for her role as Kate Austen in the ABC series Lost (2004-2010). She is also known for her roles in films such as the psychological thriller Afterwards (2008), the war film The Hurt Locker (2008), and the sci-fi sports drama film Real Steel (2011). She played the Elf warrior Tauriel in Sir Peter Jackson's second and third entries of The Hobbit trilogy (2012-2014): The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014).