- Founded and ran a world development and human rights committee at her university. She has lived in a grass hut in the jungles of the Philippines with a missionary group, and has been a volunteer for children's projects since the age of 14.
- Refused to do a partial nude scene in an early episode of Lost (2004).
- Kate, her character on Lost (2004), is frequently seen climbing trees. This is because the very athletic Lilly loves to climb trees herself.
- Before starring on Lost (2004), she worked at a variety of other jobs: flight attendant, waitress, and completed oil changes on big rigs, before doing commercials and extra work on film sets to earn money for university.
- Was one month pregnant with her son, Kahekili, when she completed filming Real Steel (2011). Returned to work three months after giving birth--naturally in a home birth after a 30-hour labor--to begin filming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).
- Fluent in French and loves reading, writing, painting, long walks, tea and nature.
- In December 2006 her house in Hawaii was destroyed by a fire. Luckily, no one was hurt.
- Prior to her starring role on Lost (2004), she worked as an extra on film sets to help pay her university tuition. She can be seen in episodes of Tru Calling (2003), Dead Like Me (2003), and Smallville (2001), and in several films, including White Chicks (2004), Stealing Sinatra (2003), and Freddy vs. Jason (2003).
- Attended the University of British Columbia, where she studied international relations. Her studies were cut short by her role as Kate Austen on Lost (2004).
- Gave birth to her second child, a son, at age 36 in October 2015. Child's father is Norman Kali.
- In 2003 she was cast in several commercials for a dating hotline called LiveLinks. The late-night ads ran for more than two years on basic cable channels, even after she made it big on ABC's hit drama Lost (2004). During a guest spot on Late Show with David Letterman (1993), David Letterman played one of her commercials on his show.
- Has English and Irish ancestry. Her father was raised in Kenya--her paternal grandparents served as missionaries in Africa--and one of her grandmothers was an English war bride.
- She refuses to do nude scenes in her movies and tv shows.
- In April 2011 she confirmed, after much speculation, that she was eight months pregnant with her first child by Norman Kali, with whom she had been in a long-term relationship since May 2010.
- Prior to Lost (2004), her only acting credits had been commercials and uncredited parts as an extra.
- Her father is a home economics teacher in Canada. Her mother is a middle-school secretary who previously worked as a cosmetician and ran a day-care service.
- "US Weekly" revealed that she had given birth to her son, Kahekili, with Norman Kali, on 21 May 2011.
- Spokesperson/model for L'Oreal Paris since 2009.
- Named #2 on the "Maxim" Hot 100 of 2005 list.
- Jeff Palffy, formerly with Ford Models, now with PMG Management in Vancouver, was Lilly's first agent and was instrumental in her first break on Lost (2004).
- Voted one of the Breakout Stars of 2004 by "Entertainment Weekly" Magazine.
- Has two sisters--younger sister is named Andrea.
- Ranked #12 on "Wizard" magazine's "Sexiest Women of TV" list in March 2008.
- Named #73 in "FHM" magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.
- Ranked #88 on "Maxim" magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
- Ranked #68 on "Maxim" magazine's Hot 100 of 2007 list.
- Ranked as #75 in F"HM"'s "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
- She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Hurt Locker (2008).
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