Nicole Evangeline Lilly(born August 3, 1979),better known by the stage name Evangeline Lilly, 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.She is also known for her roles in films such as Afterwards, The Hurt Locker, and Real Steel. She appeared in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and will appear in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the final film in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy.