Penelope Cruz debut - La fuerza del Destino 1988

Penelope Cruz in the video of the group Mecano: La fuerza del destino

Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem in Jamón, Jamón

Cruz first achieved fame when she appeared in the video for "La fuerza del destino" for the Spanish synthpop group Mecano. She later started a relationship with Nacho Cano, a member of the group. A TV presenter for the teen-oriented program La Quinta Marcha, she also had early exposure in Série Rose, an erotic French TV serial. In one episode she played the role of a blind prostitute and in another played a young noblewoman pretending to be a young nobleman in a comedy of errors. She also directed Nacho Cano's video of "El waltz de los locos", in 1994.

Cruz's first major films were Jamón, jamón and Belle Époque, a film which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. In 1997, she starred as Sofía Pangia, alongside Eduardo Noriega, in Open Your Eyes, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, while in 1999 she appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother, which also won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. In 2000 she appeared with Matt Damon in All the Pretty Horses.

For Cruz, the early 2000s were a period of mediocre reviews and mixed commercial success. In late 2001, she appeared in the film Vanilla Sky, the Hollywood remake of Open Your Eyes. Returning to Europe, in 2004, Cruz learned Italian (she already spoke Spanish, French, and English) to star in the film Don't Move. She earned critical praise for her role and earned the coveted David di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.

In 2006, she co-starred with her best friend, Salma Hayek, in the film Bandidas. That same year, Cruz received highly favourable reviews for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver. She shared a Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival with five of her co-stars, and was nominated for the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role. The latter of these nominations made her the first Spanish actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

In May 2007, it was announced that Penélope and her sister Mónica would be designing a 25-piece collection for the Barcelona-based fashion chain Mango. On July 7, 2007, Cruz presented at Live Earth. In late 2007, she starred in the Jaume de Laiguana-directed video for her brother's first single, named "Cosas que contar", along with her friend Mía Maestro and her sister Mónica. Cruz had previously shown a keen interest in fashion and is a model for L'Oréal and its "Telescopic" mascara.

In 2008, Cruz appeared with Sir Ben Kingsley in fellow Spaniard Isabel Coixet's film Elegy, earning her critical praise for an English-speaking role. The film was based on the Philip Roth story The Dying Animal. She was nominated for a Golden Satellite award for her performance.

In 2008, she starred in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena, Javier Bardem's mentally unstable ex-wife. Her performance received wide critical praise. For the role, Cruz received her second Academy Award Nomination, and later won for Best Supporting Actress,^[10] making her only the second Spanish actor to win an Academy Award, a year after her boyfriend, Javier Bardem, won for No Country for Old Men. She became the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award, and one of the only actors besides Robert De Niro and Ingrid Bergman to win the Oscar for a role speaking two different languages. Besides the Oscar, Cruz won the BAFTA, the Independent Spirit Award, the National Board of Review Award, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She also earned Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for her role.

Cruz again collaborated with Pedro Almodóvar in his film Los Abrazos Rotos, which is slated to be released in the U.S. in November 2009. She will also be featured in the film version of the musical Nine along with other Oscar winners Sophia Loren, Judi Dench, Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman and Marion Cotillard.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Jamón, jamón	Silvia	Nominated — Goya Award for Best Actress Nominated — Spanish Actors Union Newcomer Award
	Belle Époque	Luz	Spanish Actors Union Award for Supporting Performance (Secundario Cine)
1993	For Love, Only for Love	Mary	Per amore, solo per amore
	The Greek Labyrinth	Elise	El Laberinto griego
	The Rebel	Enza	La Ribelle
1994	Alegre ma non troppo	Salomé
	Todo es mentira	Lucía
1995	Entre rojas	Lucía
	El Efecto mariposa	Party guest
1996	La Celestina	Melibea
	Brujas	Patricia
	Más que amor, frenesí
1997	Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health	Younger Diana / Diana's daughter	El amor perjudica seriamente la salud
	Open Your Eyes	Sofía	Abre los ojos
	Live Flesh	Isabel Plaza Caballero	Carne trémula Nominated — Spanish Actors Union Award for Performance in a Minor Role (Reparto Cine)
	Hjørne af paradis, Et	Doña Helena
1998	The Girl of Your Dreams	Macarena	La niña de tus ojos Goya Award for Best Actress Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) Spanish Actors Union Award for Lead Performance (Protagonista Cine) Nominated — European Film Award for Best Actress
	"The Hi-Lo Country"	Josepha	Nominated — ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film
	Don Juan	Mathurine
1999	All About My Mother	Sister María Rosa Sanz	Todo sobre mi madre
2000	All the Pretty Horses	Alejandra Villarreal
	Woman on Top	Isabella Oliveira
2001	Blow	Mirtha Jung
	Don't Tempt Me	Carmen Ramos	Bendito infierno
	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Pelagia	Nominated — European Film Award - Audience Award for Best Actress
	Vanilla Sky	Sofia Serrano	Nominated — ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
2002	Waking up in Reno	Brenda
2003	Fanfan la tulipe	Adeline La Franchise	Nominated — European Film Award - Audience Award for Best Actress
	Gothika	Chloe Sava
2004	Head in the Clouds	Mia
	Don't Move	Italia	Non ti muovere David di Donatello Award for Best Actress European Film Award - Audience Award for Best Actress Nominated — European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated — Goya Award for Best Actress
	Noel	Nina Vasquez
2005	Sahara	Eva Rojas
2006	Chromophobia	Gloria
	Bandidas	María Álvarez
	Volver	Raimunda	European Film Award for Best Actress Goya Award for Best Actress Cannes Award Best Actress shared with Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave Fotogramas de Plata Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) Spanish Actors Union Award for Lead Performance (Protagonista Cine) Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Leading Female Actor
2007	The Good Night	Anna
	Manolete	Antoñita "Lupe" Sino
2008	Elegy	Consuela Castillo	Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performer of the Year Award also for Vicky Christina Barcelona Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	María Elena	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performer of the Year Award also for Elegy Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated — Critics Choice Award Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Female Actor
2009	G-Force	Juarez (voice)
	Broken Embraces	Magdalena	Los abrazos rotos
	Nine	Carla Albanese	post-production

Source: Wikipedia - Penelope Cruz

Brad Pitt Debut - 1987 (No Way Out)

Born December 18, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Pitt grew up in Springfield, Missouri, the eldest of three children in a devoutly Southern Baptist family. His father, Bill Pitt, owned a trucking company and his mother, Jane Pitt, was a family counselor.

While struggling in Los Angeles, Pitt took on various occasional jobs. These jobs ranged from chauffeur, to dressing up as an El Pollo Loco chicken to pay for his acting classes.



He began studying with acting coach Roy London.
Brad Pitt began his onscreen acting career in 1987 with uncredited parts in the films No Way Out, No Man's Land, and Less Than Zero.
He made his television debut with a guest appearance on the American ABC sitcom Growing Pains. Between December 1987 and February 1988 he appeared in four episodes of the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas, portraying Randy, the boyfriend of Shalane McCall's character, Charlie Wade. Pitt described the character as "an idiot boyfriend who gets caught in the hay".
He later said about his scenes with McCall: "It was real sweaty-palms time for me. It was kind of wild, because I'd never even met her before." Pitt made a guest appearance on the FOX police drama 21 Jump Street later in 1988.

Furthermore in the same year, he performed in his first leading role within a film, The Dark Side of the Sun, a Yugoslavian-U.S. co-production. He portrayed a young American taken by his family to the Adriatic to find a remedy for a skin condition. The film was shelved due to the outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence and was not released until 1997.
In 1989, Pitt appeared in two motion pictures. The first was in a supporting role in the comedy Happy Together, and the second was in a featured role in the horror film Cutting Class, his first film to reach theaters.
He also made television guest appearances on Head of the Class, Freddy's Nightmares, Thirtysomething, and (for a second time) Growing Pains.
Pitt was cast in the NBC television movie Too Young to Die? in 1990, a story about an abused teenager given the death penalty for murder. Pitt portrayed the part of Billy Canton, a drug addict who takes advantage of a runaway young woman, portrayed by Juliette Lewis. Entertainment Weekly's film reviewer wrote: "Pitt is a magnificent slimeball as her hoody boyfriend; looking and sounding like a malevolent John Cougar Mellencamp, he's really scary."

That year, he also co-starred in the short-lived FOX dramatic series Glory Days, a stint that lasted for six episodes, and appeared in a supporting role in the HBO television movie The Image.
Pitt's next onscreen appearance was in the 1991 film Across the Tracks; he portrayed Joe Maloney, a high school runner. The character deals with his criminal brother, played by Ricky Schroder.
Pitt soon attracted broader public attention with a supporting role in the 1991 road film Thelma & Louise. He portrayed J.D., a small-time criminal who befriends Thelma (Geena Davis). His love scene with Davis has been cited as the moment that defined Pitt as a sex symbol.
After the success of Thelma & Louise, Pitt starred opposite Catherine Keener and Nick Cave in Johnny Suede (1991), a low-budget film about an aspiring rock star.
In 1992, he appeared in Cool World, before starring as Paul Maclean in Robert Redford's 1992 biographical film A River Runs Through It; his portrayal of the character has been described as a "career-making" performance, admitting that he felt a "bit of pressure" when making the film. He added that it was one of his "weakest performances ... It's so weird that it ended up being the one that I got the most attention for." When asked about working with Redford, Pitt said, "It's like tennis: When you play with somebody better than you, your game gets better."

Pitt reunited with his Too Young to Die? co-star Juliette Lewis in the 1993 road film Kalifornia by portraying Early Grayce, a serial killer and the boyfriend of Lewis's character. In his review of the film, Rolling Stone's Peter Travers described Pitt's performance as "outstanding, all boyish charm and then a snort that exudes pure menace". Later that year, Pitt won a ShoWest Award for Male Star of Tomorrow.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	No Way Out	Officer at party
	No Man's Land	Waiter
	Less Than Zero	Partygoer
	Growing Pains	Jeff	TV series (two episodes: "Who's Zoomin' Who?" and "Feet of Clay" [1989])
	Dallas	Randy	TV series (four episodes)
1988	21 Jump Street	Peter	TV series (one episode: "Best Years of Your Life")
1989	Happy Together	Brian
	Cutting Class	Dwight Ingalls
	Head of the Class	Chuck	TV series (one episode: "Partners")
1990	The Image	Cameraman	TV movie
	Too Young to Die?	Billy Canton	TV movie
	Glory Days	Walker Lovejoy	TV series (six episodes)
1991	Across the Tracks	Joe Maloney
	Thelma & Louise	J.D.
	Johnny Suede	Johnny Suede
1992	Contact	Cox
	Cool World	Detective Frank Harris
	A River Runs Through It	Paul Maclean
1993	Kalifornia	Early Grayce
	True Romance	Floyd
1994	The Favor	Elliott Fowler
	Interview with the Vampire	Louis de Pointe du Lac	MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Male MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo shared with Tom Cruise Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
	Legends of the Fall	Tristan Ludlow	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1995	Seven	David Mills	MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo shared with Morgan Freeman Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Male
	Twelve Monkeys	Jeffrey Goines	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
1996	Sleepers	Michael Sullivan
1997	The Devil's Own	Francis "Frankie" Austin McQuire/Rory Devaney
	Seven Years in Tibet	Heinrich Harrer
	The Dark Side of the Sun	Rick
1998	Meet Joe Black	Joe Black/Man in the Coffee Shop
1999	Fight Club	Tyler Durden
	Being John Malkovich	Himself	Cameo
2000	Snatch	Mickey O'Neil	Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
2001	The Mexican	Jerry Welbach
	Spy Game	Tom Bishop
	Ocean's Eleven	Rusty Ryan	Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
	Friends	Will Colbert	TV series (one episode: "The One with the Rumor") Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
2002	Full Frontal	Himself
	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Brad, Bachelor #1
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Sinbad	Voice actor
	Abby Singer	Himself	Cameo
2004	Troy	Achilles	Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Actor, Drama/Action Adventure Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight shared with Eric Bana Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Male
	Ocean's Twelve	Rusty Ryan	Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	John Smith	MTV Movie Award for Best Fight shared with Angelina Jolie Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss shared with Angelina Jolie
2006	Babel	Richard	Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast Palm Springs International Film Festival for Best Cast Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2007	Ocean's Thirteen	Rusty Ryan
	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Jesse James	Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup Best Actor
2008	Burn After Reading	Chad Feldheimer	Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Benjamin Button	Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
2009	Inglourious Basterds	Lt. Aldo Raine	post-production
2010	The Tree of Life	Mr. O'Brien	post-production
	The Lost City of Z	Col. Percy Fawcett	pre-production

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Melanie Griffith debut at nine month old as Extra in Smith! on 1969

Griffith began work at just nine months old in a commercial and later became an extra on Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973).


Her first major role was in Night Moves (1975) in which she did several racy nude scenes at the age of 17.


This drew attention to her and typecast her as a sexy nymphet in films such as Smile, The Drowning Pool as Schuyler Devereaux (both also 1975) and One on One (1977).


Griffith reportedly turned down many parts in some popular movies, including the role of Iris in Taxi Driver, the lead role in Carrie, Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars, Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon and Sarah Connor in The Terminator.

Complete information: Melanie Griffith Biography

Ashley Greene Debut

Greene was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She grew up in Middleburg and Jacksonville, and went to University Christian School before transferring to Wolfson High School when she was in tenth grade. She moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. Greene has one sibling, an older brother named Joe, who still resides in Jacksonville with her parents.

Greene is good friends with her Twilight co-stars, particularly Kellan Lutz, whom she knew before filming the movie.

Greene initially planned to become a model, but was told that she wasn't tall enough to be a runway model and should instead focus on commercials. After taking commercial and acting classes, she fell in love with acting and realized that she preferred it over modeling. Greene thus graduated high school early at the age of 17 and moved to L.A. to pursue an acting career. Since then, she has appeared as a guest on many popular television programs, such as Punk'd and Crossing Jordan. Greene's big break came in 2008 when she was cast as Alice Cullen in Twilight, a film based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. Greene will be reuniting with her Twilight co-star Kellan Lutz in the upcoming movie Warrior. She will also reprise her role as Alice in the 2009 sequel to Twilight, New Moon, and 2010's Eclipse. Greene will also be starring in an upcoming thriller film, Summer's Blood, which is set to be released in summer 2009.

Punk'd in imdb

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Nicolas Cage Debut in American Film Brubaker in 1980

In order to avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, he changed his name from Nicolas Coppola to Nicolas Cage early in his career. Since his cameo role in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), with Sean Penn, Cage has appeared in a wide range of films, both mainstream and offbeat. He tried out for the role of Dallas Winston in his uncle's film The Outsiders, based on S.E. Hinton's novel, but lost to Matt Dillon. He was also in Coppola's films Rumble Fish and Peggy Sue Got Married.

Other Cage roles included appearances in the acclaimed 1987 romantic-comedy Moonstruck, also starring Cher; The Coen Brothers cult-classic comedy Raising Arizona; David Lynch's 1990 offbeat film Wild at Heart; a lead role in Martin Scorsese's 1999 New York City paramedic drama Bringing Out the Dead; and Ridley Scott's 2003 quirky drama Matchstick Men, in which he played an agoraphobic, mysophobic, obsessive-compulsive con artist with a tic disorder.

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Megan Fox acting debut in 2001 film Holiday in the Sun

When Megan Fox was 16, she made her acting debut in the 2001 film Holiday in the Sun, as the spoiled heiress Brianna Wallace and rival of Alex Stewart (Ashley Olsen). The film was released Direct-to-DVD on November 20, 2001.
In 2002 Fox landed the lead main role as Ione Star on the television series Ocean Ave. The series lasted two seasons, from 2002-2003 and Fox appeared in 122 one-hour-long episodes. Fox also served as an uncredited extra in Bad Boys II in 2003.
Also in 2002, she guest-starred on What I Like About You, appearing in the episode "Like a Virgin (Kinda)".
In 2004 Fox guest-starred on Two and a Half Men in the episode "Carmel Filters and Pheromones". Also in 2004, Fox made her film debut in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen co-starring opposite Lindsay Lohan. In the film Fox plays a supporting role Carla Santi, a rival of Lola (Lindsay Lohan).
Also in 2004, Fox was cast as a recurring role on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith, in which she portrayed Sydney Shanowski, replacing Nicole Paggi in the role. In 2006 the television show was canceled due to poor ratings. Fox appeared in 36 episodes from seasons 2 to 3.

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Tom Welling Debut

In 1998, Tom Welling was discovered by a catalogue camera scout at a party in Nantucket who suggested he try modeling. In 2000, Welling relocated to Los Angeles where he modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, Abercrombie & Fitch, Calvin Klein and other print ad campaigns, while pursuing an acting career. He appeared in some commercials and a music video. Welling's first major acting role was as karate teacher Rob Meltzer, a younger love interest of Amy Brenneman's character on the CBS series Judging Amy, that aired in 2001. Welling also had a small role in UPN's Special Unit 2, and he also appeared in the debut episode of the FOX sitcom Undeclared.

He was cast in the television series Smallville, after a nationwide search for an actor to play Clark Kent. Smallville explores the early years of Clark growing up, in the times before he is Superman. The pilot aired in October 2001, and became the highest rated debut for The WB, with 8.4 million viewers. He told TV Guide that he originally turned down the lead role twice, but after reading the script, decided to take the job. Like Christopher Reeve, he was not a big Superman fan prior to being cast as Clark Kent, and in fact continues to not read Superman comics. He was named one of People magazine’s "Breakthrough Stars of 2001", and also won the Teen Choice Award as "Choice Breakout Star (Male)" in 2002 for his role as Clark Kent.

In December 2003, Welling played Charlie Baker, the oldest son in a family of 12 children in the film Cheaper by the Dozen, a remake of the 1950 original. The film also starred Steve Martin and Hilary Duff. In 2005, Welling appeared in two films. He played Nick Castle in The Fog, a remake of John Carpenter's 1980 film of the same name. He also reprised his role as Charlie Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Despite internet rumors, Welling was not considered for the part of Superman in the 2006 film Superman Returns. Welling also marked his directorial debut in 2006, with the season five episode of Smallville, "Fragile". He directed a second episode during season six, Hydro, also the show's 150th episode, "Apocalypse", and the episode "Injustice" in season 8. He also played Bizarro and a young Jor-El on Smallville.

Welling has the distinction of having portrayed the Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman character for more filmed content than any other actor.

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Kristin Kreuk Debut as an actress on 2001 in Edgemont

Kristin Kreuk as Laurel Yeung in Edgemont

Kristin Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. 

Kreuk trained in gymnastics at the national level until high school but quit in 11th grade due to scoliosis. She attended Edith Cavell Elementary School and Eric Hamber Secondary School in Vancouver.
She had plans to study psychology, environmental science, or forensic science at Simon Fraser University when a casting director for the CBC TV series Edgemont contacted her secondary school, looking for an exotic-looking girl to play the part of a Chinese Canadian, Laurel Yeung on the Vancouver-shot show. Kreuk's drama teacher convinced Kreuk, who had no previous acting experience other than in musicals at her high school, to audition for the role. To her surprise, she won the part.

2001	Snow White	Snow White	Television movie
2001–2005	Edgemont	Laurel Yeung	Television series
2001-2008 & 2009	Smallville	Lana Lang	Television series
2004	Eurotrip	Fiona	Cameo appearance
2004	Legend of Earthsea	Tenar	Miniseries
2006	Dream Princess	Princess	Short film
2007	Partition	Naseem Khan	Film
2009	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	Chun-Li	Film
2010	Ben Hur	Tirzar	Miniseries

info from: Kristin Kreuk - Wikipedia

Evangeline Lilly (Kate in Lost)

"Evangeline Lilly was discovered on the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia, by Ford modeling agency. Although she initially decided to pass on a modeling career, she went ahead and signed with Ford anyway, to help pay for her University of British Columbia tuition and expenses. Despite being signed to Ford Models, she was never actually a fashion model, working instead with their acting branch.

She was previously featured in several provocative television commercials for LiveLinks Chatline, a service billed as the "best place to meet local singles for dating, friendship, or phone chat"; her image is still used to promote the service. She also appeared on G4's Judgment Day. She appeared uncredited in the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason as a high-school girl leaning against a locker, and in several episodes of Smallville as an extra. She also had a guest appearance on the ABC supernatural horror series Kingdom Hospital (2004). Lilly's first speaking role was on Lost. She also appeared in the 2003 teenager film The Lizzie McGuire Movie as an (uncredited) Italian police officer.

When Lilly was cast as Kate in Lost, her main concern was acquiring a work visa to enter the United States. With production literally days away and no news about the visa, casting directors were forced to grudgingly begin re-casting the role of Kate. After nearly 20 auditions, Lilly's work visa was approved/cleared but she arrived on set a day late."

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