Evangeline Lilly's acting journey

Evangeline Lilly's acting career may have started with commercials, but the Lost star took on other personalities long before then. In an interview with Australia's Courier-Mail, the actress mentions that she moved six times in a three-year period, taking on a different persona each time. After her high school graduation, Lilly traveled all over British Columbia and found herself by "trying out" other personalities. This experience has probably come in handy in her portrayal of Kate, a fugitive who took on various identities to escape arrest.

Other interesting details from the interview:

• Lilly aspires to be a writer someday.
• The actress cites commercial work as "the most degrading work I've ever done," even when compared with her experiences as a waitress, flight attendant, and mechanic.
• Lilly also worked as an extra while attending college.
• The police had to prevent paparazzi from "scavenging" at the site of her house fire.
• As always, the actress would neither confirm nor deny the rumors that she and Dominic Monaghan are engaged.