5 things you need to know about Evangeline Lilly from Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’
Canadian actress stars in sequel to ‘Ant-Man’ (2015), which opens in early July
Evangeline Lilly is set to reprise her role as Hope van Dyne in the upcoming Marvel release Ant-Man and The Wasp.
Here are 5 things you may not have known about the Canadian actress.
1) In the original Ant-Man (2015), Hope was just the daughter of Hank Pym (played by Michael Douglas), the creator of Ant-Man’s suit. The Wasp – though mentioned, was Hope’s mother Janet, who died when she disappeared into a subatomic quantum realm. In the sequel, we get to see Lilly take on the mantle of The Wasp, and become the superhero she was meant to be, alongside Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man.
4) Lilly is a Canadian actress from Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta, who was raised in British Columbia, and she majored in international relations at the University of British Columbia.
3) Lilly turned heads with her role as Kate Austen from ABC’s TV series Lost (2004), created by JJ. Abrams. In the action packed adventure, survivors of a plane crash work together to stay alive. Evangeline Lilly stars alongside Matthew Fox as Jack, Ian Somerhalder as Boone, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, and Maggie Grace as Shannon.