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When I got the job on 'Lost,' I was a broke university student living in the crappiest part of town, with a duct-taped back window on a broken-down car. I existed on peanut butter and tea.
Evangeline Lilly
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Evangeline Lilly
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: August 3
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