Evangeline Lilly's latest role as The Wasp (Hope van Dyne) in Ant-Man and The Wasp has us musing about where we've seen her onscreen. Over the past 15 years, she's appeared across all genres, from her breakout role in the iconic sci-fi series Lost to starring opposite Jeremy Renner in the Oscar winning The Hurt Locker. Still, we could have swear we'd seen her in more titles! Let's chalk it up to her screen presence being especially memorable, eh?
Scroll through to see every big role Lilly has landed leading up to Ant-Man and The Wasp.
To this day, Lost has a cult following thanks to characters like Kate Austen, played by Lilly. The series, in case you somehow missed it (seriously, how?), follows the survivors of a plane crash who are forced to work together in order to survive on a tropical island.
The little-seen drama Afterwards tells the story of Nathan (Romain Duris) and his recently divorced wife, Claire (Lilly). Nathan is approached by a doctor who calls himself a "Messenger" (John Malkovich), who can sense when people are going to die.
You may have forgotten that Lilly costarred alongside her future fellow Marvel hero Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker. As Connie James, she struggles to understand why her Sergeant husband (Renner) keeps putting himself in harm's way — even when his duty is done. The film won six Oscars, including best motion picture of the year.
Apart from some scenes in Lost, Lilly's first foray into the world of onscreen action-adventure came with her role in Real Steel. She starred opposite Hugh Jackman in the film, in which robot boxing is a top sport.
Lilly famously played the elf Tauriel in both The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and its sequel, The Battle of the Five Armies.
In 2015, Lilly leaped onto the big screen again for Marvel's Ant-Man. Starring as Hope van Dyne, Lilly gives Paul Rudd (aka Ant-Man) a run for his money in the wit department. More on her later.
When Samantha (Lilly) and Gary (Adam Scott) get married, everything is great. Samantha is the women of his dreams, and he's so excited to become a dad to her young son. But Gary soon finds out that Samantha's son may be the Antichrist . . . and Samantha has no idea.
Whereas Hope van Dyne doesn't get to have too much fun in the first Ant-Man, she transitions to full-on hero in the new sequel. As The Wasp, she partners up with Ant-Man to fight crime — and unlike her compatriot, she can fly.