True confession: while it was a happy accident Carrie Fisher wound up ranked on the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, Evangeline Lilly comes in at # 9 deliberately on the same day as the Lost series finale. She definitely deserved to be in the low end of the top ten, so no one is getting cheated. Call it proof that ranking hot babes is not an exact science.Lilly is the first of three Canadians I the top ten (So much for a Southern belle motif. Have I betrayed the Glorious South?) and the second actress from Lost on the list. She plays fugitive Kate Austen. I will be the first to admit I am not a particular fan of her character. Kate is emotionally shallow and catty. But she has an endearing habit of frequently cavorting about in her underwear.
Being stranded on a remote Pacific island does necessitate a natural beauty which Lilly pulls off wonderfully:
Regardless of my ambivalence towards Kate, I like Lilly a lot. She is from a small town she could not wait to leave even though she has fond memories of her childhood. She studied international relations in college. She is a devout Christian who did missionary work in the Philippines before deciding to become and actress. In spite of my joking about her underwear cavorts, Lilly refuses to do nudity or gratuitous sex scenes because of her faith.She is a free-spirited type who has said she may stop acting after Lost rides off into the sunset. Too bad we may not be seeing much of her any longer, no?
