Evangeline Lilly

Sexy fugitive Kate on Lost is Lilly's first Hollywood speaking role; before that, the little-known Canadian import had been an extra on such shows as Smallville and Tru Calling. But Lost creator J.J. Abrams liked what he saw when he came across a tape of Lilly. ''She was beautiful, but there was a goofy quality about her,'' he told EW, ''so it didn't feel like she wasn't a human being.'' Beautiful but goofy — was he watching her now-notorious commercial for LiveLinks, a romance chat line? Offscreen, Lilly has found romance on the island set with Lost costar Dominic Monaghan (Charlie).