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Evangeline Lilly: I'm not interested in fame

Lost actress fell into profession by accident

Evangeline Lilly never wanted to be an actress

Evangeline Lilly never had any desire to become famous.

The actress - who plays Kate Austen in Lost - says acting wasn't something she aspired to do.

‘I stumbled into this job on a whim,' says Evangeline.

‘It was completely by accident because I'm an intensely private person. I'm much too private to deal with being a public figure. That's not attractive to me.'

Evangeline, 30, reckons her upbringing has influenced her.

‘In my home, we didn't watch TV, we didn't watch movies and we didn't have magazines with celebrities on the cover,' she admits.

‘All I wanted to be was a missionary...I had prepared to give myself over to poverty for the rest of my life and that was my goal. I'm not interested in fame.'

Lost Season 5 is available in stores and online now.

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Lorraine Crowther