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Emilie Faye de Ravin
Emilie de Ravin at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards
Born	27 December 1981 (1981-12-27) (age 28) Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Josh Janowicz (June 16, 2006- June 2009)

Emilie de Ravin (pronounced /ˈɛmÉ™li dÉ™ ˈrævɪn/;¹ born 27 December 1981)² is an Australian actress. She became famous by starring in the popular teen series Roswell but gained even greater fame by starring in the hit ABC drama Lost as Claire Littleton.

Ravin's film credits include Santa's Slay, Ball Don't Lie, and the box-office hit The Hills Have Eyes. She is also known for her role as Brendan Frye's heroin-addicted ex-girlfriend Emily in the neo-noir film Brick. Ravin was included on Maxim's Hot 100 list three times: in 2005, on #47,³ the next year on #65,⁴ and in 2008 on #68.⁵ She had a small cameo alongside lead Johnny Depp in Public Enemies.⁶

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Films 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Ravin was born in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia, an outer southeastern suburb of Melbourne.⁷ She has French ancestry,⁸ and de Ravin means from (the) ravine in French. Having studied ballet since the age of nine at Christa Cameron School of Ballet in Melbourne, and being home schooled by her mother, she was accepted into the Australian Ballet School at fifteen. There, she performed in productions with The Australian Ballet as well as Danceworld 301.⁹ Ravin studied acting at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art,² and with the Prime Time Actors Studio in Los Angeles.¹⁰

Career

Emilie de Ravin's first major role was a recurring part as Curupira in the TV series BeastMaster.¹¹ She went on to appear as alien/human hybrid Tess Harding in the teen television series, Roswell.¹² She landed this role one month after moving to Los Angeles at the age of 18.⁹¹³ In 2004, Ravin was cast to portray Claire Littleton on the hit ABC drama Lost. In answer to if she expected the success of Lost, Ravin said: "It's sort of hard to say. You read something and have a good feeling about it, it sounds great, ties nicely together and then shooting something, editing it, the music, the actors involved, everything sort of plays a huge part. Everyone involved had a great feeling towards it, but you never really know".¹⁴ Ravin was a series regular for the first four seasons, but did not return as a series regular for the fifth season; although she will be on a "holding contract" and will return as a regular in the sixth season.¹⁵ In 2005, Ravin was cast to portray Emily Kostich, the heroin-addicted ex-girlfriend of Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), in the neo-noir film Brick. In an interview about the film, Ravin told that she was attracted by the script because it was original and the teens in the film are very deep and emotional for their age.¹⁶ In 2006, she starred in the remake of the 1977 horror film The Hills Have Eyes as Brenda Carter. In 2007, Variety reported that she would be starring in the film Ball Don't Lie,¹⁷¹⁸ which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, which arrived in cinemas early 2009. Ravin will appear in William Dear's The Perfect Game,¹⁹ and in the 2009 film Public Enemies as a bank teller named Barbara Patzke.⁶ Ravin was cast in the movie adaption of the video game Onimusha, but due to producer Samuel Hadida's other project The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and Heath Ledger's death, Hadida was forced to push back the release date of the film. Onimusha is postponed for an unknown amount of time and there is not any confirmation if Ravin will continue the project.²⁰ Ravin recently finished filming the romance drama Remember Me and is currently back on set for the sixth and final season of Lost.

Personal life

After three years of dating, actor Josh Janowicz proposed to Ravin on New Year's Day 2005 in Melbourne, which she said "was very impromptu and very sweet".¹²²¹ Ravin met Janowicz in Los Angeles, and said that "our life together always comes before work. You can't buy love or family."¹¹ While filming Lost, Ravin flew to and from Hawaii "once or twice a week" to return to her home in Burbank, California, which she shared with Janowicz and their poodle, Bella.¹² The couple married 19 June 2006 in Melbourne, Australia.²¹ Ravin separated from Janowicz six months after their marriage and currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with her dog. In June 2009, it was reported that they have been living separately and have filed for divorce.²²

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)
2002	Carrie	Christine "Chris" Hargensen	TV Movie
2005	Brick	Emily Kostich	feature film debut
	Santa's Slay	Mary 'Mac' Mackenzie
2006	The Hills Have Eyes	Brenda Carter
2008	Ball Don't Lie	Baby
2009	High Noon	Lt. Phoebe McNamara	TV Movie
	Public Enemies	Barbara Patzke
	The Perfect Game	Frankie
2010	Remember Me	Ally Craig	Post-production
	Rogue's Gallery	Heirophant	Post-production
	Guardians of Ga'Hoole	TBA	Post-production
	The Chameleon	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year(s)	Title	Role	Note(s)
1999-2000	BeastMaster	The Demon Curupira	8 episodes
2000-2002	Roswell	Tess Harding	28 episodes
2003	NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service	Nancy	Episode: "Seadog"
2003 2004	The Handler	Gina	Episode: "Dirty White Collar" Episode: "Acts of Congress"
2004	CSI: Miami	Venus Robinson	Episode: "Legal"
2004-2008; 2010	Lost	Claire Littleton	Won Screen Actors Guild Award
2008	Lost: Missing Pieces	Claire Littleton	Mobisode: "Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack"; archive footage

References

External links

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