australian actress

Emilie de Ravin ( ) is an Australian-American actress. She starred as Tess Harding on Roswell ( 2000–2002 ), Claire Littleton on the ABC drama Lost ( 2004–2008, 2010 ), and as Belle on the ABC play Once Upon a Time ( 2011–2018 ). De Ravin ‘s film credits include Santa’s Slay ( 2005 ), The Hills Have Eyes ( 2006 ) and Ball Don’t Lie ( 2008 ). She starred as Emily, the heroin-addicted ex-girlfriend of Brendan Frye, in the neo-noir film Brick ( 2005 ). She had a cameo in Public Enemies ( 2009 ) and starred as Ally in Remember Me ( 2010 ). De Ravin has appeared on Maxim ‘s ‘Hot 100 ‘ number three times .

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De Ravin [ 1 ] born 27 December 1981 [ 2 ] was born in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia, an out southeastern suburb of Melbourne ,. [ 3 ] She has french lineage. [ 4 ] Having studied ballet since the long time 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, where she performed in productions with The australian Ballet a well as Danceworld 301. [ 5 ]

She studied acting at Australia ‘s National Institute of Dramatic Art, [ 2 ] and with the Prime Time Actors Studio in Los Angeles. [ 6 ]

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De Ravin ‘s foremost major character was a recurring part as Curupira in the television series Beastmaster. [ 7 ] She went on to appear as alien/human hybrid Tess Harding in the adolescent television receiver series, Roswell. [ 8 ] She landed this character one month after moving to Los Angeles at the age of 18. [ 5 ] [ 9 ] In 2004, De Ravin was cast to portray Claire Littleton on the hit ABC play Lost. Speaking about the success of Lost, she said : “ It ‘s screen of hard to say. You read something and have a commodity feeling about it, it sounds capital, ties nicely in concert and then shooting something, editing it, the music, the actors involved, everything screen of plays a huge function. Everyone involved had a great feel towards it, but you never very know. ” [ 10 ] De Ravin was a series regular for the first four seasons and the sixth and concluding season. She was not a regular in season five but was under a holding shrink with ABC Network. [ 11 ] In 2005, De 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 consultation about the film, Ravin told that she was attracted by the handwriting because it was original and the teens in the film are very thick and aroused for their senesce. [ 12 ] A year late, De Ravin had a lead character and was cast as Brenda Carter in the remake of The Hills Have Eyes. The film performed well at the box position. In 2007, Variety reported that she would be starring in the film Ball Don’t Lie, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, which arrived in cinemas early 2009. De Ravin appeared in William Dear ‘s The Perfect Game, [ 15 ] and appeared in the 2009 film Public Enemies as a bank teller named Barbara Patzke. [ 16 ] De Ravin was cast in the movie adaptation of the television game Onimusha, but due to producer Samuel Hadida ‘s other project The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and star Heath Ledger ‘s death, Hadida was forced to push bet on the unblock date of the film. Onimusha is postponed for an unknown sum of time and there is not any ratification if De Ravin will continue the project. [ 17 ] De Ravin filmed Remember Me in the summer of 2009. The film received its across-the-board release on 12 March 2010. In 2012 she guest-starred as Belle on the ABC fantasy play, Once Upon a Time. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] After sporadic appearances in the beginning temper, she was promoted to a series regular in the moment. [ 18 ] In May 2017, it was announced that De Ravin would be departing the series after six seasons along with her co-stars Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, Jared S. Gilmore and Rebecca Mader. [ 20 ] Two months late, it was reported that De Ravin would be guest-starring in at least one episode of the series ‘s seventh season. [ 21 ] That episode turned out to be the season ‘s one-fourth, “ Beauty “. De Ravin besides returned as Belle for the serial stopping point, “ Leaving Storybrooke “. [ 22 ] She was to star as Anthony LaPaglia ‘s character ‘s daughter in the new drama serial Americana in 2012, but ABC passed on the pilot. [ 23 ] She starred in the 2015 indie film The Submarine Kid. [ 24 ]

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De Ravin has graced the covers of numerous international fashion magazines, including US ‘ Entertainment Weekly, FHM, InStyle Weddings, 944, Life, Where, LA Baby [ 25 ] and Giant; Finland ‘s Demi; Belgium ‘s Ciné Télé Revue ; Australia ‘s Sunday and People ; and UK ‘s Fabric. She has besides modeled for CosmoGirl, Stuff and BPM Culture. She has appeared in advertise campaigns for JCPenney and Hanes. In 2005, she ranked # 47, [ 26 ] # 65 in 2006 and # 68 in 2008 on Maxim ‘s Hot 100 list. De Ravin has been included on Maxim]”s Hot 100 list three times: in 2005 (No. 47), 2006 (No. 65), and 2008 (No. 68).[27][28]

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After three years of dating, actor Josh Janowicz proposed to De Ravin on New Year ‘s Day 2003 in Melbourne, which she said “ was very impromptu and very sweet ”. [ 8 ] She met Janowicz in Los Angeles, and said that “ our animation together always comes before exploit. You ca n’t buy love or family. ” [ 7 ] While filming Lost, De 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. [ 8 ] The couple married 19 June 2003 in Melbourne, Australia. They separated six months after they married, and then reconciled. In June 2009, it was reported that they were living individually and had filed for divorce. [ 29 ] In October 2009, she called off the divorce after a tripper to Japan with her husband. On 8 July 2014, de Ravin filed for disassociate from Janowicz. [ 30 ] According to court documents, the couple wed on 19 June 2003, despite their wedding ceremony on 26 June 2006 ; the documents further confirm that the couple separated on 1 November 2013. [ 30 ] On 3 October 2015, de Ravin announced via chitter that she was expecting her first child with her boyfriend Eric Bilitch. [ 31 ] In 2016, she gave birth to a daughter. The couple announced their employment on 6 July 2016. On 29 June 2018, de Ravin announced her pregnancy with the couple ‘s second child, a son, via social media. [ 32 ] He was born in December 2018. On 18 January 2018, Bilitch tweeted that de Ravin had become an american citizen. [ citation needed ]

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  • Lost: Via Domus (2008), as Claire Littleton

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