Emilie De Ravin Biography
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The energetic Emilie de Ravin was born December 27, 1981, in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. She studied ballet since age nine and at 15 entered the highly selective Australian Ballet School. Born to perform, de Ravin also turned her attention to acting through the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia and the Prime Time Actors Studio in Los Angeles.
When the actress moved to the United States, she quickly got a role playing a demon on the TV series BeastMaster. She followed this up with a part on Roswell, this time portraying an alien. She has also had guest starring roles on series such as NCIS, The Handler, and CSI: Miami. In 2004 she continued her sci-fi streak and became part of the cast of Lost.
Born in 1981 in Australia, Emilie de Ravin trained as a ballerina before shifting her focus to acting. Her first onscreen role was as one of the leads on the syndicated TV version of The Beastmaster in 1999. But the stint proved shortlived when de Ravin accepted a starring spot on a network series, the cult-hit sci-fi show Roswell. After that series bowed in 2002, de Ravin could be seen in a few TV guest roles and in a made-for-TV remake of Carrie. But in 2004, she landed the part that would elevate her to the next level of stardom when she was cast as the young single mother Claire Littleton on ABC's hit mindbender Lost. While appearing on Lost, de Ravin also began to pursue a career on the big screen with roles in such prominent films as the horror remake The Hills Have Eyes and the acclaimed indie noir homage Brick. In June, 2006, she married actor Josh Janowicz, but the couple filed for divorce less than a year later. Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
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