Emilie de Ravin

Emilie was born on 27th December 1981, and grew up in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. When she was 15, she was accepted at the highly selective Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. However, after only a year, she dropped out and undertook acting courses.Her first starring role was on the fantasy drama, BEASTMASTER. When her agent told her of a role in the US, as newcomer Tess in the hit series ROSWELL, she flew out and auditioned. After landing the role, she was written out of _BeastMaster (1999)_ (qv) and started work as "Tess", an alien. She relocated to California and was on _Roswell (1999)_ (qv) before she even owned an apartment.After 2 years on the show, she then made notable guest appearances in _CSI: Miami (2002)_ (qv) and _The Handler (2003)_ (qv).She stayed in TV, playing the bad girl Chris in _Carrie (2002)_ (qv), a movie made for TV. She also changed genres, starring in _Santa's Slay (2005)_ (qv), a black comedy.Emilie has shown her versatility by branching out into film, making her debut at Sundance 2005 with the the award-winning indie film _Brick (2005)_ (qv). She starred in the remake _The Hills Have Eyes (2006)_ (qv) in 2006, which debuted at No.1 in the UK box office.She was on the Emmy-award winning ABC series _Lost (2004)_ (qv), playing "Claire", a young Australian who gave birth on the mysterious island and has a close relationship with "Charlie", played by 'Dominic Monaghan' (qv).Emilie recently wrapped as a series regular on ABC's hit series ONCE UPON A TIME, putting a new twist on classic fairytales. She starred as the warm and loving "Belle," with Robert Carlyle as her beast, "Mr. Gold/Rumpelstiltskin."Emilie lives in California with her dogs Louise and her cat Stanley. Emilie is currently engaged to 'Eric Bilitch' (qv) and they have a daughter Vera and son Theodore.::fuzzywuzzy28