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Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen in 2008. Katherine Anne Austen is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly. Born in 1977 and raised in Iowa, Kate is the daughter of diner worker Diane (Beth Broderick), and Sam (Lindsey Ginter), a U.S. Army Ranger and Gulf War Veteran.
Katherine Anne Austen, more commonly known as Kate, is the deuteragonist of Lost. She is one of the survivors from the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. Before the crash, Kate had spent many years fleeing the law after killing her abusive father.
She gained popularity for her first leading role as Kate Austen in the ABC drama series Lost (2004–2010), which garnered her six nominations for the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series.
Kate is finally arrested in Australia when her boss, Ray Mullen (Nick Tate), sees a poster with her face on it, which is how she ends up on Oceanic Flight 815. A pivotal scene explains that Kate was perhaps fated to kill her father all along.
Kate, Sawyer, Desmond, Claire, Rose (L. Scott Caldwell), Bernard (Sam Anderson), and Penny (Sonya Walger) all survive the finale and presumably die at some point in the years afterward.
With both survival skills and a smart attitude, Kate never felt like a character at risk of being killed off on Lost. Lacking the impulsiveness of Jack, but adapting to the island more naturally than most, Kate managed to escape via boat, return, and then leave once again on the hastily-repaired Ajira plane.
Of all the castaways on the Lost island, Evangeline Lilly's Kate Austen is one of the most crucial characters among the 40-odd survivors. However, the young actor wanted to quit the series almost immediately, but she changed her mind because of who her character was. The Getting Lost documentary reveals, in her own words, just how this all went ...