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Emilie de Ravin grew up in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. She took part in ballet since she was nine years old, and at 15, de Ravin was accepted at the highly selective Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. However, after only a year she dropped out and undertook acting courses in Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art and America's Prime Time Actors Studio. 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 and started work as Tess, an alien. She relocated to California and was on Roswell before she even owned an apartment.

Despite filming in Hawaii for the hit show Lost, Emilie still pursues other acting projects concurrently. She starred in a recent remake of an old horror film, The Hills Have Eyes (2006). She also recently played a murdered teenage drug addict in the high school film noir Brick.

(lostpedia.com)