Evangeline Lilly , who starred in long-running TV series Lost as well as Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy , has revealed she’s ‘stepping away’ from acting. Perhaps best known for playing Kate Austen on Lost , Lilly recently shared a video on Instagram explaining why she wants to be “retired” in the next 10 years, reports Variety . “I am terrified to admit this to the rest of the acting world but ideally 10 years from now I’d like to be a retired actress and have a family .
.. I’d like to be writing and influencing people’s lives in humanitarian ways.
” In the caption of the video, which she shared over the weekend, the Ant-Man star wrote: “Stepping away from what seems like the obvious choice (wealth and fame) can feel scary at times, but stepping into your dharma replaces the fear with fulfilment. “I might return to Hollywood one day, but, for now, this is where I belong.” She concluded by saying that she was “ready” and “happy” about her “new season”.
Lilly starred on the six seasons of Lost from 2004 until the show ended in 2010, earning a Golden Globe Best Actress nomination along the way. She’s also known for playing Hope van Dyne, aka Wasp, in Marvel’s Ant-Man films alongside Paul Rudd . She also starred as elf Tauriel in The Hobbit trilogy of films , appearing in the second and third movies The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies .
Lilly previously refused an offer from Hugh Jackman t.