Since Lost ended, the former cast members have taken their careers in a variety of different
directions.
But where is Emilie de Ravin?
Well, here’s what happened to the actress who played Claire on Lost.
Just before the final season of Lost wrapped up, de Ravin starred in her biggest film role
to date as Robert Pattinson's love interest in Remember Me.
De Ravin told The Independent that while there were no off-screen sparks between them, their
on-screen chemistry was the result of a lot of hard work.
"We spent a lot of time together, talking about our characters and their relationship,
because it's so important to be comfortable together.
Then, when we were actually shooting, everything fell into place and felt natural.
It didn't ever feel like we were reading a scene or going through the motions."
However, de Ravin also said that it was difficult to establish that rapport due to the legions
of Twilight fans that plagued the shoot.
"It was difficult for Rob and I to figure out the logistics of a rehearsal when you've
got thousands of people watching.
Even if you're not looking at them, you're aware of it.
It can be hard to focus."
Unfortunately, after Remember Me, de Ravin appeared in a string of movies that just never
seemed to appeal to critics or audiences.
The Chameleon got terrible reviews, Operation: Endgame only got a limited release in the
United States, and Love and Other Troubles was filmed mostly in Finnish.
De Ravin's most recent role in a feature film was in the indie movie The Submarine Kid.
Though her performance was considered a bright spot, it too fell flat with critics.
Still, de Ravin told Film Monthly she's happy doing smaller films instead of chasing big
time Hollywood stardom.
"I love the indie circuit.
I think there's some amazing sort of younger or undiscovered talent out there as far as
directors, and just really edgy scripts.
They're maybe not going to be as widely released but just really, really interesting subject
matter which definitely interests me."
Lost was a cultural phenomenon, so when the show ended, many assumed the stars would go
on to even bigger things.
Yet, instead, many of them initially struggled.
Matthew Fox's attempts to become a movie star fizzled, for instance, while Josh Holloway
had several projects fail.
It got to the point where some pundits joked there was a "Lost Curse."
And de Ravin wasn't immune: her next project, Americana, was passed over during pilot season.
Part of the issue may have been that de Ravin was typecast.
Prior to playing the pregnant Claire on Lost, she also played a pregnant girl in the film
Brick, and went on to play another pregnant character in the series Roswell.
She told GQ,
"I must have some sort of maternal draw to me.
I do love children, but I don't really talk about that in auditions.
Hi!
I really love kids!
Book me!
But I keep reading scripts that are like that, too."
It's only fitting that de Ravin eventually turned to fairy tales to break the curse.
In 2012, de Ravin joined the cast of Once Upon a Time, which was created by Lost writers
Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.
She played Belle for seven seasons on the hit show which is even longer than she played
Claire on Lost.
"It's actually quite fabulous how, as I'm sure you know, they sort of twist around these
fairy tale characters."
She told The Hollywood Reporter,
"It was just a really awesome journey to be able to give my own spin on such a special,
iconic character and to work with such amazing people."
De Ravin originally hails from Australia...
I'm the only Australian who loves peanut butter."
...which led to a lot of homesickness early in her career.
She told The Independent,
"I don't get home as much as I would like to.
I miss my family so much, my ideal holiday is just to hang out with them."
Now, though, she has her own family in America.
After divorcing her first husband, actor Josh Janowicz, in 2014, de Ravin fell in love with
The Submarine Kid writer and director Eric Bilitch.
They got engaged in 2016, the same year de Ravin gave birth to their daughter Vera.
And in 2018, de Ravin celebrated two new milestones: she gave birth to their son, Theodore, and
she officially became a U.S. citizen.
You know what they say: home is where the heart is.
In 2017, de Ravin told Entertainment Weekly that she was finally taking some time off
of work to focus on her new family.
"There are things in the works right now, but I've taken the last few months off to
be a mom, because I've been working since I had my daughter a year and a half ago, so
I was just very excited to be able to do that."
Since then, she's been true to her word, with her only recent project being the 2019 TV
movie A Lover Scorned.
It looks like this phase of her career will be all about finding a balance between work
and family, but with two successful shows and few solid films under her belt, de Ravin
still has a bright future in Hollywood if and when she wants it.
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