Birthday: Dec 27, Birthplace: Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. A former dancer in her native Australia, actress Emilie de Ravin first caught the attention of television viewers as Tess on the sci-fi series, "Roswell" , before hitting pay dirt as Claire on ABC's Emmy Award-winning series, "Lost" Making the jump to the big screen, the up-and-comer appeared as a young heroin addict in the critically acclaimed independent film "Brick" and had a starring role in the horror remake, "The Hills Have Eyes" Though she had a small part in Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" , de Ravin had no doubt announced herself as a talented young performer worthy of everyone's undivided attention.

Once Upon A Time was an incredibly unique show as it bought all our fairytale characters into an adult setting. Emilie de Ravin brought a lot to the season through her style. She is an Australian-American actress.

She starred as Emily, the heroin-addicted ex-girlfriend of Brendan Frye, in the neo-noir film Brick De Ravin has appeared on Maxim ' s 'Hot ' list three times. Speaking about the success of Lost , she said: "It's sort of hard to say.