Emilie de Ravin (pronounced de rav-vin) was born on December 27, 1981 in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. Currently starring in the hit ABC drama Lost as the character Claire Littleton, she spends most of the year in Oahu, Hawaii where the show films.

The beautiful blonde was previously best known for her role as alien/human hybrid Tess on the teen drama Roswell, a role which she landed within one month of moving to Los Angeles from her native Australia at just 18 years of age.

Having studied ballet since the age of nine, she was accepted into the highly selective Australian Ballet School at fifteen, performing in productions of the Australian Ballet Company as well as Danceworld 301. Emilie also studied acting at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and with the Prime Time Actors Studio in Los Angeles.

On 1 January 2005 Emilie became engaged to actor Josh Janowicz while they visited her family in Australia for the holidays.