Emilie was born on 27th December 1981, and grew up in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. When she was 15, she was accepted at the highly selective Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. However, after only a year, she dropped out and undertook acting courses. Her first starring role was on the fantasy drama, _"BeastMaster" . Emilie lives in California with her dogs, Bella, Louise, Beckett and her cat Stanley. Emilie is currently engaged to Eric Bilitch and they have a daughter Vera.
Emilie has two older sisters.
Emilie studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia (NIDA), and with the Prime Time Actors Studio in Los Angeles.
Emilie studied ballet since the age of 9 and at the age of 15, she was accepted into the highly selective Australian Ballet School. She performed in productions of the Australian Ballet Company as well as Danceworld 301.
Emilie has a dog named "Bella".
Did a workshop at the prestigious Australian drama school, NIDA.
In "Roswell" she played an alien who gets pregnant and leaves the earth before the pregnancy is visible. In "Lost" she plays girl who is near the end of her pregnancy. In Brick she plays a girl murdered in her third month of her pregnancy.
Named #47 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
She is Australian and is of French and British heritage.
Named #65 on Maxim magazines "Hot 100" list of 2006.
Her paternal great-great-grandparents were French. They immigrated to Australia. "De Ravin" means "from (the) ravine" in French.
Her wedding dress was designed by Monique Lhuillier.
Has starred in two remakes, Carrie and The Hills Have Eyes .
Ranked #68 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Added a new family member, a mini beagle named Mabel.
Close friends with former "Lost" co-star, Maggie Grace , and Dominic Monaghan.
Enjoys gardening and hiking when she isnt working.
Is allergic to peanuts.
Her American accent in Brick was so fluent that many critics believed she was really American and that her natural Australian accent on "Lost" was fake.
(June 19, 2003) Married her boyfriend of a year Josh Janowicz.
In a relationship with Eric Bilitch since the summer 2014. They have a daughter, Vera Audrey de Ravin-Bilitch (b. March 12, 2016).
Her daughters name is pronounced as "vyeh-ruh".
Vera Audrey means "Noble strength of Faith". Audrey is medieval diminutive of Old English name thelthryth.
I want to pursue as much of a serious acting career as I can, not just a,flimsy overnight career. I take it very seriously and I really want to,pursue it for the rest of my life.
Love is such an objective thing. I mean, I can say I love my family, or I love my Diet Coke. So I guess, in different ways, yeah, I do believe in love.
