Evangeline Lilly says she has mind harm after fainting and falling on a boulder at a seashore in Hawaii final yr.
The “Ant-Man and the Wasp” star kicked off 2026 by sharing an replace about her concussion on Instagram. In a video posted Friday, Lilly stated that “nearly each space in [her] mind is performing at a decreased capability” since she “smashed [her] face open.”
“I’m getting into into this new yr, the 12 months of the Horse, with some dangerous information about my concussion,” the “Misplaced” alum stated. “Numerous you requested how I’m doing. Numerous you’ve got inquired concerning the mind scans that you just heard I bought. And the outcomes got here again from the scans and [showed] I do have mind harm from the [traumatic brain injury] and probably different elements happening.”
Lilly, who performed second-gen superhero Hope van Dyne in a number of installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, shared in a Substack submit in Could saying that she had “fainted on the seashore” and “fell face first right into a boulder.” She additionally stated she has a historical past of blacking out and that docs have been unable to find out why.
Within the caption of the video replace, the 46-year-old wrote that it’s “comforting to know [her] cognitive decline isn’t simply peri-menopause” however that it’s “discomforting to know what an uphill battle it will likely be to attempt to reverse the deficiencies.”
“Now my job is to resolve that with the docs after which embark on the exhausting work of fixing it, which I don’t stay up for, as a result of I really feel like exhausting work is all I do,” Lilly stated within the video. “I’m feeling terribly grateful and blessed to have the ability to play another day, another yr, on this lovely residing planet … Thanks all for caring.”
Lilly’s onscreen mother and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” co-star Michelle Pfeiffer despatched her assist within the Instagram submit’s feedback.
“You’re a warrior. Nothing-not even it will defeat you my buddy,” Pfeiffer wrote. Actors David Dastmalchian and Alyssa Milano had been additionally among the many Instagram well-wishers.
Lilly, who portrayed resourceful airplane crash survivor Kate Austen for all six seasons of “Misplaced” in addition to Elven archer Tauriel in two installments of Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit” trilogy, introduced in 2024 that she was taking an “indefinite hiatus” from appearing.
