ACTRESS EVANGELINE LILLY REVEALS BRAIN INJURY FOLLOWING SERIOUS FALL IN HAWAII . (PHOTO).

 Actress Evangeline Lilly reveals brain injury following serious fall in Hawaii 

Actress Evangeline Lilly has revealed she is starting 2026 facing a serious health challenge, after being diagnosed with brain damage from a traumatic accident she suffered in Hawaii last year.

In a Jan. 2 Instagram post, the “Ant-Man and the Wasp” star explained that she fainted and fell face-first onto a boulder in May, resulting in a traumatic brain injury. Lilly said doctors confirmed brain damage, calling the news both validating and daunting. “Verdict’s in… I do have brain damage from my TBI,” she wrote. “Comforting to know my cognitive decline isn’t just perimenopause, discomforting to know what an uphill battle it will be to try to reverse the deficiencies.”

In a video accompanying her post, Lilly shared that brain scans revealed “almost every area in my brain is functioning at a decreased capacity.” She said her next step is working with doctors to fully understand the damage and begin treatment. “But now my job is to get to the bottom of that with doctors and then embark on the hard work of fixing it, which I don’t look forward to because I feel like hard work is all I do,” she said.

Lilly has previously spoken about a lifelong history of fainting and blackout episodes. In a May Substack essay, shortly after the Hawaii incident, she described having “absent” and fainting spells since childhood, including a misdiagnosis of hypoglycemia, with the root cause of her episodes still unresolved.

The “Lost” actress, who announced her departure from acting in 2024, said the injury has forced her to slow down and focus on rest. She described the end of 2025 as one of the calmest holiday seasons she has experienced in over a decade, adding, “I’m feeling extraordinarily grateful and blessed to be able to play one more day, one more year on this beautiful living planet.”