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"Lost" Star Gets New Georgia-Based Gig

Eonline.com is reporting that "Lost" star Evangeline Lilly will be appearing in ads promoting a Georgia-based carpet company.

The actress best known to TV viewers as "Lost" castaway Kate Austen has signed a deal with the upscale Karastan company to appear in four print ads for the rug manufacturer.

Karastan is based in Dalton, Georgia.

David Duncan, the company's V.P. of Marketing said that Lilly is, "an impressive and authentic young woman."

The ads will begin running in April in a number of magazines. Lilly follows in the footsteps of actress Andie MacDowell, who also has appeared the Karastan ads.

Lilly will continue her "Lost" duties, having recently signed to appear in the third season of the series.

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