Evangeline Lilly Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Evangeline Lilly has revealed she has brain damage after medical tests revealed the extent of a concussion following a freak fall during a May 2025 holiday in Hawaii. "It's late on January 1, the first day of 2026, and I am entering into this new year, the Year of the Horse, with some bad news about my concussion," the Lost alum said in a recent Instagram post. "A lot of you asked how I'm doing. A lot of you have inquired about the brain scans that you heard I got. And the results came back from the scans and almost every area in my brain is functioning at a decreased capacity." Related Stories TV Damon Lindelof Says He Won't Work With ABC, Disney Unless Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Is Lifted Soon TV 'Squid Game' Season 3, Lena Dunham's 'Too Much' Set for Inaugural Italian Global Series Festival The Marvel universe star added that "other factors" beyond traumatic brain injury were at play as she faced having to recover from a fainting spell on a beach that led to her hitting her head on a boulder. "But now my job is to get to the bottom of that with the 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," Lilly said in the post. "But that's okay. My cognitive decline since I smashed my face open has helped me to slow down and helped me to have a more restful finish to my 2025." In written remarks added to the video post, the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star stated: "Verdict's in... I do have brain damage from my tbi [traumatic brain injury]. Comforting to know my cognitive decline isn't just peri-menopause, discomforting to know what an uphill battle it will be to try to reverse the deficiencies. Thank you all for always asking, for always caring, and for your continued prayers." View this post on Instagram THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Heat Vision James Wan Down to Direct 'Avatar 4' If James Cameron Decides to Step Aside Marty Supreme From Ping-Pong to Kidnapping: How 'Marty Supreme' and 'Dead Man's Wire' Show Two Men Driven to Extremes Video Games Where's the 'Baldur's Gate 3' Movie? KPop Demon Hunters 2026 Annie Awards Nominations: 'Elio,' 'KPop Demon Hunters' Lead Film Nods Roger Ross Williams Roger Ross Williams, Laura Poitras, Dawn Porter, Ally Sheedy Join City College of New York's First Film Advisory Board (Exclusive) January 6 Riot His Film About the Proud Boys and Jan. 6 Hasn't Yet Found a U.S. Home. So He's Going Direct to Viewers Heat Vision James Wan Down to Direct 'Avatar 4' If James Cameron Decides to Step Aside Marty Supreme From Ping-Pong to Kidnapping: How 'Marty Supreme' and 'Dead Man's Wire' Show Two Men Driven to Extremes Video Games Where's the 'Baldur's Gate 3' Movie? KPop Demon Hunters 2026 Annie Awards Nominations: 'Elio,' 'KPop Demon Hunters' Lead Film Nods Roger Ross Williams Roger Ross Williams, Laura Poitras, Dawn Porter, Ally Sheedy Join City College of New York's First Film Advisory Board (Exclusive) January 6 Riot His Film About the Proud Boys and Jan. 6 Hasn't Yet Found a U.S. Home. So He's Going Direct to Viewers