Evangeline Lilly has shared shocking photos of her facial injuries after suffering a horror fall at the beach.

The Ant-Man star, 45, took to her Instagram page on Friday and posted a series of snaps looking bloodied and bruised.

The star revealed that she had fainted at the beach and ended up falling face first into a boulder, which led to her being rushed to hospital. 

She penned: ‘At the hospital, the nurses and doctor went straight into action, more determined to find the cause of my blackout than to stitch up the hole punctured into my face by the rock. I smiled wryly at them. 

‘”You won’t find anything.” I said with a woozy voice…’

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Evangeline Lilly has shared shocking photos on Instagram on Friday of her facial injuries after suffering a horror fall at the beach

The star revealed that she had fainted at the beach and ended up falling face first into a boulder which led her being rushed to hospital

It comes after Evangeline, who shot to fame as Kate Austen in the ABC drama series Lost, announced she is retiring from acting after 20 years on screen.

Last June, the Hollywood veteran remarked on Instagram about her departure from showbusiness.

‘I am so filled with joy and contentment today as I live out my vision,’ wrote Evangeline. 

‘Praise God, I feel so grateful for my blessings. Stepping away from what seems like the obvious choice (wealth and fame) can feel scary at times, but stepping into your dharma replaces the fear with fulfillment.’

Dharma is regarded in Hinduism as a cosmic law underlying right behavior and social order. 

She then added she may come back to acting, but not at the moment: ‘I might return to Hollywood one day, but, for now, this is where I belong. A new season has arrived, and I AM READY…and I AM HAPPY.’

Prior to this, Evangeline said she wanted a standalone Marvel movie.

The star was reprising her role as Hope van Dyne/ Wasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania when she said she plans to make it clear that she wants the character to be the subject of her own picture.

It comes after Evangeline announced she is retiring from acting after 20 years on screen (pictured on Instagram earlier this year)

The star shot to fame in the ABC series Lost in 2004 with (From Top Left), Terry O’Quinn, Jorge Garcia, Ian Somerhalder, Maggie Grace, Naveen Andrews, Emilie De Ravin, Josh Holloway,  Matthew Fox and Monaghan

Her most recent film role was in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, where she reprised her role as Hope van Dyne/The Wasp in February 2023 (pictured with Kathryn Newton left)

Speaking to Variety at the world premiere of the film in Los Angeles in February 2023, Evangeline said: ‘Well, I’m going to make a pitch that I think it might be time for Hope spin-off… for a Wasp standalone film.

‘Do we agree? Anybody? Going once… going twice.’

The actress has been in the MCU since the 2015 movie Ant-Man and feels established as a member of the superhero franchise.

Evangeline said: ‘When we first came into the universe, it was so established with Black Widow, Iron Man, Captain America, and all the original gangsters. And we were just like these new kids on the block who were trying to earn our stripes.

‘And now all of a sudden we’re in the centre at the launching point of Phase 5, and it feels really cool.’

The actress previously revealed how she had plenty of input into the movie’s script.

She said: ‘I have a lot of opinions and I’d love to share them and I’d love to give you my thoughts on all of this.

‘And to do it with confidence and to do it with clarity, instead of, before I even speak, already… brushing my own ideas under the carpet, which is an old habit of mine. Like, ‘Yeah, this probably isn’t a very good idea, but…’ or, ‘You don’t have to use this, I’m just going to tell you what it is.”