<P> Tauriel is a fictional character from Peter Jackson 's feature film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien 's The Hobbit . The character does not appear in the original book , but was created by Peter Jackson , Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh as an expansion of material adapted from the book , and first appears in the second and third films in that trilogy , The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies . She is a Woodland Elf whose name has been translated as `` Daughter of the forest '' , and is the head of the Mirkwood Elven guard . She is played by Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly , who was nominated for several awards for her performance in The Desolation of Smaug , with some of the stunt work performed by Australian stuntwoman Ingrid Kleinig . </P>
<P> Tauriel is a fictional character from Peter Jackson 's feature film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien 's The Hobbit . The character does not appear in the original book , but was created by Peter Jackson , Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh as an expansion of material adapted from the book , and first appears in the second and third films in that trilogy , The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies . She is a Woodland Elf whose name has been translated as `` Daughter of the forest '' , and is the head of the Mirkwood Elven guard . She is played by Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly , who was nominated for several awards for her performance in The Desolation of Smaug , with some of the stunt work performed by Australian stuntwoman Ingrid Kleinig . </P>
who played the girl elf in the hobbit
who played the girl elf in the hobbit
Evangeline Lilly
Evangeline Lilly