Louise Lombard

Louise Lombard
Born	Louise Maria Perkins 13 September 1970 (1970-09-13) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Jon Stephen (1998-?: divorced)

Louise Lombard (born Louise Maria Perkins; 13 September 1970) is an English actress.

Biography

Early life and education

Lombard's parents left Dublin in the mid-1950s. Lombard was born in London, England, the fifth of seven children to a family of Irish extraction.

Lombard began taking drama lessons when she was eight. Lombard was educated at Trinity Catholic High School - a Roman Catholic school, from which she achieved nine O Levels. Lombard studied English Literature at Cambridge University and printing and photography at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.

Career

Lombard is best known for playing Evangeline Eliott, the younger of the two Eliott sisters, in the 1990s television drama The House of Eliott, after getting her big break in the hit series Chancer in which she starred with Clive Owen. Lombard went on to star in the TV dramas Body Guards and Metropolis and films including Gold in the Streets, My Kingdom and After the Rain.

In 1998–2000, Lombard took a career break to study English Literature at St Edmund's College of University of Cambridge.

In 1998, Lombard starred in the cult classic Tale of the Mummy. In 1999, she starred in the film Esther, with F. Murray Abraham.

In 2004, Lombard appeared in the film Hidalgo, and began a recurring role on the hit CBS television series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from season five and six, playing Sofia Curtis, a crime scene investigator. From 2006 to 2007, Lombard held a regular role throughout the seventh season, but only appeared in the eighth season premiere as a special guest star, where her character was promoted to homicide detective.

In 2009, Lombard appeared in the pilot episode of NCIS: Los Angeles which aired during NCIS Season 6 of the main NCIS series in the two part episodes: Legend Part 1 and Legend Part 2. She played Special Agent Lara Macy in charge of the NCIS Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles who had an icy relationship with Leroy Jethro Gibbs over events that had happened twenty years previously but presumbly due to a negative reaction to her character, was written out of the series with Macy herself being brutally murdered prior to the Season 7 episode, "Patriot Down". She appeared in that episode in a series of flashbacks and was also mentioned in by characters in both the NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles spin-off series.

In March 2011, TVLine announced that Lombard would reprise her role as Sofia Curtis on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in season 11: episode 20 called "Father of the Bride" which aired 5 May 2011, where her character has been premoted to a deputy chief.

Personal life

Lombard is divorced from Jon Stephen, a member of a camera and electronics department.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2010	Miami Medical	Karen	Episode "All Fall Down"
	Stargate Universe	Gloria Rush	Episode "Human" Episode "Aftermath"
2009	NCIS	Special Agent Lara Macy, SSA	Episodes: "Legend (Parts 1 & 2) Episode: "Patriot Down"
2008	Kiss of Death	Kay Rousseau	BBC crime drama
2007	Judy's Got a Gun	Judy Lemen	Filmed pilot for ABC
2005	The Call	Woman	Short film
2004-2007 2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sofia Curtis CSI Level 3 / Homicide Detective / Deputy Chief	Recurring Cast Seasons 5-6 Main Cast Season 7 Special Guest Cast Seasons 8 & 11
2004	Countdown	Catherine Stone	AKA Lichnyy nomer
	Hidalgo	Lady Anne Davenport
2003	Second Nature	Dr Harriet Fellows	(TV)
	War Stories	Gayle Phelan	(TV)
2002	Claim	Ellen Brachman
2001	My Kingdom	Kath	Updated King Lear story.
	Heaven Must Wait	Rachel Blackmon	AKA Diggity: Home at Last
	Asylum	Desiree
2000	Metropolis	Charlotte	Miniseries
1999	After the Rain	Emma
	Esther	Queen Esther of Persia	(TV)
1998	Tale of the Mummy	Samantha Turkel
1997	Light Lunch	Herself	One episode
1996 - 97	Bodyguards	Liz Shaw	Seven episodes
1996	Gold in the Streets	Mary
1991 - 94	The House of Eliott	Evangeline Eliott	34 episodes
1993	French and Saunders	Herself	One episode: "The House of Idiot"
	Shakers		(TV)
1992	Angels	Lucy
1991	Chancer	Anna	Seven episodes
	Bergerac	Clarissa Caldwell	One episode
	The Black Velvet Gown	Lucy Gallmington	(TV)
1990	Casualty	Claire Jameson	One episode
	The Bill	Susan Peterfield	One episode
1989	Capital City	Louise	TV Series
	The Forgotten	Kristina	(TV)
1988	Twice Upon a Time

References

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/louise-lombard-death-becomes-her-834237.html

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20108062,00.html

External links

• Louise Lombard at the Internet Movie Database