Karina Lombard

Karina Lombard
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Born	(1969-01-21) January 21, 1969 Tahiti, French Polynesia, France
Nationality	French and American
Occupation(s)	Actress, screenwriter and director
Years active	1987–Present
Website	karinalombard.com

Karina Lombard (born January 21, 1969) is an American/French actress of Native American, Russian, Italian descent. She is best known for her role as Isabelle Two in Legends of the Fall, chief Nonhelema in Timeless, and Marina Ferrer in the pilot and entire first season of The L Word, along with various other roles in such films as Wide Sargasso Sea and The Firm, and the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY, NCIS, Rescue Me and The 4400.

Early life

Karina Lombard was born in Tahiti, is the youngest of five children. She was raised in Spain, Switzerland and Peru, and speaks English, Spanish, Italian and French. She currently resides in Venice, California.

Career

Lombard's major break in modeling was a photo-shoot with a 'Native American' theme. A year later, one of her photographs was chosen for a billboard that led to her first acting role. Photographs of her as a model have appeared in the magazines Elle and Vogue.

Lombard studied acting in New York City, at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and the Actors Studio, where she also gained stage experience. She performed at New York City's Gallery Theatre and the Neighborhood Playhouse.

Lombard's first film role was as a princess in L'île (The Island). In 1993, she played her first major role as Antoinette Cosway, a Jamaican heiress, in Wide Sargasso Sea, based on the novel of the same name by Jean Rhys. In that same year, she had a supporting part that year in The Firm. Later, Lombard appeared in the 1994 film Legends of the Fall, based on the novel by Jim Harrison; and in 1996 she starred in Last Man Standing, with Bruce Willis.

In the 2000s, Lombard moved into television, appearing in The 4400 and as restaurateur Marina Ferrer in the first season of The L Word. She also portrayed the recurring character Geneviève on FX's Rescue Me.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Doors	Warhol Actress
1993	Wide Sargasso Sea	Antoinette Cosway
1993	The Firm	girl on beach
1994	Legends of the Fall	Isabel Two
1996	Last Man Standing	Felina
1997	Kull the Conqueror	Zareta
1998	Exposé	Amber Collins
2001	Guardian	Katherine Kross
2003	Deception (2003 film)	Margareth de Vries
2004	Big Kiss	Liz
2011	Jo's Boy	Alice Hamilton
2018	Reign of Judges: Title of Liberty	Mahigana	short action film
2019	Deal	Jules	short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	L'île	Ivoa	television mini-series
1998	Early Edition	Sammia Watts	"Mum's the Word"
1998	The Violent Earth	Anna Temaru	television mini-series
1999	The Seventh Scroll	Royan	television mini-series
2000	Murder at the Cannes Film Festival	Inspector Renee Reno	television film
2004	Dr. Vegas	Jessica Rhodes / Black Widow	"All In"
2004–09	The L Word	Marina Ferrer	main role (Season 1) Guest (Seasons 4 and 6)
2005–06	The 4400	Alana Mareva	main role
2007	The Secrets (miniseries)	Claude Perkins	television mini-series
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Pippa Sanchez	"A La Cart"
2009	Rescue Me	Geneviéve Lazard	recurring role
2011	CSI: NY	Eva Martinez	"Holding Cell"
2012	NCIS	Monique Lisson	"The Missionary Position"
2014	Le Family Show	Mayi Rioux	telelvision film
2016	Timeless	Nonhelema	television series

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1997	FAITA Award	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a movie (lead)	Kull the Conqueror (1997)	Won
2004	FAITA Award	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a TV series (lead)	The L Word (2004)	Won
2011	FAITA Award	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a TV Movie/Special (lead)	Murder at the Cannes Film Festival (2000)	Won

External links

• Official website
• Karina Lombard at IMDb