Karina Lombard
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Born | Tahiti, French Polynesia, France | January 21, 1969
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Years active | 1987–Present |
Website | karinalombard |
Karina Lombard is an American-French actress. She is best known for her role as Isabel Two in Legends of the Fall, chief Nonhelema in Timeless, and Marina Ferrer in the first season of The L Word.
She has also appeared in the films Wide Sargasso Sea and The Firm, and the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY, NCIS, Rescue Me and The 4400.
Career[]
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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.[1]
Lombard studied acting in New York City at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and the Actors Studio, where she also gained stage experience performing at the Gallery Theatre and Neighborhood Playhouse.[2]
Lombard's first film role was as a princess in L'île (The Island).[1] 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. She had supporting parts in The Firm (1993) and Legends of the Fall (1994), and starred in Last Man Standing (1996) with Bruce Willis.[1]
In the 2000s, she moved to television, appearing in The 4400 and as restaurateur Marina Ferrer in the first season of The L Word. She also played the recurring character Geneviève on FX's Rescue Me.[3][4]
After Four years focus in her coaching and spiritual academy she announce her return to the cinema with a secret project started with Billy Zane[5]
Filmography[]
Film[]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | The Doors | Warhol Actress | |
1993 | Wide Sargasso Sea | Antoinette Cosway | |
1993 | The Firm | Girl On Beach | |
1994 | Legends of the Fall | Isabel 'Isabel Two' Decker-Ludlow | |
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 | |
2014 | United a passion[6] | Linda | FIFA MOVIE |
2018 | Reign of Judges: Title of Liberty | Mahigana | short action film |
2019 | Deal | Jules | short film |
2022 | Untitled project with Billy zane | TBA |
Television[]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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" |
2004–2009 | The L Word | Marina Ferrer | main role (Season 1) Guest (Seasons 4 and 6) |
2005–2006 | 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[]
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Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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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 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Brady, James (September 22, 1996), "In step with Karina Lombard", Parade Magazine: 14
- ^ "Karina Lombard - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ "Marina Ferrer, The L Word". LGBT Fans Deserve Better. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ "Karina Lombard on L Word, 4400 and Brad". TVGuide.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ ""United Passions", quand la FIFA s'essayait au film de propagande". rts.ch (in French). June 12, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- American female models
- American film actresses
- American people of French descent
- American people of French Polynesian descent
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- French Polynesian actresses
- French Polynesian emigrants to the United States
- French Polynesian people
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- 20th-century French women