Early life

Karina Lombard was born in Tahiti, the youngest of five. Her four older siblings are named Helen, Ines, Charles and Denise. Her mother, Nupuree Lightfoot, is a Lakota Native American medicine woman. Her father, Henri Lombard, is of Swiss-Russian and Italian descent. She lived all over Europe such as in Spain for a period of time with her father and siblings. Spanish was her first language and Lombard stated, "I was in and out of Switzerland. We moved around a lot, but I did most of my schooling in Switzerland."

Lombard attended multiple boarding schools and is proficient in Spanish, English, Italian, French and German. She moved to New York at the age of 18 and began modeling and acting.

Career

Lombard's major break in modeling was a Calvin Klein photo shoot with a Native American theme. One of her photographs was chosen for a billboard. Her photographs appeared in Elle and Vogue.

Her first film role was as a princess in L'île (The Island). Her first major film was Wide Sargasso Sea in 1993 followed by The Firm. She then went on to appear in the 1994 film Legends of the Fall, followed by Last Man Standing alongside Bruce Willis in 1996. In the 2000s she moved into television, appearing on the first season of The L Word as Marina Ferrer and The 4400. She portrayed the recurring character Geneviève on FX's Rescue Me.

Her theatre training and stage experience primarily comes from New York City's Gallery Theatre, the Neighborhood Playhouse, the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and the Actors Studio.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Doors, TheThe 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	Margareth de Vries
2004	Big Kiss	Liz
2011	Jo's Boy	Alice Hamilton

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	L'île	Ivoa	TV miniseries
1998	Early Edition	Sammia Watts	"Mum's the Word"
1998	Violent Earth, TheThe Violent Earth	Anna Temaru	TV miniseries
1999	Seventh Scroll, TheThe Seventh Scroll	Royan	TV miniseries
2000	Murder at the Cannes Film Festival	Inspector Renee Reno	TV film
2004	Dr. Vegas	Jessica Rhodes / Black Widow	"All In"
2004-2009	L Word, TheThe L Word	Marina Ferrer	Recurring role
2005-2006	4400, TheThe 4400	Alana Mareva	Main role
2007	Secrets	Claude Perkins	TV miniseries
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Pippa Sanchez	"A La Cart"
2009	Rescue Me	Geneviéve	Recurring role
2011	CSI: NY	Eva Martinez	"Holding Cell"
2012	NCIS	Monique Lisson	"The Missionary Position"

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2011	FAITA Award	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a TV Movie/Special (lead)	Murder At Cannes Film Festival (2000)	Won

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