Full Name Katrina Lombard Role Actress Name Karina Lombard | Website official website Occupation Actress | |
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Born January 21, 1969 (age 56) ( 1969-01-21 ) Tahiti, French Polynesia Spouse Anthony Crane (m. 1991–1998) Parents Henry Lombard, Nupuree Lightfoot Siblings Charles Lombard, Denise Lombard, Helen Lombard, Inez Lombard Movies and TV shows Similar People Julia Ormond, Mia Kirshner, Daniela Sea, Katherine Moennig, Tia Carrere | ||
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Karina Lombard (born January 21, 1969) is a French-Lakota actress and singer. She has appeared in projects such as the Showtime series The L Word, The 4400, Rescue Me, and Legends of the Fall.
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Karina Lombard
Early life
Karina Lombard was born in Tahiti, the youngest of five. Her four older siblings are named Helene, 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. 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 City 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.
Lombard's 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. Lombard 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 in The 4400 and on the first season of The L Word as restaurateur Marina Ferrer. She portrayed the recurring character Geneviève on FX's Rescue Me. In November 2016, Lombard portrayed Shawnee chief Nonhelema in the episode "Stranded" of the NBC TV series Timeless.
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.