Karina Lombard


Karina Lombard is a Tahitian-born actress. She appeared as Isabel Two in Legends of the Fall, as chief Nonhelema in Timeless, and as Marina Ferrer in the first and third seasons 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.
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Career

Lombard's major break in modeling was a photoshoot 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 performing at the Gallery Theatre and Neighborhood Playhouse.
Lombard's first film role was as a princess in L'île. 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 and Legends of the Fall, and starred in Last Man Standing with Bruce Willis.
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.

Filmography

YearTitleRole
1991Warhol Actress
1993Wide Sargasso SeaAntoinette Cosway
1993The FirmGirl On Beach
1994Legends of the FallIsabel 'Isabel Two' Decker-Ludlow
1996Last Man StandingFelina
1997Kull the ConquerorZareta
1998ExposéAmber Collins
2001GuardianKatherine Kross
2003DeceptionMargareth de Vries
2004Big KissLiz
2011Jo's BoyAlice Hamilton
2014United PassionsLinda
2018Reign of Judges: Title of LibertyMahigana
2019DealJules
2023The OathMahigana