English actress
Louise Lombard
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Born
| Louise Marie Perkins
(
1970-09-13
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13 September 1970
(age 53)
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 1988–present
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Children
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Louise Lombard
(born
Louise Marie Perkins
; 13 September 1970) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Evangeline Eliott in the
BBC
drama series
The House of Eliott
(1991?94),
Sofia Curtis
in the
CBS
drama series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2004?11) and Trish in the
After
film series.
Early life and education
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Lombard was born in
Redbridge, London
, England, the fifth of seven children to Irish immigrant parents.
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One of her siblings is former footballer
Declan Perkins
.
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Lombard began taking drama lessons when she was eight.
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She attended
Trinity Catholic High School
, a
Roman Catholic
school, from which she achieved nine
O Levels
. Lombard studied
English literature
at
St Edmund's College
,
Cambridge University
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Career
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Lombard is best known for playing Evangeline Eliott in the 1990s
television drama
The House of Eliott
. Her first big break was in the hit series
Chancer
, after which Lombard went on to star in the television dramas
Bodyguards
and
Metropolis
and several films including
Gold in the Streets
,
My Kingdom
and
After the Rain
.
In 1994, she was named one of
People Magazine
'
s 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. From 1998 to 2000, Lombard took a career break to study
English literature
at
Cambridge
.
In 1998, Lombard starred in
Tale of the Mummy
; and, in 1999, she starred in the film
Esther
, with
F. Murray Abraham
. In 1999 Lombard starred in
After the Rain
with
Ariyon Bakare
,
Paul Bettany
and Peter Krummack.
In 2004, Lombard appeared in the film
Hidalgo
.
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In November that same year, Lombard began a recurring role on the television series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
during Seasons 5 and 6. She made her first appearance in Season 5, Episode 7 ("
Formalities
"), playing
Sofia Curtis
, a
crime scene investigator
who later becomes a
homicide detective
. In September 2006, in the Season 7 premiere ("
Built to Kill, Part 1
"), Lombard began a regular role which she held throughout that season, until its finale ("
Living Doll
"). In September 2007, Lombard appeared in the Season 8 premiere ("
Dead Doll
") and was credited as a Special Guest Star.
In 2009, Lombard appeared in the backdoor pilot episode of
NCIS: Los Angeles
, which aired during Season 6 of the
main
NCIS
series
; Episodes 22 ("Legend Part 1") and 23 ("Legend Part 2"). She played Special Agent Lara Macy in charge of the NCIS Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles.
In March 2011,
TVLine
announced that Lombard would reprise her role as Sofia Curtis on
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
in the
Season 11
episode "Father of the Bride", which aired on 28 April 2011 and revealed that her character had been promoted to
Deputy Chief
.
In 2014, Lombard starred in the pilot for the
Lifetime
post-apocalyptic
drama series
The Lottery
.
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Filmography
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Film
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Television
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