Karina Lombard

Born: Karina Lombard,
January 21, 1969
in Tahiti.

Currently lives in the Southern California beach community of Venice.

Height: 5'9"

Ethnic Background: Lakota Indian & Swiss-Russian-Italian

Father: Italian

Mother: Part Sioux, left the family when Karina was one year old.

Siblings: Lots

Significant other: "He's not in the industry. I think it's dangerous to go out with a person in the industry. You talk about movies all the time. It's refreshing to talk about something else. He's a writer. He writes stories."

Education: the Strasberg Institute and the Actors Studio

Awards: Karina won the "First Americans in the Arts" award as a Native American actress for her role in "Wide Sargasso Sea."

Karina Lombard, who plays Marina on Showtime's hit series, The L Word, was born in Tahiti, and moved to Spain at the age of one with her father. After attending a number of private boarding schools and living throughout Europe, where she became fluent in Spanish, English, Italian, French, and German, Karina settled in New York.

Lombard began modeling, dancing, and acting at New York City's Gallery Theatres and the Neighborhood Playhouse Theatre. Her training at the Strasberg Institute and the Actors Studio prepared her for her many stage performances. Karina's screen roles to date have been small but memorable performances in high-profile films such as The Doors , Legends of the Fall , and The Firm.

Karina is also an accomplished musician, singer, and writer, who at present has a music project in development with Cirque Du Soleil., and a new CD about to be released.