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) and

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in the CBS drama series ''

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'' (2004–11).

Early life and education

Lombard was born in

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, England, the fifth of seven children. One of her siblings is former footballer Declan Perkins. Lombard began taking drama lessons when she was eight. She attended Trinity Catholic High School, a

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school, from which she achieved nine O Levels. Lombard studied

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Career

Lombard is best known for playing Evangeline Eliott in the 1990s

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'' The House of Eliott''. Her first big break was in the hit series ''

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'', after which Lombard went on to star in the television dramas ''

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'' and ''

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'' and several films including ''Gold in the Streets'', '' My Kingdom'' and ''After the Rain''. In 1994, she was named one of ''

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''s 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. From 1998 to 2000, Lombard took a career break to study

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. In 1998, Lombard starred in '' Tale of the Mummy''; and, in 1999, she starred in the film ''

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'', with

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. In 1999 Lombard starred in ''After the Rain'' with Ariyon Bakare,

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and Peter Krummack. In 2004, Lombard appeared in the film '' Hidalgo''. In November that same year, Lombard began a recurring role on the television series ''

'' during Seasons 5 and 6. She made her first appearance in Season 5, Episode 7 (" Formalities"), playing

, a

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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 ("

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") 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,

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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

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Filmography

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