The Women of CSI: Louise Lombard / Sofia Curtis

Louise Lombard (born Louise Maria Perkins on 13 September 1970) is an English actress.

She was born near Redbridge in Essex, England, the fifth child of seven siblings to a family of Irish extraction[citation needed]. She began taking drama lessons when she was eight. Lombard was educated in a local Roman Catholic school, from which she achieved nine O' Levels.Lombard studied printing and photography at St. Martin's College in London. She is best known for her role as Evangeline in the 1990s television show The House of Eliott, in which she played the younger of the two Eliott sisters. Subsequently, in 1998-99 she took a career break to study English Literature at St Edmund's College of University of Cambridge but was soon tempted back to Hollywood by the TV mini-series Metropolis.

In 1998 she starred in cult classic, Tale of the Mummy. In 1999, she starred in the movie, "Esther", with F. Murray Abraham.

In 2004, she appeared in the film, Hidalgo, and began the recurring role of Sofia Curtis on the hit CBS television series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, in which the character demands an American accent, but her British accent is often heard.

Currently she is filming for a pilot television show for CBS in the United States called Wanted.

The Women of CSI: Melinda Clarke / Lady Heather

Melinda Clarke was born Melinda Patrice Clarke to John Clarke, an actor, and Patricia (Lewis), a ballet dancer. She has a brother, Joshua, and a sister, Heidi, who died in 1995 due to a malignant heart tumor. She has a daughter, Catherine Grace. They reside in Beverly Hills, California.Clarke's height is 5' 7".

Clarke appeared in the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives (where her father John Clarke was a senior cast member), and starred on Soldier of Fortune, Inc. for both of its seasons.

She also guest starred on Xena: Warrior Princess, Firefly, Charmed, and has had four appearances on CSI where she played the dominatrix, Lady Heather. She also appeared in the Seinfeld episode "The Muffin Tops", playing Jerry's girlfriend who likes anything hairless. Coincidentally, one of her appearances on CSI was with Kelly Rowan, who would later be her co-star on The O.C..

She appeared as a guest star on the FOX drama The O.C., and due to fan response was offered a contract for her role as Julie Cooper, a cunning socialite who marries for money. Clarke accepted the role and became an integral part of the show's storylines. As well as starring on The O.C., she has appeared on HBO's hit series Entourage as a fictionalized version of herself, married to Malcolm McDowell's Terrance McQuewick. Clarke appeared as the Devil's girlfriend in The CW Television Network's 2007 series Reaper.

Clarke has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Foundation.

Other projects include a TV movie, She Drives Me Crazy, produced by former co-star Rowan.