Karima Adebibe
Karima Adebibe as Lara Croft in Warsaw, Poland, 3 June 2006.
Birth name	Karima Adebibe
Date of birth	14 February 1985 (1985-02-14) (age 24)
Place of birth	Bethnal Green, London, England
Height	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Hair colour	Brown
Eye colour	Blue-green

Karima Adebibe (born 14 February 1985) is an English actress and model.

[edit] Biography

Adebibe was born in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets located in England. Adebibe is of Moroccan, Irish and Greek descent.^[1]

Formerly a secretary, she was selected on 14 February 2006 (both her birthday and that of Lara Croft) to be the seventh model for Lara Croft in the popular video game series Tomb Raider.^[2] The role involved promoting the game series "in-character" on television and radio, so Adebibe underwent training in Lara Croft's trademark skills, from martial arts to elocution.^[3] Adebibe was featured in "The HOT List" in a March 2006 issue of Zoo.^[4]

She had previously had a small role as a sacrificial maiden in the 2004 film Alien vs. Predator.^[5]

She retired from the role of Lara Croft in 2008.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Karima Adebibe at the Internet Movie Database
• Karima Adebibe at Fashion Model Directory
• Karima Adebibe visiting Poland - coverage by TVPW television

Preceded by Jill de Jong

Lara Croft model 2006–2008

Succeeded by Alison Carroll

v • d • e Tomb Raider series (List of media) Video games Main series Tomb Raider (1996) • Tomb Raider II (1997) • Tomb Raider III (1998) • The Last Revelation (1999) • Chronicles (2000) • The Angel of Darkness (2003) • Legend (2006) • Anniversary (2007) • Underworld (2008) Expansion packs Unfinished Business (1998) • II: Golden Mask (1998) • III: The Lost Artefact (2000) • Underworld: Beneath the Ashes / Lara's Shadow (2009) Game Boy games Tomb Raider (2000) • Curse of the Sword (2001) • The Prophecy (2002) Films Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (soundtrack) • The Cradle of Life (soundtrack) Other video Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series • Ten Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective • The Action Adventure (interactive DVD) Comic books Tomb Raider Characters Lara Croft • Recurring characters Key individuals Toby Gard • Ian Livingstone Composers Nathan McCree (1996-1998) • Martin Iveson (1996-2003) (collaborator) • Peter Connelly (1999-2003) • Troels Brun Folmann (2006-2008) • Colin O'Malley (2008) Models Jordan (Katie Price) (1996) • Rhona Mitra (1997 to 1998) • Nell McAndrew (1998 to 1999) • Lara Weller (1999 to 2000) • Lucy Clarkson (2000 to 2002) • Jill de Jong (2002 to 2004) • Karima Adebibe (2006 to 2008) • Alison Carroll (2008 to present)

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