Karima Adebibe Biography

Karima Adebibe
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Karima Adebibe
Karima Adebibe in Poland Warsaw 3th June 2006.jpg
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.

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.

References

  1. ^ Poole, Dan (28 August 2006). "Karima Adebibe: The latest Lara Croft". The Independent. http://education.independent.co.uk/magazines/article1222505.ece. Retrieved 10 May 2007. 
  2. ^ Semel, Paul (28 February 2006). "Raiding Her Tombs: A conversation with the new Lara Croft (PS2)". GameSpy. http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/tomb-raider-vii/692410p1.html. Retrieved 22 September 2006. 
  3. ^ Elliot, Phil (15 April 2006). "Being Lara Croft". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4907224.stm. Retrieved 20 April 2009. 
  4. ^ "The HOT List: #9 - Lara Croft vs Eamonn Holmes". Zoo, Issue 111 (31 March – 6 April 2006), p. 43
  5. ^ "Karima Adebibe". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1677528/. Retrieved 20 April 2009. 

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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
Game Boy games
Tomb Raider (2000) • Curse of the Sword (2001) • The Prophecy (2002)
Films
Other video
Comic books
Characters
Key individuals
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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