Alison Carroll

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Alison Carroll
Alison Carroll as Lara Croft
Date of birth	27 March 1985 (1985-03-27) (age 24)[1]
Place of birth	Croydon, London, England[2]
Height	5'4" (1.63 m)[3]
Hair colour	Brown
Eye colour	Blue
Official Website	http://www.alisoncarroll.org.uk/

Alison Carroll (born 27 March 1985^[1]) is an English gymnast, model, and actress. She has been the official Lara Croft model since August 2008.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Alison Carroll was born in Croydon, Surrey in England.

She trained at the Urdang Academy in Musical Theatre and graduated in 2007 with a Distinction.^{[citation needed]} She has represented Great Britain as a professional display gymnast, and has performed in front of Prince Charles.^[4] She was also a children's gymnastics coach, choreographing the winning junior team at the British National Championships.^[4][5]

Since 2007 she has been a registered actress.^[6]

In August 2008 she was announced as the new Lara Croft model for the latest game, Tomb Raider: Underworld. At the time, she was working as a receptionist at a golf club.^[2] Carroll replaced Karima Adebibe, who retired from the role earlier in the year.

She is the first Lara Croft model with trained gymnastics and acting skills.

[edit] Filmography

• The Kid (2009) as Clare
• Doghouse (2009) as The Teen

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alison Carroll

• Alison Carroll at the Internet Movie Database
• Alison Carroll Official site

Preceded by Karima Adebibe

Lara Croft model 2008–present

Succeeded by —

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)

Persondata
NAME	Carroll, Alison
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Gymnast, model, and actress
DATE OF BIRTH	1985-03-27
PLACE OF BIRTH	Croydon, London
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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