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Karima Adebibe In short
Artistic Name	Karima Adebibe
Birth Name	Karima Adebibe
Date of Birth	February 14, 1985
Place of birth	Bethnal Green, London - England
Height	5 ft 8.5 in
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Occupation	Actress / Model
Quotes	"I'm actually the first speaking Lara" "Well, it's lucky I enjoy it. I'm a tomboy at heart"

Karima Adebibe Biography

Karima Adebibe was born on February 14, 1985 in London, England. She is an English fashion model and actress.

Karima has Irish and Moroccan origins. Until she was seven years old, she spent her childhood in Morocco.

She started as a sales assistant at the clothing store Topshop and ended a model and actress. In February 2006 she was chosen as the new Lara Croft model of the Tomb Raider video game. She didn't think she could win the audition, but she still went and got a big surprise.

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.

In 2004 she had a small part in "Alien versus Predator". Because of her sexiness and beauty she has opened many doors and many are still to come for her.

The international face of action hero Lara Croft has today been revealed as an unknown 20 year old model from Bethnal Green, London. Karima Adebibe, is set to be catapulted into the world of superstardom after being cast from thousands of hopefuls in an international search to fill the shoes of one of Hollywoods’ biggest stars.

Karima, a self confessed tomboy and Top Shop sales assistant, will need all her reserves of energy for the adventures that lie ahead in one of entertainment’s most challenging acting and modelling roles.

“This is an incredible opportunity for me and one which I plan to grasp with both hands” said Karima. “It’s a huge challenge to follow in the footsteps of people like Nell McAndrew and Angelina Jolie, but life is all about challenges and this is perhaps the biggest one for a model and actress.” “Karima has all the assets needed to accurately portray the world’s favourite female action hero” said Matt Gorman, Brand Controller for Tomb Raider. “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend sees Lara at the very height of her powers this makes Karima the 7 th and most important Lara Croft yet.” Already tipped as ‘the blockbuster video game for 2006’ this will be the seventh game of English publisher Eidos’ hit series and sees Lara Croft return to her tombraiding roots. Celebrating its 10 th anniversary this year, Tomb Raider is one of the best selling videogames of all time. Lara Croft has transcended games, entertainment and technology into action figures, comic books, adventure novels, and two major motion pictures. Karima follows in the footsteps of previous Lara Croft stars, Lucy Clarkson, Rhona Mitra, Nell McAndrew, Vanessa Demouy, Lara Weller and of course Angelina Jolie in the Tomb Raider movies.

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