Karima Adebibe

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The new rising star Karima Adebibe is an actress and model who was born in eastern London 1985, her father is Moroccan and her mother is Irish. She was raised in her father’s homeland Morocco until she was in the age of 7, when they returned to London's Bethnal Green, where she still lives.

Karima will portray Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider video-game: Legend. "This is an incredible opportunity for me and one which I plan to grasp with both hands," she says. "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."

This former Top Shop sales assistant will most likely not be replacing Angelina Jolie in the next Tomb Raider film, contrary to what you may have heard. Yet Karima Adebibe has all the potential there is to make Tomb Raider-fans forget all about Jolie. “I've always been quite athletic, but I've had to step it up because the outfit is very… unforgiving. The shorts are very short, and the latex is very tight," Karima says.

Karima Adebibe grew up with a desire to be in front of the camera, but until now she never had any big jobs, except for some small part in AVP: Alien vs. Predator, and she was actually considering quitting modeling. But then this opportunity came up, when she heard that the makers of Tomb Raider, Eidos Interactive, was looking for a new model to portray the world's most popular female action hero Lara Croft.

For the next two years Karima will be promoting the installation of the Tomb Raider video-game franchise with visits all around the world. She is currently also going through an intense training programme in Eastern Europe. “I've had to do SAS training, combat training, elocution lessons, deportment, etiquette, media lessons, and I still have firearm training,” Karima says. “And I have to get my motorcycle license. I actually already started my motorcycle lessons, but they failed me because I crashed into a wall.”

This girl is tough as you can see, and that is required for a Tomb Raider model. Karima Describes Lara as "the epitome of British class, beauty and strength - she's an independent and ambitious female version of Indiana Jones. Lara has been created to fulfill the ultimate fantasy character for both men and women." Karima Adebibe has many things in common with Lara herself. They both like to travel, having adventures and doing sports. "I also compare myself to Lara and with my dry sense of humour, I think we like to give our men a hard time!"

Without a doubt you will see more of this self-confident British girl in the future.

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