Karima Adebibe
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Introduction
Karima Adebibe was born on the 14th of February 1985 in London Borough of Bethnal Green. She is of Greek, Irish and Moroccan descent. She shares her birth date with Lara Croft.
She used to work as a sales assistant in Topshop and had a minor role as a sacrificial maiden, in the 2004 film, Alien Vs. Predator.
Karima became the seventh official Lara Croft model. She was selected February 14th 2006, her Birthday. Her Tomb Raider career began with Tomb Raider Legend. She had a two year contract with Eidos, and within those two years she advertised Tomb Raider Legend and Tomb Raider Anniversary.
Karima attended a competition to be the new Lara. The competition had hundreds of woman wanting to be Lara Croft, and Karima won this competition. She embarked on a training course to help prepare herself for the role, and also to make her physically able to take on the role of Lara. In mid August it was announced that Alison Carroll was going to be the new Lara Croft.
Training
- Crash course in world archaeology
- SAS survival
- Etiquette lessons
- Deportment lessons
- Firearms Training
- Combat and semi automatic weapon firing course
- Motorcycle licence
- Media lessons
