Alison Carroll
{{short description|English gymnast, model and actress}}
{{for|the Australian Aboriginal artist also known as Alison Carroll|Milyika Carroll}}
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| caption = Carroll in character as Lara Croft, 2008
| birth_date = 21 May{{cite web | url = https://twitter.com/Alison_Carroll/status/182572624088543232 | title = Alison Carroll | work = Carroll's Twitter Feed | publisher = | accessdate = 21 March 2012 }}
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| occupation = Actress, model, gymnast
| haircolor = Brown
| eyecolor = Blue
| height = 1.63 m{{cite web | date = 30 October 2008 | title = Lara Croft – A quick Meetup with our Fem Fatale | url = http://t3mag.com.sg/blog/?p=832 | quote = Alison Carroll, where standing at 1.63m, she is probably the most petite British we've ever met. | publisher = T3 Singapore | accessdate = 23 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081222001039/http://t3mag.com.sg/blog/?p=832 | archive-date = 22 December 2008 | url-status = dead }}
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Alison Carroll (born 21 May) is an English gymnast, model and actress. She was the live-action model of the video game character Lara Croft from 2008 to 2010.
Biography
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Carroll was born on 21 May. She trained at the Urdang Academy in Musical Theatre and graduated in 2007 with a distinction. Carroll has represented the United Kingdom as a professional display gymnast. She is also a teenagers' gymnastics coach, choreographing the winning junior team at the British National Championships.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
Carroll began acting in 2007.[http://www.mcsagency.co.uk/agency/female_clients.htm MCS Agency] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613203213/http://www.mcsagency.co.uk/agency/female_clients.htm |date=13 June 2008 }} In August 2008, Carroll was announced as the new Lara Croft model for the latest video game featuring the heroine, Tomb Raider: Underworld. Carroll replaced previous Lara model Karima McAdams, who retired from the role earlier in the year. Carroll held the position until 2010 and is the final official Lara Croft model, as the use of models has been discontinued for future Tomb Raider games.
Carroll was cast in the 2010 thriller Life is an Art. The movie screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/718606-indie-watch-life-is-an-art-trailer|title=Indie Watch: Life is an Art Trailer|author=|date=7 June 2010|work=comingsoon.net|accessdate=10 June 2019}}
In January 2011, it was announced that Carroll was cast in the action film Amsterdam Heavy by director Michael Wright.{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}
Filmography
- Doghouse (2009) as The Teen
- Life is an Art (2010) as Claire Jones
- The Kid (2010) as Clare
- Amsterdam Heavy (2011) as Monique {{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740468/|title = Amsterdam Heavy (Video 2011)|website = IMDb}}
- Amina (2012) as Lucy
- Devil's Tower (2014) as Fiona
- Gridiron UK (2015) as Jenny
- Swipe Right Horror (2016) as Michelle
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Category:English female models
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:English film actresses
Category:Actresses from London
Category:English female artistic gymnasts
Category:Alumni of the Urdang Academy
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