Alison Carroll

Alison Carroll is a performer whose background joins musical theater with gymnastics. She studied musical theater at the Urdang Academy, where she focused on acting, and she also had twenty years of gymnastic training. She represented Great Britain in display gymnastics and appeared at events around the world. She choreographed the junior display team that won at the British Championships. In 2007 she auditioned to become Lara Croft in the video game Tomb Raider: Underworld, and in 2008 she was announced as the character's new face. To get ready, she took survival, combat and weapons courses in Eastern Europe and a quick course in world archaeology. Promotional work brought her to Singapore, Europe, Australia, Dubai and South Africa, and she did live stunts for television and press. She became known as Action Lara for performing her own stunts, and she has also worked in feature films and advertising.