Karima Adebibe ( ; also known as Karima McAdams; born 24 July 1985) is an English actress and fashion model.

Life and career

Adebibe was born in

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, in

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, England but grew up in

Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...

before moving back to the UK. Adebibe is of

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and Moroccan origins. Formerly a secretary, she was selected on 14 February 2006 (both her birthday and that of

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) to be the seventh model for

in the popular video game series ''

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''. The role involved promoting the game series "in-character" on television and radio, so Adebibe underwent training in Lara Croft's trademark skills, from

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. She retired from the role of Lara Croft in 2008. Adebibe was featured in "The HOT List" in a March 2006 issue of ''

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''. She had previously had a small role as a sacrificial maiden in the 2004 film ''

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''. She appeared in the film ''Frontier Blues'' in 2009. In January 2021, she announced her pregnancy with her partner, rapper

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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