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  • Born: 1997
  • Birthplace: Fiction
  • Best Known As: Heroine of the Tomb Raider video games

The heroine of Eidos Interactive's video game Tomb Raider, Lara Croft is an animated archeologist adventurer in the vein of Indiana Jones. Buff, buxom and brainy, Croft uses wits and weapons to beat the bad guys and rescue treasures, all while dressed in absurdly tight outfits. Lara continued her adventures in the video games Tomb Raider 2 and Tomb Raider Gold. Actress Angelina Jolie played Croft on the big screen in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003).

A succession of actresses have portrayed Lara Croft in commercials, video games and live appearances, including Lucy Clarkson, Rhona Mitra, Nell McAndrew and Karima Adebibe.

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EDUCATION: Private Tutoring (3 - 11) Wimbledon High School for Girls (11 - 16) Gordonstoun Boarding School (16 - 18) Swiss Finishing School (18 - 21)

SPORTS: Not much of a team player. Discovered rock climbing while at Gordonstoun and used to set off into the hills alone during netball practice.

Also took up shooting as an extra-curricular activity but was instantly banned for showing "too keen an interest'. However, the strength that climbing gave her fingers was to become useful when she started pulling triggers for real.

FAMILY: The daughter of Lord Henshingly Croft, Lara was brought up in the secure world of aristocracy-surrounded by tennis, butlers and corgis. But this all started to change when she went to the renowned school of Gordonstoun and found the mountains of Scotland.

Later, at her Swiss finishing school, she took to the art of extreme skiing and spent a holiday in the Himalayas searching for more challenging terrain. On her return trip however, the plane crashed deep within the mountains and Lara was the only survivor. Two weeks later, when she walked into a mountain village, her experiences had had a profound effect on her. Unable to stand the suffocating atmosphere of upper-class British society any longer, she realized she was only truly alive when she was travelling alone.

Despite this drastic life change, Lara still retains the essence of her upbringing - most notably with her polite, upper-class accent. Lara's parents though, having sported hopes of her marrying the Earl of Farringdon, were less than convinced about this chosen lifestyle and ceased to associate with their daughter - even terminating her monthly allowance. The Earl is still waiting.

While in England, Lara lives in a mansion in Surrey which she inherited many years ago. At one time she saw little use in it but now realises that, if nothing else, it is at least handy for storing all the artifacts she has acquired on her travels. She has also had a custom-built assault course constructed in the grounds for training purposes.

EMPLOYMENT: Lara doesn't consider tomb raiding as a job, merely a way of life - although she has been known to uncover archeological artifacts on commission. To fund her radical lifestyle, Lara writes travel books. Titles so far have included 'A Tyrannosaurus is jawing at my head' and 'Slaying Bigfoot'. Her common complaint though is that she doesn't have enough time to put pen to paper.

ACHIEVEMENTS: As well as uncovering many notorious archeological sites - including the Atlantean pyramid and the last resting place of the dagger of Xian, Lara has found fame in other areas: she has driven the dangerous Alaskan Highway from Tierra del Fuego in South America in record time (although this was later denounced by the Guinness Book of Records due to her "reckless driving") and she hit the headlines again when she hunted out and killed Bigfoot in North America.

FAVORITE FILMS: Deliverance, Aguirre, Wrath of God

FAVORITE MUSIC: Lara was brought up to appreciate classical music but having been a guest on U2's Popmart tour, has since become a fan of their music. She has also been introduced to the sounds of Nine inch Nails by her Aunty and considers it "good easy listening". Finds trance music, in general, good for training.

FAVORITE FOOD: Despite being a proficient cook from her days at finishing school and having sampled most of the exotic delicacies of the world, Lara usually opts for beans on toast when at home.

FAVORITE TRANSPORT: A Norton Streetfighter motorbike.

HOBBIES: Any challenging sports. Has a particular interest in experimenting with different, often extreme forms of transport. Has also once admitted to stitching a kind of Bayeaux tapestry of her own adventures while at home.

AMBITIONS: With her unique physical abilities, Lara is certain of being able to break many world athletic records and so sees no challenge in this herself.

Her main ambitions still lie in the undefined world of tombs and the past. She has also however, developed a personal regard for Brian Blessed's attempts to climb Everest. If he never succeeds, she is determined to piggy-back him up there.

HEROES: All the great ancient figures who respected themselves enough to design such intricate tombs to be buried in. "Nobody goes to that kind of trouble anymore..."

FEARS: Her Aunty's Corgi, who has bitten her on several occasions - about which there is little she can do, (for once in her life).

LUCKY CHARM: Any gun at hand.

BEHIND-THE-SCENES CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: According to Toby Gard, the lead artist on Tomb Raider, Lara Croft was inspired from films like the Indiana Jones series, Tank Girl or anything by John Woo. Gard also looked to strong female icons like pop singer Neneh Cherry as a basis for his character. Gard designed Lara Croft to have the air of a British aristocrat. Lara is composed of approximately 4,000 polygons and is entirely animated (as opposed to motion captured) to give her movements a fluidity that could not have been achieved otherwise. She was programmed by Paul Douglas and her original Tomb Raider adventures were scripted by Vicky Arnold

GAMES SHE APPEARS IN: Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider Gold, Tomb Raider II, Tomb Raider III, Shadow Warrior (cameo appearance in chains behind bars).

OTHER MEDIA: Lara Croft will appear in an upcoming film based on the game. In addition, a line of fully poseable Lara Croft action figures is available.

RELATED CHARACTERS: None. At the moment.
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Shadow Warrior (IBM PC Compatible), Tomb Raider (Sega Saturn), Tomb Raider (PlayStation), Tomb Raider (IBM PC Compatible), Tomb Raider II Starring Lara Croft (IBM PC Compatible), Shadow Warrior (Arcade), Tomb Raider Gold (IBM PC Compatible), Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (PlayStation), Tomb Raider Starring Lara Croft (Game Boy Color), Tomb Raider (PlayStation), Tomb Raider II Starring Lara Croft (PlayStation), Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (PlayStation), Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (Macintosh), Tomb Raider [Greatest Hits] (PlayStation), Tomb Raider: Chronicles (PlayStation), Tomb Raider: Chronicles (Dreamcast), Tomb Raider: Chronicles (IBM PC Compatible), Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft Character Memory Card (PlayStation), Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword (Game Boy Color), Absolute Action Pack (IBM PC Compatible), Tomb Raider Starring Lara Croft: The Trilogy (Macintosh), Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (IBM PC Compatible), Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business [Smart Saver Series] (IBM PC Compatible), Tomb Raider: The Lost Artifact [Jewel Case] (IBM PC Compatible), Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation [Jewel Case] (IBM PC Compatible), Winter 2002 Jampack (PlayStation 2), Tomb Raider Collectors' Edition (PlayStation), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- The Prophecy (Game Boy Advance), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- The Angel of Darkness (PlayStation 2), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- The Angel of Darkness (IBM PC Compatible), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- Legend (Xbox 360), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- Legend (PlayStation 2), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- Legend (Xbox), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- Legend (IBM PC Compatible), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- Legend (PlayStation Portable), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- Legend (Nintendo DS), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- Legend (Game Boy Advance), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider -- Legend (Nintendo GameCube), Tomb Raider Anniversary (PlayStation 2), Tomb Raider Anniversary (IBM PC Compatible), Tomb Raider Anniversary (PlayStation Portable), Tomb Raider Anniversary (Wii), Tomb Raider: Underworld (Nintendo DS), Tomb Raider: Underworld (Xbox 360), Tomb Raider: Underworld (PlayStation 3), Tomb Raider: Underworld (PlayStation 2)
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Lara Croft
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Lara Croft, as she appears in a promotional render from Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Series Tomb Raider series
First game Tomb Raider (1996)
Created by Toby Gard
Voiced by Shelley Blond (1996)
Judith Gibbins (1997–1998)
Jonell Elliott (1999–2003)
Keeley Hawes (2006–present)
Minnie Driver (animated series)
Motion capture actor(s) Heidi Moneymaker (2008)
Live action actor(s) Angelina Jolie (films)

Lara Croft is an English fictional character and the protagonist of Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider video game series. Created by Toby Gard, the character has also appeared in comic books, novels and a series of animated short films, and has been played by Angelina Jolie in two feature films. In 2006, Lara was given a star on the Walk of Game,[1] and was recognised by Guinness World Records[2] as the "most successful human video game heroine."[3] In late 2008 MSN[4] named her as the third-most-iconic video game character after Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog.[5]

Lara is generally presented as a beautiful, intelligent, athletic, and somewhat reckless English archaeologist-adventurer who frequently ventures into ancient and hazardous tombs and ruins. In addition to traps and puzzles, Lara encounters rivals, gangsters, dangerous animals,[6] legendary creatures, and supernatural beings.[7]

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Conception and design

When Toby Gard designed the settings for Tomb Raider he initially envisioned a male lead character with a whip and a hat. Core Design founder Jeremy Heath Smith characterized the design as derivative of Indiana Jones, and asked for more originality.[8] Knowing his male co-workers' preference for female game characters in Virtua Fighter,[9] he recast the character as a South American woman, Laura Cruz,[10] who evolved into Lara Croft after Core Design asked for a more "UK friendly" name; the name was selected from similar-sounding English names found in an English telephone directory.[8]

Toby Gard has claimed a desire to counter stereotypical female game characters, which he has characterized as "bimbos" or "dominatrix" types, while Lara was intended to be sexy "only because of her power".[11] Several concepts were considered and discarded, including a muscular sociopath,[10] a soldier or in "baggy trousers and crop tops" like singer Neneh Cherry.[12] While Lara's design was intended to be an exaggerated caricature of womanhood,[13] he attributed her improbable figure to a "slip of the mouse" in which he accidentally increased her character model's breasts to 250 percent of normal size instead of the intended 150 percent. Though he initially praised the marketing for the Tomb Raider series as "clever" for its focus on her breasts,[12] Gard later expressed disdain for the character's hypertrophy,[11] declaring: "I just wish ... they hadn't made her boobs so big."[14] In 2006, the design was modified to make her proportions less bizarre.[15]

Throughout the video game series, four actors have given voice to the character. After Shelley Blond voiced Lara Croft in the first Tomb Raider,[16] Core Design cast Judith Gibbins for the next two games because of her "upper-class accent with character" and "strong but sweet voice".[17] Jonell Elliott, who voiced the character through three more games, described the character as giving a positive image of a "strong female adventurer".[18] Keeley Hawes, who has voiced the character subsequently, described the character as "strong and powerful" with a distinct "edge".[19][20]

Physical appearance

Lara is depicted as an athletic woman of English descent, who has brown eyes and frequently keeps her long brown hair in a plait[21] or ponytail.[22]

The character's classic costume is a turquoise sleeveless shirt, light brown shorts, calf-high boots, long white socks, fingerless gloves, a backpack, a utility belt with holsters on either side and two pistols,[23] an outfit appearing in nearly every Tomb Raider game to date. Variations on this theme, such as camouflage pants and black or light-brown shirts,[24] have appeared in some games and she has worn a wet suit for a watery environment[25] or trousers and a jacket for a colder area.[26]

Appearances

In video games

Lara Croft first appeared in the 1996 video game Tomb Raider, introduced in the manual as Lord Henshingly Croft's disinherited daughter, who has survived a Himalayan plane crash.[27] The game follows Lara's search for the "Atlantean Scion" artefact, and her encounter with an ancient ruler of Atlantis.[28] Tomb Raider II, released in 1997, centres around Lara's search for the Dagger of Xian, an artefact loosely based on Chinese mythology. During her search, Lara faces a cult obsessed with using the artefact's power to their own ends.[29] In Tomb Raider III Lara seeks ancient meteorite fragments which convey strange powers and became associated with various cultures' myths.[30]

In 1998 and 1999, three expansion packs were released that expanded the gameplay of the three video games. Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business (Tomb Raider Gold in North America), depicted Lara escaping the Great Pyramid and returning to Egypt. Tomb Raider II: The Golden Mask featured Lara searching for an artefact with the power of resurrection. In The Lost Artefact, Lara searches for the Hand of Rathmore, a fifth meteorite piece.

Lara in Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness.

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, released in 1999, depicted Lara accompanying archaeologist Werner Von Croy to Cambodia and developing her interest in ancient civilisations.[31] Lara searches for artefacts associated with the god Horus so that she can defeat Set, who has possessed Von Croy.[32] That game contains an extra level, known as the "Times Exclusive Level", which has The Times of London hiring Lara to explore some passages under Tutankhamun's tomb.[33]

In Tomb Raider Chronicles, released in 2000, most of the game focuses on previously untold earlier adventures featuring Lara finding the Philosopher's Stone, the Spear of Destiny, helping in an exorcism and breaking into a building to steal an artefact. Von Croy searches for Lara, but her fate is left unresolved.[34]

In 2000 Lara first appeared on Tomb Raider on the handheld Game Boy Color game console. The story is unrelated to the original Tomb Raider and follows Lara's search for the Nightmare Stone.[35] Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword (2001) sees Lara facing off against a cult which plans to use her body to revive a witch.[35] In Tomb Raider: The Prophecy (2002), Lara fights to defeat Teg-du-Bhorez, who is searching for three magical stones with the power to end the world.[36]

In the 2003 game, Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, Lara appears alive and well, but the segment explaining her survival was cut from the final game. (Mike Resnik's novelization Tomb Raider: The Amulet of Power depicts Lara being rescued from beneath a collapsed pyramid.) While revolving around artefacts connected to the Nephilim and Lara's search for these after she is accused of murdering Von Croy, the game also introduced Kurtis Trent, the first playable character (other than Lara) in the series.[37]

Tomb Raider: Legend (2006) does not use the backstory provided in the original game's instruction manual, and even contradicts it.

Several flashback sequences depict a nine-year-old Lara (voiced by Charlotte Asprey) surviving a plane crash in Nepal with her mother, Amelia Croft. Amelia disappears after reprising the Arthurian legend by pulling a sword from a stone; the entire game deals with Lara's search for an Arthurian artefact.[38] Surviving a journey to Kathmandu, she contacts her father (now named Richard, not Henshingly, Croft) and grows up in the care of her archaeologist father. At 18, Lara inherits the Croft estates along with the title "Countess of Abbingdon."[39]

Tomb Raider: Anniversary, a 2007 remake of the first game in the series, changes the original story for consistency with Lara's backstory in Legend. Anniversary implies that Lara had searched for the Atlantean Scion, which her father believed to hold clues about Amelia's disappearance.[40]

For Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008), Lara's movements were based on those of Olympic gymnast and stuntwoman Heidi Moneymaker recorded through motion capture techniques.[41] Lara is searching for Thor's hammer, Mjöllnir, and acquires Thor's gauntlets, belt and hammer whilst attempting to enter Helheim in search of her mother.[42]

In 2009, two downloadable levels were added on Xbox Live for Underworld. In the first of these, Beneath the Ashes, Lara explores dungeons beneath her manor, and she discovers the "Eitr Stone", which can control thralls. The second level, Lara's Shadow, features Lara's doppelgänger as the playable character.

In film and printed adaptations

Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft.

Beginning in 1999, a comic book series by Top Cow Productions tells another version of Lara's backstory in which both her parents and her fiancé (a character unique to the comic version) died in the Himalayan plane crash. In the series Lara encounters various characters from other Top Cow comics, most frequently Sara Pezzini of Witchblade.

In 2001 Lara was brought to life by actress Angelina Jolie for the film Tomb Raider.[43] The young Lara is portrayed by Rachel Appleton. The film follows Lara's race through Angkor Wat and Siberia to find the Triangle of Light, said to give its owner the power of God.[44] For the film, Jolie performed all her own stunts.[45]

Jolie reprised the role in The Cradle of Life (2003), in which MI6 hires Lara to find Pandora's Box. She releases Terry Sheridan, a friend imprisoned in Kazakhstan, who provides a romantic interest rare in the series.[46] The film implies that Lara had served with the Royal Marines, a detail hinted at in the first film, which shows her at the centre of a small military unit.[47]

Currently, a third film is in production, by Producer Dan Lin, whom has stated in interviews that the movie will be a reboot[citation needed], an origins story. A new actress will be taking the role as the character will be a younger more inexperienced Lara, meaning Angelina Jolie will not be returning.

In 2007, Lara appeared in the Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series, a series of short animated films created for GameTap TV. Lara was voiced by Minnie Driver in all ten episodes.[48]

Cultural impact

Promotion and merchandising

Several models have been hired to portray Lara Croft at various publicity events and promotions, including Nathalie Cook, Rhona Mitra, Nell McAndrew and Alison Carroll.[49]

Various dolls and models have been released of the character. Figures of Lara Croft from the first[50] and second[51] Tomb Raider films, and as she appears in Tomb Raider: Legend, have been released.[52]

Merchandise — from pens, wallets, mobile phone covers and holders, mouse mats and playing cards[53] to books[54] and chocolate bars[54] — has been produced to capitalize on the Lara Croft image.

In 2009, the British city of Derby (previous home to Core Design), opened a public vote on what to call its new ring road. One of the options was "Lara Croft Way".[55] As of 3rd December, Lara Croft Way leads the vote by a huge margin at 97%.[56]

Critical reception

Lara Croft is considered by critics and fans alike as one of the most significant game characters in popular culture,[57] and the most famous female video-game character.[2]

Lara appeared in many "Lucozade" advertisements during the late '90s, (which for a while was named "Larazade")[58] and was the cover girl for style magazine The Face in 1997.[57] In his contribution to the book Lara's Book,[59] writer Douglas Coupland analysed her effect on pop culture.[60]

Lara made a guest appearance during U2's PopMart Tour[61] and appeared in a music video by the German punk band Die Ärzte.[62] She has also been featured in SEAT car commercials,[63] and three G4 commercials.[64] In all of these appearances, Lara was represented by computer animation. Lara also appeared in a Visa commercial which featured a live-action Lara, portrayed by Sofia Vergara, interacting with her in-game counterpart.[65]

Lara is the subject of a song, "Amami Lara" (Love me Lara) by the Italian songwriter Eugenio Finardi. The song was presented during the 1999 edition of the Festival della canzone italiana in Sanremo.[66][67]

"Playstation: The Official Magazine" described Lara as a "Comeback Queen" after the good reception of Tomb Raider: Legend after the previous game (Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness) was panned by critics.[68] "MSN Gadgets" described Lara as "Gaming's most Important Leading Lady"[69] and gaming site "Ugo" listed her as number 1 one their list of the "Top 11" of female game characters.[70]

The first two sequels of the series portray the character as being increasingly bloodthirsty and occasionally as not having the option to avoid lethal force against "human" characters. Tomb Raider III was heavily criticized for showing Lara fighting security guards and military police officers.[71] To "address" this issue, Anniversary added a subplot where Lara supposedly felt guilty when she killed for the first time, with Toby Gard stating: "We wanted to make Lara's first kill more meaningful".[72] IGN editor Colin Moriarty has stated that while she began as an intelligent and strong female character, her games grew bland and she became more like a virtual blow-up doll, but added she recently "made a return to form."[73]

See also

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  25. ^ http://wikiraider.com/images/3/3b/Divingsuit.jpg
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Further reading

  • Schleiner, Anne-Marie, "Does Lara Croft Wear Fake Polygons? Gender and Gender-Role Subversion in Computer Adventure Games" Leonardo, Vol. 34, No. 3 (2001), pp. 221–226.

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Tomb Raider series (List of media)
Video games
Main series
Tomb Raider (1996) • Tomb Raider II (1997) • Tomb Raider III (1998) • The Last Revelation (1999) • Chronicles (2000) • The Angel of Darkness (2003) • Legend (2006) • Anniversary (2007) • Underworld (2008)
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Game Boy games
Tomb Raider (2000) • Curse of the Sword (2001) • The Prophecy (2002)
Films
Other video
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Characters
Lara Croft • Recurring characters
Key individuals
Composers
Nathan McCree (1996-1998) • Martin Iveson (1996-2003) (collaborator) • Peter Connelly (1999-2003) • Troels Brun Folmann (2006-2008) • Colin O'Malley (2008)
Models
Jordan (Katie Price) (1996) • Rhona Mitra (1997 to 1998) • Nell McAndrew (1998 to 1999) • Lara Weller (1999 to 2000) • Lucy Clarkson (2000 to 2002) • Jill de Jong (2002 to 2004) • Karima Adebibe (2006 to 2008) • Alison Carroll (2008 to present)

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