Alicia Vikander was recently announced as the new Lara Croft in the upcoming film franchise reboot.

With this exciting news as well as this being Tomb Raider’s 20th anniversary, we took a look at how everyone’s favourite gaming heroine has transformed over the years .

Lara Croft has always taken on a physical form in addition to her digital presence so we took a look at Lara’s video game adventures throughout the years and the respective models who portrayed her.

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1996 – 1997:

Nathalie Cook

Tomb Raider I

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1997 – 1998:

Rhona Mitra

Tomb Raider II

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1998 – 1999:

Nell McAndrew

Tomb Raider III

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1999 – 2000:

Lara Weller

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

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2000 – 2002:

Lucy Clarkson

Tomb Raider Chronicles

Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword

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2001 – 2003:

Angelina Jolie

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

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2002 – 2004:

Jill de Jong

Tomb Raider: The Prophecy

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

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2006 – 2008:

Karima Adebibe

Tomb Raider: Legend

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

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2008:

Alison Caroll

Tomb Raider: Underworld

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2013:

Camilla Luddington

Tomb Raider

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2016:

Alicia Vikander

Rise of the Tomb Raider

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