Alison Carroll is an example of those girls who, not dreaming of an acting career since childhood, still made it. She was a gymnast, a choreography trainer, and even a secretary at a virtual sports club. But her life was turned over by a computer game. Alison went through the casting and gave her appearance to the tomb raider Lara Croft. The girl instantly became famous. Model appearance and the ability to sit on the splits, do somersaults and other acrobatic stunts opened Carroll's doors to the world of cinema. Now she disappears on the set. Her filmography will be devoted to our article. We will also pay attention to the personal life of the actress.
Alison Carroll Biography
Alison Carroll was born in 1985 on March 27 in the town of Croydon, Surrey, UK. Thus, the actress has already celebrated her thirtieth birthday, marking the entry into middle age. Was she a person? Alison herself claims that quite. At first, she was attracted to sports, or rather rhythmic gymnastics. She started studying at the age of seven and achieved great success. At twelve, she entered Shirley Gymnastics Club and attended High Edenham School. Rhythmic gymnastics is close to dance, so the girl was trained at Urdang Academy College in the class of acting and music. She performed at sports festivals, took part in competitions and even championships in the UK. Once the girl even performed a number in front of Prince Charles at Westminster Abbey as part of a charity event. Then she became a coach and began training girls in the class of choreography.
Further career
Possessing a model appearance and the ability to dance, Alison Carroll from the age of twenty tried to star in video clips. Of course she didn’t sing. But as part of the dance was noticeable. For two thousand and six years, she starred in the video “No Time” for singer Just Jack, Well Well of the Satin Peaches music group and a dozen more videos. The following year, the dancer received an invitation from advertising companies. Initially, her pumped-up torso testified to the health with which the body pours from drinking Pepsi. Then she starred in commercials for Nintendo Wii, Camden Crawl, and Nike. In the same year, the girl officially registered as a model. Soon, Alison began to appear on the covers of glossy magazines such as Maxim, T3, Surf Waves. In 2007, she tried herself as an actress and starred in the supporting role of Jess in the movie "Misconnect". But the debut was ignored.
Highlights Model
In the summer of two thousand and eight, Carroll came to the casting, which organized Crystal Dynamics to select the main character Lara Croft in the new computer game Tomb Raider: Underworld. Many girls appeared at the contest, literally eager to get this role. Among them were sportswomen and beautiful models. Alison subjugated the judges by combining both of these forms. The only thing the company wanted to change in the appearance of the girl was the color of her eyes. Blue-eyed Elisson is involved in various filming and promotions in brown lenses. The girl just fell in love with her computer image. Now Alison Carroll - Lara Croft is one hundred percent. For her sake, the athlete took a course in archeology at the university, learned the basics of survival in the British Air Force parachute platoon, and learned to shoot from semi-automatic weapons. In a word, the girl raised in herself a real tomb raider.
Alison Carroll: filmography
Work on Clara Croft lasted from 2008 to 2010. In parallel, Alison gave her face to another heroine of computer games - Ashley Williams from the Mass Effect. But, despite the more than modest debut, the girl dreamed of a big screen. And her dream came true. From the prototype of the computer heroine, she turned into a real actress. Alison Carroll, films with whose participation began to appear since 2009, managed to win her place in the world of cinema. At first, she played episodic roles: a teenager in "Konur", a childhood friend of the protagonist in "Child". But gradually the actress comes to the fore. In "Dark Amsterdam, " she played Monica Lander, a dancer and secret agent. And in Revenge of the Exiled, the actress reincarnated as one of the main characters in the film, Jay Benedict. The role of Jenna Blackwood in the film “Watered Mountain” is of the same scale. Other films featuring Carroll include Love +1, Claustrophobia, Invasion of the Not All Dead, Stagnant, Amina, New Arrival, Clone Bunny, Suburban Wars.
Creative plans
At the moment, Alison Carroll is acting in films and prefers not to talk about work that is not yet completed. But, she admits, she likes the dubbing, as improvisation is possible there. She gave her voice to Nemesis from the game BodyCount. Her work on Ashley Williams has not disappeared into the past - after all, updated versions of Mass Effect 2 and 3 have been released.
