Amazon's live-action Tomb Raider series has found its Lara Croft

Amazon has cast Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in its upcoming live-action Tomb Raider series.

Turner, known to many as Game of Thrones’ Sansa Stark, was rumoured to be in talks to play Lara Croft in November last year. She will follow in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander, who both previously portrayed the globetrotting archeologist in live-action Tomb Raider adaptations.

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As previously reported, Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge will serve as the Tomb Raider series’ creator, writer, executive producer and co-showrunner.

“I’m so excited to announce the formidable Sophie Turner as our Lara alongside this phenomenal creative team,” Waller-Bridge said. “It’s not very often you get to make a show of this scale with a character you grew up loving. Everyone on board is wildly passionate about Lara and are all as outrageous, brave, and hilarious as she is. Get your artifacts out… Croft is coming…”