Camilla Luddington

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**Camilla Anne Luddington** (born 15 December 1983) is a British-American actress, best known for her role as protagonist Lara Croft in the video games *Tomb Raider* (2013), *Rise of the Tomb Raider* (2015) and *Shadow of the Tomb Raider* (2018), for which she provided the voice and motion capture. She is also known for playing Kate Middleton in the Lifetime film *William & Kate: The Movie* (2011) and as Jo Karev (Wilson) in the ABC medical drama *Grey's Anatomy*.

## Early life

Luddington was born in Ascot, Berkshire, and at age 11 began studying at the Italia Conti Academy in England. She moved to suburban Austin, Texas, United States when she was fourteen, and attended Westwood High School for one year.

She returned to England after one year, and completed her education at The American School in England July 2002.

When she was nineteen, Luddington enrolled in Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. However, she had not visited the university before she arrived as a student, and after six months she left and transferred to the New York Film Academy.

In 2003, she was part of the school's first one-year acting class program. After training as an actor, Luddington then returned to England before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.Template:Cn

## Career

### Film

Luddington had the lead role of Kate in *William & Kate: The Movie* (2011), then in 2013 she appeared in the film *The Pact II*, in which she played a crime scene cleaner. In 2015, she joined the cast of *The Healer* as Cecilia, starring with Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jonathan Pryce, and Jorge Garcia.

### Television

Luddington has worked mainly in the United States. Luddington joined the cast of the Showtime comedy-drama series *Californication* for its fifth season, playing a nanny. She also joined the cast of season five of the HBO vampire drama *True Blood*, as Claudette Crane, a faerie. In July 2012, Luddington joined the cast of the ABC medical drama *Grey's Anatomy* as Dr. Jo Wilson, in a recurring role. In June 2013 it was announced that she would be a series regular from season ten onward. In October 2012, Luddington appeared on a Hallowe'en special of E!'s popular fashion programme *Fashion Police*, alongside a panel of Joan Rivers, Kelly Osbourne, George Kotsiopoulos, and Kris Jenner.

### *Tomb Raider*

In June 2012, Crystal Dynamics confirmed Luddington would voice Lara Croft in the video game *Tomb Raider*. Luddington originally went into the audition for Lara thinking she was auditioning for a project called "Krypted" with a character called Sara. In June 2014, it was revealed that a sequel was in production, titled *Rise of the Tomb Raider*, and Luddington confirmed on her Twitter account that she would be returning to voice and motion capture Lara in the new game. Luddington also returned to reprise her role for *Shadow of the Tomb Raider*, released in September 2018.

## Personal life

On 21 October, 2016, Luddington announced that she was expecting a baby with fellow actor and boyfriend Matthew Alan. Their daughter, Hayden, was born in March 2017. Luddington announced the engagement on 17 January, 2018. Luddington and Alan married on 17 August, 2019.
On 9 March, 2020, Luddington announced her second pregnancy via Instagram.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Camilla Anne Luddington". TVGuide.com. https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/camilla-luddington/bio/325113/. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
2. ↑ "UPI Almanac for Friday, Dec. 15, 2017", United Press International. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. "...actor Camilla Luddington in 1983 (age 34)"
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4. ↑ "Camilla Luddington'02 stars as Kate Middleton in Television Movie William & Kate". http://england.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=275&newsid=181.
5. ↑ "Archives - Philly.com". http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-07/entertainment/43779588\_1\_kate-middleton-new-york-film-academy-camilla-luddington.
6. ↑ Hiltbrand, David (November 8, 2013). "'Anatomy' of a pitch-perfect actress". Philly.com. http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-08/news/43779588\_1\_kate-middleton-new-york-film-academy-camilla-luddington. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
7. ↑ Pasquine, Frank (January 4, 2013). "Acting Grad on a Roll: True Blood, Grey's & Californication". New York Film Academy. http://www.nyfa.edu/film-school-blog/acting-grad-on-a-roll. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Patten, Dominic (16 May 2013). "'Grey's Anatomy's' Camilla Luddington Set For 'The Pact II'". Retrieved on 28 April 2015.
9. ↑ "Camilla Luddington, Jonathan Pryce Board Rom-Com 'The Healer'". http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/camilla-luddington-jonathan-pryce-board-795358.
10. ↑ "Wills and Kate: the inside story" (23 March 2011). Retrieved on 26 March 2011.
11. ↑ Ng, Philiana (7 May 2011). "'William & Kate' Star Joins Showtime's 'Californication'", *The Hollywood Reporter*. Retrieved on 11 May 2011.
12. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (20 March 2012). "TV Castings: Camilla Luddington To Recur On 'True Blood, Allison Mack On 'Wilfred', Constance Zimmer On 'House Of Cards'". http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/tv-castings-camilla-luddington-to-recur-on-true-blood-allison-mack-on-wilfred-constance-zimmer-on-house-of-cards/. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
13. ↑ Ross, Robyn (19 July 2012). "Camilla Luddington Books Recurring Role on Grey's Anatomy". *Seattle Post-Intelligencer*. http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/tvguide/article/Camilla-Luddington-Books-Recurring-Role-on-Grey-s-3719401.php. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
14. ↑ Camilla Luddington on Fashion Police dared 31 October 2012 at trueblood-online.com
15. ↑ Sulla-Heffinger, Anthony (3 April 2013). "Interview with Lara Croft voice actress Camilla Luddington", *New York Post*, News Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013.
16. ↑ Galt, Jon (March 12, 2013). "Camilla Luddington to play Lara Croft in Tomb Raider movie reboot". Fansshare.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. https://www.webcitation.org/6J7J3yYKD?url=http://www.fansshare.com/news/camilla-luddington-to-play-lara-croft-in-tomb-raider-movie-reboot/.
17. ↑ Cowen, Nick (26 June 2012). "Camilla Luddington is new Lara Croft", *The Guardian* (London), Guardian News and Media. Retrieved on 26 June 2012.
18. ↑ Schramm, Mike (27 June 2012). "Camilla Luddington is the new Lara Croft in Tomb Raider". Joystiq. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. https://www.webcitation.org/6J7KOtcv9?url=http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/27/camilla-luddington-is-the-new-lara-croft-in-tomb-raider/.
19. ↑ Staskiewicz, Keith (February 26, 2013). "'Tomb Raider' actress Camilla Luddington discusses playing the new Lara Croft". *Entertainment Weekly*. http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/02/26/tomb-raider-camilla-luddington/.
20. ↑ Luddington, Camilla (9 June 2014). "Tweet". Twitter. https://twitter.com/camilluddington/status/476061415942279168.
21. ↑ "E3 2018: Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Camilla Luddington on Being Lara Croft". http://www.shacknews.com/article/105608/e3-2018-shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-camilla-luddington-on-being-lara-croft.
22. ↑ Dill, Jennifer (26 October 2016). "Grey's Anatomy Star Camilla Luddington Puts a Little Pumpkin Spice in Her Pregnancy Announcement". *E!*. http://www.eonline.com/news/804912/grey-s-anatomy-star-camilla-luddington-puts-a-little-pumpkin-spice-in-her-pregnancy-announcement. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
23. ↑ "Camilla Luddington and Matthew Alan Welcome Daughter Hayden". *People*. 11 April 2017. http://people.com/babies/camilla-luddington-matthew-alan-welcome-daughter-hayden/.
24. ↑ Luddington, Camilla (10 March 2020). "Its haydens birthday weekend". Camilla Luddington verified Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9cG-kjHcYA/?igshid=oyxrtfes2yah. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
25. ↑ Heller, Corinne (17 January 2018). "Grey's Anatomy's Camilla Luddington Engaged to Matthew Alan". E! News. http://www.eonline.com/news/906972/grey-s-anatomy-s-camilla-luddington-engaged-to-matthew-alan. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
26. ↑ Luddington, Camilla (17 January 2018). "Sooo this happened on New Year's Eve.". Camilla Luddington verified Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeD66QDHc34/. Retrieved 19 August 2019. "I'm not sure I even let Matt get through his proposal before I started yelling YES YES YES!!...."
27. ↑ Dugan, Christina (17 August 2019). "Grey's Anatomy Star Camilla Luddington Marries Matthew Alan in Romantic California Ceremony". Retrieved on 18 August 2019.
28. ↑ Luddington, Camilla (9 March 2020). "I’m just gonna do a super casual pregnancy announcement". Camilla Luddington verified Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9hk89BH\_fh/?igshid=1roisaii519uh. Retrieved 9 March 2020. "i am pregnant!"
29. ↑ "Twitter / camilluddington". 1 August 2013. https://twitter.com/camilluddington/statuses/362986472908931072. "Gamers! As the Announcer in @InfiniteCrisis, allow me to be the first to welcome you to the Trials, Protector."
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31. ↑ "Infinite Crisis Credits". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141011230201/http://game.infinitecrisis.com/en/infinite-crisis-credits.

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