Alix Wilton Regan is the new Lara Croft. The actor said she has been cast to provide both the voice and full performance capture for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, the game that reimagines Croft’s 1996 debut and is due out in 2027.
That makes the project one of the most closely watched Tomb Raider searches of the moment, especially after the game was first announced at The Game Awards 2025 and surfaced again around Summer Game Fest 2026. Regan said she had to go through four rounds of auditions over about eight months before landing the role, a process she called non-negotiable once she realized what it was.
She said the appeal was immediate: “It’s Lara Croft. It’s [for] the new Tomb Raider games.” Regan also said she was in the gym three times a week after being cast, and on performance capture days she was up at 5 a.m. to spend about 30 minutes answering emails and messages from London before running or lifting weights. “I have to wake my body and brain up,” she said.
The physical work fits a role that asks more of her than a voice performance alone. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is meant to honor the spirit of the original adventure while expanding Lara for modern audiences, following her through dinosaurs, panthers, human enemies and treacherous environments as she races to uncover the secrets of Atlantis. Regan said Lara Croft symbolized female strength in 1996, and described her as strong, independent, unapologetic and confident, with British charm, sharp intelligence and a quick wit.
That is also where the new game’s challenge sits. Lara Croft has been a major pop culture figure for nearly three decades, but Legacy of Atlantis is trying to preserve the character’s edge while reintroducing her to players who know a very different gaming landscape than the one that produced the original Tomb Raider. The question now is not whether Croft returns. It is how much of the old icon survives the reset.
