With Angelina Jolie off having babies and roughing up paparazzi, there was a call for a new face to step into the Lara Croft role and promote the franchise's upcoming video game, Underworld.

Twenty-three-year-old Carroll has 12 years experience as a gymnast, and says she hits the gym six times a week.

The Telegraph also notes that "to prepare for her new job, she will be given SAS survival training, a weapons training course in eastern Europe and a crash course in archaeology [Lara's day job]."

Impressive. But can Alison snag a man who'll spend over a quarter of a million bucks on her for her birthday?