Camilla Luddington

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Camilla Luddington
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Luddington in 2014
Born (1983-12-15) December 15, 1983 (age 40)
Ascot, Berkshire, England
Nationality
  • British
  • American
Alma mater Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Spouse
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(m. 2019)​
Children2

Camilla Anne Luddington [1] (born December 15, 1983) [2] is a British actress, best known for her role as Dr Josephine "Jo" Wilson in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy . She is also known for voicing Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider video games, for which she provided the motion capture.

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Early life

Luddington was born in Ascot, Berkshire, and at age 11 began studying at the Italia Conti Academy in England. [1] She moved to suburban Austin, Texas, United States when she was fourteen, and attended Westwood High School for one year. [3]

She returned to England after one year, and completed her education at The American International School in England (TASIS), in July 2002. [4]

When she was nineteen, Luddington enrolled in Susquehanna University [5] 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. [6]

In 2003, she was part of the school's first one-year acting class program. [7]

Career

Film

Luddington had the lead role of Kate in William & Kate: The Movie (2011). In 2013 she appeared in the film The Pact II , in which she played a crime scene cleaner. [8] In 2015, she joined the cast of The Healer as Cecilia. [9]

Television

Luddington has worked mainly in the United States. [10] Luddington joined the cast of the Showtime comedy-drama series Californication for its fifth season, playing a nanny. [11] She joined the cast of season five of the HBO vampire drama True Blood , as Claudette Crane, a faerie. [12] In July 2012, Luddington joined the cast of the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Jo Wilson, in a recurring role. [8] In June 2013 it was announced that she would be a series regular from season ten onward. [13] In October 2012, Luddington appeared on a Hallowe'en special of E!'s fashion programme Fashion Police , alongside a panel of Joan Rivers, Kelly Osbourne, George Kotsiopoulos, and Kris Jenner. [14]

Tomb Raider

In June 2012, Crystal Dynamics confirmed Luddington would voice Lara Croft in the video game Tomb Raider . [15] [16] [17] [18] Luddington originally went into the audition for Lara thinking she was auditioning for a project called "Cryptids" with a character, which may have been called Sara. [19] 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. [20] Luddington also returned to reprise her role for Shadow of the Tomb Raider , released in September 2018. [21]

Personal life

On 21 October 2016, Luddington announced that she was expecting a baby (a daughter, Hayden [22] ) with fellow actor and boyfriend Matthew Alan. [23] Luddington announced their engagement on 17 January 2018. [24] Luddington and Alan married on 17 August 2019. [25] The couple has since had a second child together, a son, Lucas. [26]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007A Couple of White Chicks at the HairdresserReceptionist #2
2009Behaving BadlyFlight Attendant
2010 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls Jane BennetShort film
2010The Filming of Shakey WillisBrookeShort film
2014 The Pact 2 June Abbott
2016 The Healer Cecilia
2017 Justice League Dark Zatanna (voice)Direct-to-video
2020 Justice League Dark: Apokolips War

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 The Forgotten Emma Clark / Jane DoeEpisode: "Train Jane"
2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ClaireEpisode: "Lost & Found"
2010 Days of Our Lives Tiffany1 episode
2010 Big Time Rush RebeccaEpisode: "Big Time Concert"
2011 The Defenders TaliaEpisode: "Nevada v. Wayne"
2011Accidentally in LoveSandraTV film
2011 William & Kate: The Movie Catherine "Kate" Middleton TV film
2011 Friends with Benefits WomanEpisode: "The Benefit of Friends"
2012Serving TimeCammyEpisode: "Fresh Meet"
2012 Friend Me BrandiUnaired pilot
2012 Californication Lizzie10 episodes
2012 True Blood Claudette6 episodes
2012–present Grey's Anatomy Dr. Jo Wilson Recurring (season 9)
Main (season 10-present)
188 episodes
2013Tomb Raider: The Final Hours – A Story of SurvivalHerself / Lara Croft TV film
2019 Robot Chicken Nadia, Agent Marshall (voice)Episode: "Garfield Stockman in: A Voice Like Wet Ham"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Tomb Raider Lara Croft Also motion capture
2015 Infinite Crisis Supergirl, The ConstructAnnouncer [27] [28] [29]
2015 Rise of the Tomb Raider Lara Croft Also motion capture
2018 Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Accolades

YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResultReferences
2013NAVGTR AwardsLead Performance, DramaTomb RaiderNominated[ citation needed ]
Spike Video Game Awards Best Voice ActressNominated
2015NAVGTR AwardsLead Performance, DramaRise of the Tomb RaiderNominated
The Game Awards Best PerformanceNominated
2016 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Character Won [30]
2018 Gamers' Choice Awards Fan Favorite Female Voice ActorShadow of the Tomb RaiderWon [31]

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